23 March 2012
Generation Y, a programme produced by euronews in partnership with the Culture DG of the European Commission, examines the opportunities that are open to European youth through various initiatives. In spite of the uncertain future of this generation, their creativity, innovation and mobility are giving them a boost.
“Generation Y” can often be described by the 4 “i’s: interconnected, inventive, individualist and impatient. “Interconnected”, because this generation grew up with an increasingly mobile Internet: 70% of this generation use the Internet every day and 80% are on the social networks
21 March 2012
Eutelsat Communications today officially launched its innovative newsgathering service called
21 March 2012
RT launches a new Smart TV App through LG
21 March 2012
Al Jazeera English, the multi-award winning global news channel, has today announced the launch of its exciting new iPhone app for up-to-the-minute news and programmes.
The new Al Jazeera English iPhone app features content from popular sections of the Al Jazeera English website, including: Breaking News, Opinion, Features, and same-day access to full-length programmes. The trailblazing app also allows users to watch live streaming of 24-hour news broadcasts in audio and video format completely free of charge.
As well as receiving the latest news information, the iPhone app reaffirms Al Jazeera
20 March 2012
AIB is pleased to announce that it is organising the Post-Olympics Broadcast Briefing in partnership with the
All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon.
Taking place on 12 October, this high-level, invitation-only one day
event will examine the way that the XXX Olympiad was covered by broadcasters,
aiming to share experiences and to provide insight and learning
for directors of sport and CTOs at major broadcasters and online
video platforms from around the world.
With high level speakers from the host broadcaster, the London Organising
Committee, social network platforms and others with direct, relevant experience
of how broadcasters pushed boundaries to deliver the most-watched sporting event
in history, this event is destined to be the principal analysis of the London
Games.
AIB is offering a limited number of high-profile sponsorship opportunities to
companies involved in sport broadcasting to support this important event. For
more information, see our
partnership brochure
and talk to Matthew Porter or Judy Lund to discuss the
opportunity on +44 20 7993 2557.
20 March 2012
In a tribute to the life and work of Vaclav Havel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and RFE/RL announce the launch of the Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship. The inaugural Vaclav Havel fellow, Franak Viachorka, will be in Washington for a week of training beginning on March 19, and will also be recognized at a reception hosted by the Czech Embassy.
Petr Gandalovic, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the U.S., described the goals of the program by invoking the legacy of his country’s former president. “Havel was a playwright, dissident and political leader. He had an uncompromising belief in the power of words and the power of truth to unite people and overcome tyranny. This Fellowship carries the spirit of his convictions to places struggling against censorship where — even in 2012 — people are still denied the fundamental human right of free speech.”
Fellowships will afford independent journalists from countries lacking a free media six months of professional, on-the-job training and development at RFE/RL’s Prague headquarters. The program initially targets EU Eastern Partnership countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and may expand to include fellows from other countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“RFE/RL has a special relationship with the Czech people,” says RFE/RL president Steven Korn. “This partnership will give promising young journalists an opportunity to work for impact in their own countries without fear.”
During his fellowship, Viachorka, a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Belarus, will train with RFE/RL’s Belarus service, Radio Svaboda. His visit to Washington will also include high-level meetings with journalists, diplomats, congressional staff members, and think tanks.
Viachorka has worked as a journalist and editor for several independent publications in Belarus, including as a freelancer for the BelaPAN news agency and the independent Polish satellite TV station, Belsat. He first came to the attention of Radio Svaboda at the age of 13 when he appeared from 2001-2002 on the program “Young Voices.” In 2006 he starred in the award-winning documentary, A Lesson of Belarusian, which chronicles his teenage years in Aleksandr Lukashenka’s Belarus. Viachorka is also the author of the European travel book “Wanderer’s Guide” and director of the Citizen Journalist blog.
