AIB media industry news desk

EuroNews, the pan-European television news channel, has appointed Luis Rivas as Editorial Director. Luis Rivas, 45, joined EuroNews in 1993 as Chief...

TVB 8 and TVB Xing He Channel have begun broadcasting on AsiaSat 3S. With AsiaSat 3S, TVB’s two 24-hour Mandarin language satellite channels’...

With UK culture minister Tessa Jowell claiming that conventional television sets are expected to be redundant by 2010, it may be that the day of...

Path 1 Network Technologies has signed a worldwide OEM and reseller agreement with Scientific-Atlanta. Under the agreement, Path 1 will supply...

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced that its third annual Satellite Industry Forum has been...

Ahmad al-Rikabi, a Swedish Iraqi, is to become the new head of Iraqi state television. Al-Rikabi has worked in the Arabic Service of AIB Member...

BT Group, the UK's dominant telco and a Member of the AIB, reported strong full-year profits and a better-than-expected dividend. Underlying pre-tax...

The AIB is taking part in the Production Show, the London exhibition that focuses on television and radio production equipment and services. Join us...

Dubai-based Middle East Business News (MEBN), an affiliate of CNBC, is to launch an Arabic-language channel ‘CNBC Arabiya’ in June. The programming...