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Asia Media Summit 2024

19TH ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT
The Asia Media Summit (AMS) is an annual international media conference organised by AIBD as its flagship event. Every year in consultation with the members, partners and various global media gurus, a theme guides the direction and delivery of the summit. Being a unique broadcasting event in Asia-Pacific, it attracts around 500 top-ranking broadcasters, decision makers, media professionals, regulators, scholars, and stakeholders from within and outside the region. Apart from plenary sessions and pre-summit workshops, Asia Media Summit also provides a platform for intergovernmental dialogues to uplift the benchmarks of the regional media industry.

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June 2014

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Myanmar Media Development Center (MMDC) established in 2012 is building and strengthening new era for Myanmar's media industry.

Myanmar Media Development Center (MMDC) established in 2012 is building and strengthening new era for Myanmar's media industry.

So far MMDC has successfully delivered its third batch on Diploma in TV Broadcasting course and over (120) students have been trained.

The graduation ceremony of Diploma in TV Broadcasting (Batch-3) was held on 15 June, 2014 in Yangon. Ministers from Yangon Regional Government, officials of government ministries, executives from Forever Group, and parents of graduates attended the ceremony.

Congratulatory speeches for graduates were addressed by Mr Winn Maw, CEO of Forever Group and Mr Patrick Benning, Programme Manager (Myanmar), representing DW Akademie.

The certificates, which were conferred by AIBD, were awarded by Mrs Khin Khin Lay, Managing Director of Forever Group, Mr Khin Maung Htay, Co-founder & Director of Forever Group and Mr Naing Than, General Manager (Admin), Forever Group.

Myanmar Media Development Center will continue to contribute to capacity building for promising young generation and will be assisting long-term growth of Myanmar's media industry.

For a week from 28 April to 2 May 2014, international radio broadcaster Voice of Nigeria (VON) gathered in Lagos to prepare for a new Strategic Plan. In a workshop facilitated by AIBD, some 30 participants looked at the international media environment and the ways in which a Strategic Plan is crafted, monitored and published as a promise to audiences and parliamentary funders.

In an era of ubiquitous connections, media regulations need to be open and innovative.“It’s an irreversible trend,” says Mr. Yan Chengsheng, Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department, State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, China, in his speech at the AMS plenary session on “Towards Robust and Effective Media Regulation: Opportunities and Challenges".