AIB media industry news desk
BBC News restructures
Director of BBC News Fran Unsworth has announced a restructure of the BBC News Board to deliver more value for audiences and better reflect the way...
Myanmar coup demonstrates fragility of reliance on the Internet
The International Telecommunication Union estimates that 53.6% of the world’s 7.75billion population are users of the Internet. The internet is...
Radio Liberty fined in Russia – again
Russian courts have fined Radio Liberty - the Russian-language service of Prague-based RFE/RL - twice in two weeks over the organisation's alleged...
Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein released from jail in Egypt
After more than four years in detention without trial, Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has been released by Egypt. According to Al...
Media Freedom Coalition expresses concern over Belarus situation
The intergovernmental Media Freedom Coalition has issued a statement in which it expresses its deep concern about continued attacks on media freedom...
UK media regulator revokes CGTN broadcasting licence
UK media regulator Ofcom announced on 4 February that it has withdrawn the licence for CGTN to broadcast in the UK. The regulator gave details of...
NHK WORLD February programme highlights
Art is trash without social impact February 6 23:10 / 5:10 / 10:10 / 17:10 “I don’t have talent like Picasso,” says Matsuyama Tomokazu. Yet, he’s...
AIB Annual Review 2020 published
The Association for International Broadcasting has published its 2020 Annual Review The Annual Review reports on the work of the AIB during 2020 and...
New leaders at US international broadcasters
The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Acting Chief Executive Officer Kelu Chao has replaced the heads of the three U.S.-funded...