AIB media industry news desk
Proposal for new Australian International Broadcasting Corporation
"Australia's international broadcasting service is a wasting and wasted asset," according to a strategy paper published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute [ASPI]. As Radio Australia heads towards its 80th anniversary in 2019 and Australia's international TV...
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SatADSL and AfricaCom
From 13 to 15 November 2018 SatADSL is now living in the 21stAfricaCom. This is one of the major events on the African calendar in the areas of the digital economy, telecommunications and IT. Of course, like every year, SatADSL awaits you! Since last year, the supply...
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Erkan Arikan to head Turkish department at Deutsche Welle
On November 1, 2018, Erkan Arikan will take over as head of Deutsche Welle's Turkish language service. One of Arikan's new responsibilities will be the development of a Turkish-language TV service which will initially go on the air as a Youtube channel. The...
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NHK President Ryoichi Ueda chosen as the new President of ABU
At the ABU General Assembly convened in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat, Mr Ueda was elected to a term until the end of 2021. He is the ABU’s sixth President from NHK. He will continue to lead the ABU for the next three years from January 2019. On his election...
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SatADSL and Avanti launch commercial Ka-band broadband in Africa
Brussels, Belgium, October 4, 2018 Commercial Ka-band broadband services in Sub-Saharan Africa have been launched bySatADSL, bringing cost-effective coverage to communities and businesses. Utilizing Avanti’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) HYLAS 4, the new offering...
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Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat establish the C-Band Alliance (CBA)
Leading global satellite operators – Intelsat (NYSE: I), SES (Euronext Paris: SESG), Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Telesat announced today the creation of a consortium called the C-Band Alliance, or CBA, in a move that could accelerate making mid ‐ band spectrum...
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Thomas Kent to step down as RFE/RL President
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Thomas Kent has announced he is leaving the organization effective October 1, 2018, after a two-year stint during which the company dramatically expanded efforts to combat disinformation and extremist propaganda in...
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Inaugural AIB Asia-Pacific Sustainability Awards presented
First regional awards event recognises key programmes about challenges facing Asia and the Pacific The inaugural Association for International Broadcasting Asia-Pacific Sustainability Awards have been presented to the winners at a ceremony held in Taipei. These new...
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DW Director General Peter Limbourg re-elected
Second six-year mandate for Limbourg, first elected in 2013 Peter Limbourg has been re-elected as director general of Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) for another six years, his first mandate having been deemed very successful. DW celebrated...
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