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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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January 2017

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AIBD and MRTV-4 organised an In-country workshop on Children’s TV programmes from 3 – 7 October 2016, in Yangon, Myanmar funded by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). With 12 participants from MRTV-4 attending, this workshop covered areas such as dramatic content in Children’s programmes, the cultural, historical and language representations.

The workshop explored the critical need to reclaim the young audience from mass produced shows and create content that is presented in their own language with their own culture. With foreign shows encroaching on the local content, the need to produce well conceptualized, innovative content is imperative.

This workshop encouraged the participants to explore different methods and employ out-of-the-box thinking to create innovative content that would attract the target audience, while using local culture and language. Secondly this workshop focused on dramaturgy, creative writing, proper casting and working with children, and improvisation. It also examined the case studies from various sources from across the globe which had successfully used these methods to for programmes.

Conducted exclusively for MRTV’s staff, the participants approached this workshop with the intention of increasing the number of children’s quality television programmes broadcasted within the country. This 5-day workshop was conducted by Mr Kalle Fürst, Consultant for NRK & Director of Fürst & Father, Film and TV Ltd., Norway.

AIBD and BBS organised an In-country workshop on Children’s TV programmes from 21 – 25 November 2016, in Thimphu, Bhutan, funded by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). With 11 participating producers from Bhutan Broadcasting Corporation Services, this workshop mainly focused on dramatic content in Children’s programmes, the cultural, historical and language representations.

Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) in collaboration with Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), organised an In-Country Workshop on Children's TV Program from 3 – 7 October 2016. Hosted by MMDC, this workshop covered area such as dramatic content in Children’s programmes, the cultural, historical and language representations.