AIB media industry news desk
AIB December industry briefing published
The AIB has published the latest edition of its regular Industry Briefing that reaches well over 27,000 people in media and related industries worldwide. Offering an insight both into the work of the Association for International Broadcasting and developments at AIB...
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One year on, Reuters journalists remain imprisoned in Myanmar
News organisations across the world have marked the one-year anniversary of the jailing of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted of breaching the country's official secrets act, despite a lack of credible evidence against them and...
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International public service broadcasters speak on threats to media freedom
Directors of the British Broadcasting Corporation, ABC (Australia), Deutsche Welle, France Médias Monde, NHK (Japan) and United States Agency for Global Media today said public service broadcasting faces ‘increasing threats’ and expressed concern about ‘troubling...
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ASAP90 Conference 27th-28th September 2018
It had been a tricky task, balancing the need to make Radio Taiwan International’s (RTI) 90th anniversary celebrations suitably impressive with the organisation’s desire to ‘go green’. Indeed, the two-day event that the AIB had spent the last six months designing and...
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The AIBs 2018 – highlights
The 14th AIBs, the annual competition for factual television, radio and online productions, were awarded in London on 7 November 2018. Attended by producers, journalists, editors and media executives from all over the world, this glittering evening celebrates success...
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NHK partners with Eutelsat for the launch of the world’s first 8K channel
Japan’s national TV group NHK broadcast live images from the Vatican in 8K via EUTELSAT 12 West B satellite for its new channel BS8K NHK, Japan’s national broadcaster, has partnered with Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext: ETL) to launch the world’s first 8K...
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AIB updates Brexit briefing for Members
With the UK-EU Brexit Political Declaration published, the Association for International Broadcasting has been examining the possible effects on cross-border broadcasting. We've issued a briefing note to our Members, and next week we'll be attending specialised...
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The AIBs 2018 winners
Congratulations to all the winners at the AIBs 2018 which were held on the 7th November 2018 at LSO St Luke's. You can see all the winners and highly commended entries in our winners book.
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Brexit for broadcasters – AIB Member update
As the political temperature over the UK withdrawal from the EU heats up, the AIB has published a briefing note for Members on issues around channel licensing arising from the Draft Withdrawal Agreement that was published on 14 November. This is part of the...
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