23 April 2010
The conference, called by President Evo Morales of Bolivia to discuss climate change and in particular to highlight the views of the world’s poorest peoples, ended yesterday in Cochabamba. The output were declarations (see cmpcc.org for the full text) that covered the four main aims of the meeting: a universal declaration of the rights of Mother Earth (protecting ecosystems) ; the creation of an International Tribunal to bring to justice those who violate these rights ; compensation for poor countries from the industrialised countries who have caused the vast majority of environmental damage (6% of GDP annually was demanded) ; and a global referendum on climate change in a year’s time.
It is not hard to see why Bolivia is at the forefront of these demands. Scientists say that 50% of Bolivia’s ice mass, currently vital to supply water supplies to cities such as the capital La Paz, will be lost in the next 40 years – not due to their own actions, but due to economic activity in other countries. Also, like many less developed countries they felt left out of the discussions at the Copenhagen summit which were mainly between countries such as the US and China, with agreements being presented to them simply for acceptance. Plus in Evo Morales, they have a passionate president representing an indigenous population that until recently has hardly had any say in their government.
Will the summit have any effect? Apparently there were 48 governments represented among the 31,000 attendees, though in the end the only other president who attended was Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, and with rhetoric against capitalism in evidence, it would be easy to dismiss it as simply promoting left-wing propaganda. But hopefully, the voices of billions of poor people will be heard, if not here, then elsewhere. They are being badly affected by climatic variations and need a voice.
In the context of the AIBs People’s Choice award on climate change, we are hoping for programmes that cover the views of a huge variety of different nations, tribes and races.
19 April 2010
International Media: 2010 AIBs media awards launched – with new People’s Choice category
‘AIBs’ launched with call for entries from the world’s media companies – enter by 2 July 2010
London, UK, 19 April 2010 – The 2010 AIBs – the international media excellence awards – are officially open for entry. The AIBs are organised by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) and cover TV, radio, cross-media productions, marketing and technology. Now in their sixth year, the AIB Awards are firmly established as a major international competition, with a jury of eminent media professionals drawn from every part of the globe.
New in 2010 is the People’s Choice Award where broadcasters’ coverage of climate change will be judged by an international audience of viewers through social networking sites around the world. Also new among the categories in 2010 is the Children’s Factual Programming Award recognising the very best in programme-making for the often overlooked children’s TV audience.
The AIBs categories are: Clearest coverage of a single news event – TV + radio; Best current affairs documentary – TV + radio; Best investigative documentary – TV + radio; Best creative feature – TV + radio; Best children’s factual programme/series; Most creative specialist genre; Best online, mobile or cross-media production; On-air personality of the year – TV + radio; People’s Choice: Best coverage of climate change; Most creative marketing strategy; Most innovative technology.
The 2010 AIBs are open for entry until 2 July 2010. The Awards will be presented in London on 9 November at a gala evening attended by presenters, editors, journalists, marketers, technologists and executives from media companies all over the world. The 2010 AIBs are sponsored by Bloomberg TV, Advanced Digital Broadcast and 1GOAL.
Full information about the 2010 AIBs and how to enter is available online at theaibs.tv and www.aib.org.uk.
Contact
Gunda Cannon gunda.cannon@aib.org.uk T +44 (0)20 7993 2557 AIB, PO Box 141, Cranbrook TN17 9AJ, UK
About the AIB
Established in 1993, the AIB is the international industry association and global knowledge network for the international broadcasting industry – cross-media, cross-border, cross-cultural. With a reach of over 25,000 communicators and media professionals, AIB is a unique centre of information about international broadcasting, covering TV, radio, online and mobile. AIB researches regular market intelligence briefings for its members and provides client-specific consultancy and project support. Members receive an extensive package of services throughout the year. AIB publishes the comprehensive Global Broadcasting Sourcebook and the international media magazine, The Channel. AIB hosts the annual AIB International Media Excellence Awards – the “AIBs” – on 10 November 2010. For more information, visit www.aib.org.uk
Recent AIBs winners and highly commended entrants:
3FM (Holland)
ABC (Australia)
ABC Radio (Australia)
Al Arabiya (UAE)
Al Jazeera (Qatar)
Al Jazeera Children’s Channel
(Qatar)
Arte (France)
BBC (UK)
BBC Global News
BBC Persian TV (UK)
BBC Russian Service
BBC World News (UK)
BBC World Service (UK)
BBC World Service Trust (UK)
Bloomberg Television (UK)
CBC Radio-Canada (Canada)
CBS News (Unites States)
Channel 4 (UK)
ChelloZone (UK)
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
E4 (UK)
EditShare (France)
France 24 (France)
Hessischer Rundfunk (Germany)
Link Research (UK)
Luxe TV (Luxembourg)
Martine Tanghe, VRT (Belgium)
NDTV (India)
NFL Network (United States)
Omnibus Systems (UK)
Pyramedia (UAE)
Radio Canada International
Radio Free Europe
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
(Netherlands)
Radio New Zealand International
Radio Romania (Romania)
Radio Sawa (South Africa)
RFE/RL (Czech Republic)
Rockhopper TV (UK)
Ross Kemp, Sky1 (UK)
RTE (Ireland)
RTHK (Hong Kong)
Russia Today
Ruth Evans Productions (UK)
S4M (Germany)
SABC (South Africa)
Sky1 (UK)
Strix TV (Sweden)
Sveriges Radio (Sweden)
Sveriges Television (Sweden)
SW Radio Africa
Tinderbox Production (UK)
TV2 (Norway)
TV3 (Ireland)
United Nations
Voice of America
Voice of Nigeria (Nigeria)
VRT (Belgium)
VT Communications (UK)
VTV (Ghana)
WDR (Germany)
Zeinab Badawi, BBC (UK)
19 April 2010
It is ironic that some attendees due at the Peoples Climate Summit called by Bolivian President Evo Morales should be delayed by the volanic eruption in Iceland: climatic conditions are preventing aircraft travel, which is responsible for high carbon emissions per person, and yet stopping people coming together to discuss how to reduce the impact of carbon emissions.
Hopefully the conference will not be badly affected, since it is aiming to bring together and respresent the views and concerns of the poorest two billion people in the world on the subject of climate change. It is often the poorest who are worst affected by climatic disasters – witness how the recent Haiti earthquake killed 250,000 while the earthquake in Chile just afterwards killed under 500, with better infrastructure in Chile being a major factor. The poorest also live in the lands most likely to be flooded and live precariously with little or no reserves against poor harvests, drought and famine.
Morales points out that 75 percent of historical emissions of greenhouse gases originated in “the countries of the North that followed a path of irrational industrialization”.
The summit should provide an interesting contrast to the views of the industrialised and newly industrialising countries which tended to dominate at Kyoto and Copenhagen.
The AIB is looking forward to providing access to some of the very divergent views on climate change in its People’s Choice category at the 2010 AIBs – international media excellence awards
12 April 2010
The Association for International Broadcasting is at MIP TV in Cannes where we officially announce the 2010 AIBs. We are excited by the inclusion of two new awards this year – one for the Best Children’s Factual Programme or Series, the other a “People’s Choice” for the Best TV Coverage of Climate Change.
I will talk more about the Best Children’s Factual Programme or Series in another post, and how it links in with our support of 1GOAL and the “Education for All” campaign linked to the World Cup in South Africa.
But let me now explain more about the new “People’s Choice” award. Up to now, all awards at the AIBs have been determined by an independent panel of judges, consisting of respected professionals from broadcasting and related industries – and this will continue to be the case for all awards apart from this special new award. The “People’s Choice” award recognises the increasing power of the audience to provide rapid feedback on programmes, often in real-time. We are harnessing the power of online tools and social networking to allow viewers from around the world to vote for the best programme in this category.
Each year, the topic for entries in this category will be chosen as something of great current interest. For 2010 the subject is “climate change” which creates great passion and interest around the world. By showcasing the best programmes from around the world, not only will the highest quality broadcasting be on view and brought to new audiences in many different countries, but the impact and opinions of climate change as it affects many different communities will be on display.
The shortlist of the best programmes will be available to view on different online platforms and viewers will have one vote for their favourite. More details on the viewing and voting procedures will be available nearer the time. But we are sure this will provide great interest to viewers and a fantastic platforms to the programmes entered.
We will be updating you on the progress of this award regularly in the lead up to the awards ceremony on 10th November.
