8 August 2006
Watching live TV has not been possible on aircraft on a major scale up to now. But Qatar Airways is changing all this with the launch of live TV on five of its fleet of Aribus A330 long-haul aircraft. It’s part of a plan to equip all its aircraft with live in-flight entertainment – by the end of the year, the airline intends to have 14 planes with its new TV system operational.
Independent, personal television viewing allows each passenger to select from a suite of premium European and Arabic-language TV channels. The systems multi-directional antenna allows passengers to enjoy uninterrupted entertainment as their flights pass from Middle Eastern into European airspace. In the Middle East, passengers have access to AIB Platinum Member Al Jazeera plus BBC World, EuroNews, CNN International, TV5, EuroSport News, MBC and Disney Channel. Within Europe channels available are Al Jazeera, BBC World, EuroNews, CNN International, TV5, EuroSport 2, Future TV and Bloomberg.
8 August 2006
The AIB’s membership continues to grow – the
latest organisations to join are
ABC Radio Australia and Middle East
Broadcasting Networks (which runs Alhurra and Radio Sawa). AIB Members
benefit from an immense range of activities that the organisation provides
throughout the year including, for example, market intelligence briefings,
tender information, networking, lobbying and promotion. Later this month, the
AIB is holding a private dinner in conjunction with AIB Member
Deutsche Welle during the Berlin
MedienForum where AIB Members will be able to meet specially-invited guests from
the media, regulators and the world of politics for off-the-record discussions
and networking. That’s just one of the regional events that the AIB organises to
bring Members together and to provide the opportunity to meet opinion-formers in
the media.
To learn more about the AIB, download our
corporate brochure
here,
and call us to discuss how AIB Membership can benefit you.
25 July 2006
Sam Woollett is responsible for advertising sales within all the AIB’s publications:
The Channel
AIB Directory of Global Broadcasting
as well as for
the AIB’s website and e-news services.
T +44 (0) 7759 394 916
NB: AIB e-mail addresses are firstname.lastname @ aib.org.uk
25 July 2006
The AIB’s Regional Representative for Asia and the Middle East is Tariq I. Bhatty.
Operating from the Philippines, Tariq provides the first point of contact for AIB members and the broadcasting industry in the Middle East and Asia regions (excluding Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka).
Contact Tariq at
897 Canal Street, Subic Bay, Philippines
T +63 47 252 5067
M +63 917 512 0252
NB: AIB e-mail addresses are firstname.lastname @ aib.org.uk
25 July 2006
The AIB is represented in South Asia by Anmol Saxena.
Anmol is based in New Delhi and provides the first point of contact for AIB members in the South Asia region and liaises with the broadcasting industry in the region.
Contact Anmol at
A-1/33 Ground Floor, Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi 110017, India
T +91 11 26490263
M +91 98100 24972
NB: AIB e-mail addresses are firstname.lastname @ aib.org.uk
