24 June 2004
On 12 and 13 July, Al Jazeera Channel will be organising and hosting an international media conference on Media & Government Defining the Relationship in Doha, Qatar.
The conference will address issues at the core of the broadcasting profession, stemming from the industrys experience of covering the war in Iraq and its aftermath, especially the re-emergence of the paradoxical relationship between media and governments.
The conference will attempt to bring together active members of the international media corps from all areas of the industry including print and electronic publishing, as well as broadcasting, alongside interested academics and policy makers in relevant fields.
For more information please contact:
Jihad Ali Ballout, Manager, Communication & Media Relations
Tel: +(974) 487 3479
Fax: +(974) 487 6790
Mob: +(974) 582 3182
E-mail: jballout@aljazeera.net
PO Box 23123, Doha-State of Qatar
22 June 2004
Broadcast magazine, the UK trade newspaper for the broadcasting industry, is holding a one-day conference in London on Thursday 24 June on launching and managing a channel. The AIB is supporting this event and will be in attendance. Click on the banner above for more details.
21 June 2004
The AIB’s twice-yearly Global Broadcasting Guide is the definitive index of international radio and television broadcasting.
The Global Broadcasting Guide contains a country-by-country listing of English-language international radio broadcasts – with times that each station is on the air, plus complete frequency listing – plus an hour-by-hour guide to French and German language radio broadcasts.
The Global Broadcasting Guide includes TV listings, too, with details of the world’s main English-language news channels.
The current summer 2004 edition is available now; the next edition will be published in November 2004 covering winter frequencies.
21 June 2004
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21 June 2004
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17 June 2004
The European Audiovisual Observatory has announced a major conference on audiovisual piracy and its consequences, entitled NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PIRACY: A CHALLENGE TO THE AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRIES (Paris, 18 June 2004). The French Foreign Ministry (direction de l’audiovisuel extérieur et des techniques de communication) which holds this years Presidency of the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory, has chosen the major media issue of audiovisual piracy as the subject of the Observatorys traditional yearly conference.
The conference will be structured around three panel discussions offering a broad analysis of the current situation:
* Where does piracy start?
* What is the impact on the audiovisual industries?
* From the findings to action: the solutions?
Participation at this conference is by invitation only, although there is a limited number of additional press seats. In order to obtain a press invitation, please contact the Observatorys Press Officer, Alison Hindhaugh (alison.hindhaugh@obs.coe.int, Tel: + 333 88 14 44 10)
Related links:
www.obs.coe.int/db/gavis/piracy/html
and
www.obs.coe.int/db/gavis/peertopeer/html
