Euronews stronger in Oceania

9 September 2008

International news channel Euronews has strengthened its position across Australasia with the channel’s launch on 1 September in New Zealand.

The English-language version of the channel is available on Stratos TV and Triangle TV, with blocks of 30 to 60 minutes in the morning and evening. Stratos is available nationally via free-to-air on both the Sky satellite and Freeview platforms. Triangle TV is a regional terrestrial broadcaster covering Auckland and Wellington.

On 4 September, Euronews reached subscribers to TransACT’s cable broadband network in Canberra, Australia’s federal capital. This supplements Euroenews’ existing distribution on Selectv and Canal Satellite New Caledonia covering Australia.

Philips takes over content monitoring

9 September 2008

Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has assumed full ownership of its former joint venture Teletrax, the world’s first global broadcast intelligence company. Philips plans to combine Teletrax with its Content Identification business thereby creating a new unit which offers best in class technology and proven service expertise. This new pairing will provide full end-to-end solutions for content owners and distributors, and positions it uniquely in the growing market for audio and video content tracking, recognition, monitoring and monetization services.

Teletrax was launched in 2002 as a joint venture between Philips and Medialink Worldwide Incorporated . Based on Philips’ digital watermarking, and fingerprinting technologies Teletrax provides clients with services that enable them to precisely track and monitor where, when and how their content is being aired via cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcasting. In 2006, Teletrax partnered with Philips for its Mediahedge service, an end-to-end service platform for identifying, monitoring and monetising media content on the Internet.

“By integrating Teletrax and Philips Content Identification, we have made a major step change. This move accelerates our position to a full end-to-end service and technology partner throughout the lifecycle of audio visual and technological services, for tracking, recognition, monitoring and monetization of content,” says Alex Terpstra CEO of Philips Content Identification.

As independent entities, the two businesses provided solutions in multiple markets but the new combination will more comprehensively provide a rich suite of services to content owners, producers and distributors in the entertainment, news, advertising, sports, Internet, and telephony sectors.

“The newly-created Philips Content Identification and Teletrax team will be able to rapidly anticipate new market developments and trends in order to provide customers with new innovative solutions and services to address the converging markets of broadcast, Internet and mobile,” says Andy Nobbs, president and managing director of Teletrax.

Teletrax will continue to deliver its high value services to customers from offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.

AIB Directory of Global Broadcasting

29 August 2008



The 2008 edition of the AIB Directory of Global Broadcasting is
available. Completely revised, this new edition has listings for more than
1,250 broadcasters worldwide, together with selected DTH and IPTV platform
operators, new media companies, regulators and industry bodies.

With 228 full-colour pages, the AIB Directory of Global Broadcasting is an
indispensable source book on the world’s media – it covers radio as well as
television, plus emerging media.

The format of the AIB Directory of Global Broadcasting aims to combine
information with user-friendliness. Grouped by country worldwide (147
countries), we include detailed contact information for each organisation
listed. Useful country-specific data such as population, local time and
electricity supply, and 14 pages of maps are included for easy reference.

The Directory covers:
— National TV broadcasters
— National radio broadcasters
— Regional TV and radio broadcasters
— International and pan-regional broadcasters
— Selected cable and DTT platforms
— Selected industry regulators
— Selected IPTV platforms
— Selected industry associations

Key personnel listed include:
— CEOs
— CTOs
— Directors of news
— Directors of sport
— Programme acquisition executives
— Marketing executives
— Heads of international relations

The AIB Directory of Global Broadcasting is unique – there is no other source
book on broadcasting media that covers the world in this handy format. And we
issue all new orders with an update sheet covering major changes since
publication.

Order the book today for just GBP120, including delivery, by clicking

here.

Records broken for AIB Awards entries

6 August 2008

We’ve had more entries than ever before for this year’s AIB Media Excellence
Awards – the fourth international competition administered by the Association
for International Broadcasting that rewards excellence in TV, radio and online
programming, marketing and technology.

In fact, 2008 has brought almost three times the number of entries we
received in 2007, demonstrating that the AIB Awards have most definitely caught
the imagination of programme makers, editors, journalists and others in
international media companies.

We’re now starting the shortlisting process and then it will be up to our
international panel of judges to assess the shortlisted entries and feed their
results back in time for our gala Awards dinner
in London on 12 November. A large
number of tables have already been booked, so don’t delay –

book online today.

Companies that have entered the 2008 AIB Awards include:


  • A.R.G. Electro Design Ltd


  • ABS-CBN

  • Al
    Jazeera

  • Al
    Jazeera English


  • Animal Planet Intl


  • Arte G.E.I.E


  • Artificial Life, Inc


  • Australia Network

  • BBC

  • BBC
    African Service

  • BBC
    Northern Ireland

  • BBC
    Radio 5 Live

  • BBC
    World News

  • BBC
    World Service


  • BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) Television


  • Bloomberg Television


  • British Sky Broadcasting

  • BTV
    – Balkan News Corporation


  • Bulgarian National Television BNT


  • Caldecott Productions International


  • Canal 13 Artear


  • Capital Maharaja Organization Limited

  • CBC
    Radio-Canada

  • CBS
    News


  • Channel News Asia, MediCorp


  • Chellozone


  • Deutsche Welle


  • Dori Media Group


  • Entertainment India Limited


  • Express Media


  • France 24


  • Hearing Voices

  • KBS
    (Korean Broadcasting System)


  • Like It Is Productions


  • Link Research


  • Luxe TV


  • Metro TV (PT Media Televisi Indonesia)

  • MTV
    Hungarian Television Co

  • MTV
    Italia Srl

  • MTV
    Networks, The Netherlands


  • National Geographic


  • NDTV


  • Netherlands Public Broadcasting – Radio


  • NorCom Information Technology AG


  • Nova Television

  • On
    Track Media

  • Pre
    TV


  • Public Television Service Foundation


  • Radio Australia


  • Radio Free Asia


  • Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty


  • Radio New Zealand


  • Radio Taiwan International


  • Radio Television Hong Kong

  • RAI


  • Reality Check Studios


  • Rockhopper


  • Ross Video Limited

  • RTE


  • Russia Today


  • Ruth Evans Productions

  • SBS
    Corporation


  • Schweizer Fernsehen

  • Sky
    One


  • South African Broadcasting Corporation

  • SPE
    Networks – Asia Pte Ltd


  • Speedy Productions


  • Strix Television AB

  • SVT
    – Sveriges Television

  • SW
    Radio Africa


  • Swedish Radio

  • TBS
    London (Tokyo Broadcasting System)


  • Television Suisse Romande (Swiss TV/TSR)

  • The
    Doha Debates

  • The
    Tibet Connection

  • The
    Walt Disney Company (Sea) Pte ltd


  • Thomas Grass Valley


  • Times Global Broadcasting Co. Ltd


  • Tinderbox Production

  • TMF/MTV
    Networks

  • TV
    Globo

  • TV2
    Norway

  • TV3

  • TVE

  • TVN
    SA


  • United Nations


  • United Nations Radio


  • Usen Media


  • Voice of America


  • Voice of Nigeria

  • VRT

  • VRT
    Television

  • VT
    Communications

  • WDR
    Cologne

  • WDR
    Cologne, Arte

  • WDR
    TV

  • Zee
    News Limited

 

Angolan TV arrives in Europe

1 August 2008

Angolan public television (TPA) has launched an international channel that’s initially available in Europe.

TPA says that the new channel – carried on Eutelsat W3A – carries flagship programmes from domestic channels TPA1 and TPA2. The broadcaster intends, it claims, to extend delivery beyond Europe over the coming months.

Enter the 2008 AIB Awards

29 July 2008

The 2008 AIB International Media Excellence Awards are open for entry.


Visit the special AIB Awards microsite at www.aibawards.com to find out more, including comprehensive information about this year’s search for inspiring ideas in global media.

Enter the AIB Media Excellence Awards today…download the entry information
here.

Closing date for entries now extended to 19 July 2008

Join us at LSO St Luke’s in London for this year’s AIB Media Excellence
Awards diner pensant.
Wednesday 12 November 2008