1 March 2018
Members of the Association for International Broadcasting have elected a new Executive Committee for the two years from 1 March 2018. The AIB Executive Committee provides governance and oversight of the activities of the Association and helps to define the strategic direction of the not-for-profit organisation.
11 senior executives of AIB Member companies stood for election, of which six were existing Executive Committee members who offered themselves for re-election. After votes were counted from the 48% turnout of AIB Members eligible to vote, those elected to the Executive Committee are (pictured above from top left):
- Abdulla Al-Najjar, Al Jazeera Media Network
- John Maguire, FMM
- Anastasia Ellis, Bloomberg
- Klaus Bergmann, DW
- Simon Kendall, BBC World Service
- Alexey Nikolov, RT
“The field of candidates in this year’s election for the AIB’s Executive Committee was immensely strong,”says AIB chief executive Simon Spanswick. “I’m delighted that the Association for International Broadcasting’s Members have elected such a strong Executive Committee, and one that brings together a range of expertise and knowledge from major global broadcasters that will help steer the Association in the rapidly-changing media marketplace. My colleagues and I at the AIB Secretariat look forward to working closely with the Executive Committee as the Association continues to expand both its work and its membership.”
The AIB Executive Committee holds office for a two-year period. Members of this new Committee will hold office from 1 March 2018 until 29 February 2020.
24 February 2018
Nick Moreno, Director of Strategy, Satellite & Media, at Arqiva anticipates the following broadcasting trends at this year’s Mobile World Congress:
“The biggest broadcasting trend we are going to see at this year’s Mobile World Congress is around the shift to new ways of viewing.
“Consumer viewing habits are changing at a significant rate, and we’re already seeing the mobile device becoming the first-screen for younger, millennial audiences watching video content. In the near future, vast amounts of video will be viewed on mobile devices, and to enable that the industry needs much more efficient delivery mechanisms.
“This is pushing new technologies such as 5G into implementation phase, as companies attempt to meet the demands of the modern viewer. 5G offers significant benefits for delivering video at scale to millions of customers, and many will be exploring this at MWC.
“Another trend that will be interesting for broadcasters is the use of blockchain technology.
“We are already starting to see blockchain looked at as a ledger of video rights, so that various industry players can easily view the rights for monetising a certain piece of video content in different territories.
“Blockchain could also have a longer term use case as the enabling technology for ultra-local peer-to-peer distribution of content, allowing content to be distributed closer to the consumer (i.e. local servers, personal PCs) whilst still having legitimately tracked usage rights.”
23 February 2018
We’ve updated Members of the Association for International Broadcasting with news of some of the work and activities that the AIB is undertaking at present.
From elections to the AIB’s Executive Committee – which provides governance and strategic direction for the Association – to cyber security, European channel licensing to the AIBs 2018, there’s a raft of initiatives and work underway that every Member benefits from.
You can read the update here – and if your company is not yet a Member of the Association for International Broadcasting, now is the time to enrol and take advantage of all the work that we carry out for our Members across the world.
22 February 2018
Findings of the latest Africascope 2017* survey show the impressive performance of Africanews with annual audience in French-speaking Africa constantly growing at +19% compared to 2016.
The survey conducted in eight countries**, also reveals that Africanews’ awareness is now 45% up 6 points from 2016. This growth is captured by a weekly audience of 3.2 million viewers.
To measure TV audiences and awareness ratings, Africanews relied on Kantar TNS’ expertise through its Africascope survey conducted in 8 French-speaking Africa countries and 9 capital cities representing more than 18 million individuals, aged 15 and above.
According to the survey, Africanews’ audience is young and more affluent than the average of the target population. The majority of its audience are men, who account for 64% of Africanews’ viewers in these eight countries.
Africascope also highlights the strong TV audience in all countries surveyed, with an average 90% of people aged 15 and over watching television daily, which amounts to 16.4 million viewers.
Outstanding rates for Africanews in Congo Brazzaville and Gabon
Barely two years after its launch, Africanews is widely acclaimed in Congo Brazzaville where awareness of the channel reaches 78%.
Since its launch, Gabon has been very receptive of the new Pan-African and multilingual news outlet and the awareness rate remains exceptional at 68%.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, Africanews also enjoys strong awareness levels of 50% and 46 % respectively.
Elsewhere in French-speaking Africa, the awareness of Africanews continues to see a steady growth. 40% of respondents have heard of the channel in Ivory Coast, 35% in Senegal, Burkina Faso, 33 % and 29% in Mali.
Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews and President of Africanews
“Since its launch, Africanews, as the first pan-African and multilingual media outlet, has been offering to its viewers, innovative and qualitative content produced by Africans and broadcast from our headquarters in Pointe-Noire, Congo.
This dedicated offer to a rising continent has resonated with local people who year after year renew their confidence for access to a relevant, credible and independent information.”
*Africascope 2017 (January-December) in 8 countries.
**Countries surveyed: Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou), Cameroon (Douala and Yaoundé), Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Gabon (Libreville), Ivory Coast (Abidjan), Mali (Bamako) and Senegal (Dakar).
22 February 2018
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