AIB media industry news desk
TRT relaunches Arabic TV channel
TRT, Turkey's public broadcaster, has relaunched its Arabic-language TV channel. TRT Arabi takes many cues from TRT WORLD, the English-language TV...
French journalists between a rock and a hard place
Journalists covering the Yellow Vests demonstrations in France have been threatened, harassed and physically attacked by the movement’s supporters...
Challenging start to 2019 for RFI in Africa
French international radio broadcaster Radio France Internationale (RFI) had a difficult start to 2019 in two African countries, with its FM...
Al Arabiya: establishment of an Editorial Board and Dr Nabil Khatib appointed GM
In a statement released on 1 January 2019, Waleed Al-Ibrahim announced the establishment of an Editorial Board for Al Arabiya and Al Hadath News...
AIB publishes new update on Brexit for Members
As part of its continuing work on issues facing TV broadcasters as the deadline for the UK leaving the European Union approaches, we've just...
WTO to investigate Qatari allegations of Saudi-backed piracy of pay-TV service
On 18 December, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced that it would investigate Qatar’s allegations of intellectual property breaches against...
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...
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...
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...