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AIB Awards 2008 – the winners celebrate!
The results of the 2008 AIB Media Excellence Awards were announced at a
star-studded dinner in London on 12 November. The annual celebration of success
in international broadcasting was over-booked, with more than 215 guests from
all over the world joining the evening at funky LSO St Luke’s.
You can read about all the finalists in our special Awards brochure
here.
Our winners:
Best radio current affairs
documentary
Winner Tinderbox
Production Where Next, A Soldiers Journey
Best television current affairs
documentary
Winner Strix TV
Class of 07
Best investigative TV documentary
Winner BBC Northern
Ireland The Pitbull Sting
Clearest radio coverage of a single
news event
Winner BBC World
Service – The World Today: Chinese Party Congress
Clearest TV coverage of a single news
event
Joint winners SABC – Hambani
Makwerekwere
France 24 Crackdown in the Heart of
Burma
Best creative TV feature
Winner Rockhopper TV
A Sporting Chance
Best creative radio feature
Winner BBC
Portuguese for Africa The Amazon Paradox
Best cross-media production
Winner BBC World
Service Bangladesh Boat Project
Most innovative use of graphics
powered by Vizrt
Winner NFL Network Games Graphics Package
Most creative marketing strategy
powered by Russia Today TV
Winner Sveriges Radio The Programme Guide
Most innovative technology
powered by Bloomberg Television
Winner Link Research The Prague Steps
Most creative specialist genre
Winner SVT The
Truth About Marika
International TV personality of the
year
Winner Ross Kemp,
Sky One
International radio personality of
the year
Winner 3FM
AIB Editors Award 2008
France 24
AIB INSI Special Award
Sami Al-Hajj
We will be announcing the 2009 AIB Media Excellence
Awards in March. The Awards will be presented on Wednesday 11 November 2009 –
mark the date in your diary now!
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Head office:
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Thanks to new distribution agreements, euronews is now available in three new countries in Asia and Oceania
In the Philippines, Skycable, launched euronews on its digital cable network on February 27th 2009. euronews is now received in 170,000 new homes including Manila. Filipino subscribers have access to euronews in English through the digital basic offer.
This agreement with Skycable is the first in this country, which has a potential of more than 9 million TV homes.
euronews has also made its first step into Indonesia via Telkomvision which distributes the channel to its subscribers since March 5th. euronews in English was added to the offer in Bali and Jakarta. In the next months, euronews will develop its distribution this country, one of the most important in the region with a potential of more than 31 million TV homes.
In Papua New Guinea, euronews was launched on the Hitron network in their digital package.
With these three new agreements, euronews strengthens its presence in the region. euronews is available free to air throughout Asia and Oceania, via the AsiaSat2 satellite.
The channel is currently distributed by Asiatic operators in Hong Kong, Japan, Pakistan, Singapore and Vietnam, and in Oceania by operators in Australia, New Zealand and in New Caledonia.
With the new carriage agreements in the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, euronews now reaches nearly four million homes in Asia and Oceania.
GlobeCast will be highlighting its developments in the content management space with a demonstration of its range of services along the broadcast value chain at stand C5537. The France Telecom company, which has recently expanded its worldwide fiber and satellite network as well as added new offerings to its content management range, will also be highlighting the strength of combining local expertise with a global satellite and fiber network for delivering international content.
Media Sharing and Delivery demonstration
GlobeCast will partner with recently acquired subsidiary NETIA to demonstrate the progression of content from contribution to playout and delivery using a broad selection of products and services. GlobeCasts Content Exchange, Netias Hypercast Warehouse as well as GlobeCasts playout and delivery services will be in the spotlight at stand C55237. The demonstration highlights GlobeCasts position as an integrator of broadcast technology and a leading service provider. Customers will experience some of these services firsthand from the unique perspective of both the producer and broadcaster, from selection, sharing and indexing content, all the way through to simulated playout and delivery.
International content and DTH platforms make their mark
International content takes the spotlight again at NAB, with a showcase of WorldTVs broad range of international channels. Representatives from WorldTV, which has recently expanded its offering to include rights management for international content coming into the US, will be on hand to discuss opportunities for broadcasters looking to reach ethnic communities throughout the continent.
Blue chip broadcasters and smaller channels alike will be interested in discovering GlobeCasts newest DTH satellite platforms on ASIASAT 3S for Middle East, East Asia and Pacific region and Astra 4A (Sirius 4) for delivery to sub-Saharan Africa. GlobeCast has also expanded its next-generation global fiber ring with the imminent launch of a link to Jordan Media City (JMC) in Amman. These latest additions to the network are part of GlobeCasts ongoing expansion of its fiber and satellite connectivity.
GlobeCast gears up for 2010
GlobeCasts sports contribution team will also be on hand to discuss upcoming sporting events such as the South African World Cup, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, all taking place around the world in 2010. Services are planned for both rightsholders and non-rightsholders to bring these special events from the stadiums to the rest of the world. GlobeCasts IP contribution tool, Content Exchange, which has recently become available to MAC users, will also be available for demonstration as part of the media sharing and delivery demonstration outlined above.