Association for International Broadcasting

Association for International Broadcasting
Founded1993
Headquarters
Kent, United Kingdom
Websitehttp://www.aib.org.uk

The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) is a non-profit, non-governmental trade association that represents international television and radio broadcasters and online broadcasters, founded in 1993. It is governed by an Executive Committee of six members elected from the AIB's membership. The AIB's Secretariat is located in Kent, in the United Kingdom.

Activities

Key areas of activity include:

The AIB has an immense collection of data about broadcasting and electronic media covering territories throughout the world.

The AIB runs an awards festival that celebrates the best in factual TV and radio broadcasting. Called the AIBs, this annual festival that was launched in 2005[10] and attracts entries from broadcasters and independent production companies on every continent and in many languages.[11]

Members

Gerry Jackson of SW Radio Africa[12] receiving a Media Excellence award for creativity from Mishal Husain in 2007[13]
Mishal Husain, Richard Porter and Liliane Landor at an AIB awards evening in 2007

The following broadcasters, organisations, companies and TV and radio channels are members of the AIB.[14]

Region/Territory Name Status
Asia-Pacific
(headquartered in  Malaysia) 		Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Broadcasting association
 Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation Public, TV/radio
 Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Public, TV/radio
 China Phoenix Television Partially state-owned, TV
 France France Médias Monde State-owned, TV/radio
 Germany Deutsche Welle Public, TV/radio
SchmitsPartners Law firm
 India Prasar Bharati Public, TV/radio
TV9 Network Private, TV
 Japan NHK World-Japan Public, TV/radio
 New Zealand RNZ International Public, radio
 Nigeria Channels TV Private, TV
 Pakistan Geo TV Private, TV
Hum Network Private, TV
 Qatar Al Jazeera Media Network State-funded
 Romania Antena 3 Private, TV
Radio Romania International Public, radio
 Russia RT (Russia Today) State-owned, TV
Ruptly News agency, owned by RT
 Saudi Arabia Al Arabiya TV/radio
 Singapore CNA (Channel NewsAsia) State-funded, TV
 Taiwan (Republic of China) Public Television Service (PTS) Public, TV
Radio Taiwan International Public, radio
 Turkey TRT World State-owned, TV
 United Kingdom Arqiva Telecommunications company
BBC News Public, TV/radio
Iran International Private, TV
 United States Bloomberg Television Private, TV
Shure Audio products company
U.S. Agency for Global Media Government agency, TV/radio

References

  1. ^ "Written evidence - AIB | Association for International Broadcasting". data.parliament.uk.
  2. ^ "Media Freedom Symposium and Survey". March 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Association for International Broadcasting Makes Submission to Australian Senate on Media Freedom". 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ "UN Special Rapporteur on Iran "deplores" the persecution of BBC Persian staff and their families". bbc.com.
  5. ^ "Cybersecurity: broadcasters in the line of fire". Medium. April 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "AIB Members Urge Broadcast Manufacturers to Engage Over Cyber Security | Media Business". Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  7. ^ Foster2019-02-15T12:48:00+00:00, Alana. "Brexit: UK broadcasters need certainty". IBC.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Levira and Estonia target post-Brexit broadcaster market again". Digital TV Europe. May 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "Brexit: AIB tells broadcasters "don't panic"". Broadband TV News. January 24, 2019.
  10. ^ "Previous AIBs | The AIBs".
  11. ^ "Vimeo". vimeo.com.
  12. ^ Guardian Staff (2012-05-14). "Gerry Jackson, founder, SW Radio Africa". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  13. ^ Broadcasting), AIB (Association for International (2020-01-10), gerry-jackson-sw-radio-africa_2055826380_o, retrieved 2022-12-10
  14. ^ "Members of the Association for International Broadcasting | AIB". aib.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-08.

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