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Intelligence that matters
The AIB has introduced a
tenders and public procurement
summary for its international
membership. The AIB now
researches open tenders in
the broadcasting sector across
the European Union, and in
major territories including
India, Australia and Canada,
providing comprehensive
information that enables AIB
Members to have early
notification of major spending
programmes.
The tender information covers
broadcasting installations,
refits and new builds – which
are of particular interest to
the AIB’s manufacturing and
service provision Members –
as well as details of
programming and training
initiatives that will be of use
to the many broadcasters
among the AIB’s growing
membership.
Market intelligence and
tender information is one of
the many benefits of AIB
membership – it’s provided as
part of the annual package of
services that are delivered
exclusively to members.
Members only
Influencing opinion-formers
Singapore was the latest
venue for one of the AIB’s
networking dinners. Held
during the week of Broadcast
Asia, the evening event at the
renowned Tanglin Club
brought together 24 people,
including a broad spread of
AIB Members together with
specially invited guests. The
evening was entirely off-the-
record, enabling guests to
speak freely and openly about
the issues affecting the media
industry and their businesses
in particular. We can however
reveal that guests learnt about
the introduction of HDTV in
Singapore and its likely roll-
out around south-east Asia,
heard about one of the Asia
region’s newest TV channels,
Asian Food Channel, and
discovered more about how
the new Al Jazeera
International regional hub in
Kuala Lumpur fits into the
overall output of the soon-to-
be-launched channel.
The AIB holds networking
events in varying locations
around the world, enabling
AIB Members to meet
regulators, journalists,
politicians and other opinion-
formers and decision-makers
for non-attributable
discussions and debate.
Elections
The AIB’s Executive
Committee is the steering
group for the Association’s
strategy and direction,
providing advice and
expertise to the AIB’s
permanent staff. This group of
six people is drawn from the
AIB’s Members, and holds
office for two years. We’re now
embarking on the nomination
and election process for the
new Committee. All fully-paid
up AIB Members are entitled
to nominate someone to the
Executive Committee and,
once nominations have been
published, to vote in the
elections.
Nominations have been
invited from Members, with a
closing date of 10 September
2006. Elections will be held in
the latter part of September,
with the new Committee in
place during October 2006.
AIB news
The demand for membership of the AIB continues to grow. Over
the past quarter, three significant broadcasting organisations
have joined as Corporate Members. ABC Radio Australia, the
Islam Channel and Middle East Broadcasting Networks have
become the latest to become involved in the work of the AIB.
These three broadcasters – based in Melbourne, London and
metropolitan Washington DC respectively – will all receive
the comprehensive benefits of AIB Membership throughout
the coming year.
To find out about how AIB Membership could benefit your
organisation, download our information pack at –
follow the link to AIB Membership in the navigation bar on the
left-hand side of the home page, and you’ll find the current AIB
corporate brochure in the Join the AIB section. Then call the AIB’s
chief executive, Simon Spanswick, on +44 (0) 20 7993 2557 to
discuss the opportunities for your organisation.
AIB grows
membership
AIB Awards 2006
The AIB’s second international broadcasting awards attracted more
than 90 entries from all over the world. Because of the quantity
and extremely high quality of most of the entries, the Awards
judges sought more time to evaluate and do justice to the
remarkable range of programming and technology submitted.
Our judges are:
Salim Amin (CEO of Kenya’s Camerapix)
Paul Donovan (UK Sunday Times newspaper radio critic)
Glenn Hall (UK-based Media Anthropologist, HP Labs)
Roger Heath (Director Sales and Marketing of the UK’s Pharos
Communications)
Alan Heil (author and former Deputy Director, VoA, based in the
USA)
Michael McEwen (the Canadian-based President, CDTV and
former President, NABA)
JonathanMarks (Director, Critical Distance ofThe Netherlands)
Michael Mullane (European Broadcasting Union, Geneva)
Phil Sandberg (Publisher, Broadcast Papers, Australia)
Elizabeth Smith (CBA Secretary-General, based in the UK)
Simon Spanswick (AIB Chief Executive)
Max Uetrichtz (Former Director of News, ABC Australia and
Channel Nine, Sydney)
Wachira Waruru (Former MD, Kenya Broadcasting Corp and
CEO of the Kenya Film Commission)
The complete list of entries is available online at
The AIB Awards 2006 will be presented in Paris in October at a
gala dinner following an invitation-only AIB Regional Briefing.
Details of the gala evening will be published on line at
and in special invitations to all Awards entrants.
Making contact
AIB Head Office
PO Box 141, Cranbrook
TN17 9AJ, United Kingdom
T +44 (0) 20 7993 2557
F +44 (0) 20 7993 8043