BT Group, the UK’s dominant telco and a Member of the AIB, reported strong full-year profits and a better-than-expected dividend.
Underlying pre-tax profit rose 44 per cent to £1.8 billion in the year to the end of March. Earnings per share were at the top end of forecasts at 14.2 pence. Revenue rose two per cent to £18.7 billion, in line with forecasts.
Dubai-based Middle East Business News (MEBN), an affiliate of CNBC, is to launch an Arabic-language channel CNBC Arabiya in June. The programming will cover Middle Eastern economic and business news.
CNBC Arabiya, owned and run by MEBN under a licensing and affiliation agreement with CNBC, will be based in Dubai and will have bureaus in Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain. An investment of around US$45 million has reportedly been earmarked for the next three years.
CNBC Europe – an AIB member – and CNBC Asia are to provide CNBC Arabiya global news link.
London’s Financial Times newspaper reports that BBC World Service is to join forces with international commercial broadcaster Viacom to launch the first pan-African radio campaign aimed at combating HIV/AIDS.
BBC World Service – a member of the AIB – is to produce anti-AIDS radio messages in seven African languages. The station’s audience in Africa is around 60m people.
The development follows a reported approach by Viacom – the company that owns MTV, CBS TV and Paramount Pictures – to the BBC. Viacom is to jointly fund the programming in association with the American health charity, the Kaiser Foundation.
The AIB is taking part in the Production Show, the London exhibition that focuses on television and radio production equipment and services.
Join us at stand 670 for a chat about the AIB and how we can serve your needs.
ND SatCom of Germany, a leading
global supplier of satellite based broadband VSAT, broadcast and
military communication network solutions – and a a member of the AIB -has announced the
opening of its Beijing, China office. ND SatCom decided to increase
its presence in China due to the areas potential and growing
satellite communications needs. The ND SatCom AG Beijing
Representative Office will better serve ND SatComs clients and
strengthen activities in the Asian region.
Mr. Roland Schua, Chief Representative China will head the new ND
SatCom office that includes highly experienced local sales and
engineering support. ND SatComs’ presence in Asia has grown from its
beginning in 1997 with an office in Singapore to a current network of
four sales and service offices in Singapore, New Delhi, Jakarta and
Beijing.
“By augmenting our activities in Beijing we believe that not only are
we positioning ourselves perfectly for the Chinese market but also for
expansion into more areas of Asia”, commented Mr. Schua, Chief
Representative China. He continued, “The official opening of ND
SatComs Beijing office represents our long term commitment to become
a major provider of satellite communication solutions in this
important emerging market.”