AIB media industry news desk
Grant Turner announced as interim CEO of USAGM
The U.S. Agency for Global Media's (USAGM) Board of Governors has announced that effective October 1, 2019, Grant Turner, currently USAGM's Chief...
Football leagues continue pressure on Middle East pirates
Major football leagues are continuing to work together on the issue of piracy of rights-holder material in the Middle East. FIFA, the AFC, UEFA, the...
Journalist Mahmoud Hussein marks 1,000 days in Egyptian jail
19 September will be the 1,000th day that Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has spent behind bars after being detained by Egyptian authorities...
Over 100 top-flight entries shortlisted in the AIBs 2019
Productions across TV, radio and online from 20 countries have made the final cut The shortlist for the AIBs 2019 – the 15th annual competition for...
MBC Group announces launch of MBC5, a new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb
In line with its five-year growth plan to provide first-rate content tailored to audiences around the world, MBC Group announces the launch of MBC5,...
Viewsat Announces New Name and Expansion of Services at IBC2019
Award-winning company is renamed Viewmedia Viewsat, an established operator in the global media broadcast industry, announced its new name –...
Deutsche Welle and France Médias Monde reaffirm their partnership on European information
Peter Limbourg, director general of Deutsche Welle (DW), and Marie-Christine Saragosse, CEO and chairwoman of France Médias Monde (FMM), met at the...
John F. Lansing leaving USAGM for NPR
The Chairman of the Board of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) issued the following statement: After four years serving as the first Chief...
NHK World programme highlights
Helping Hands - the Lives of Atomic Bomb Orphans (September 21) Some 6,500 children are believed to have lost their parents when the United States...