The 4th Board of Director’s Meeting for the Global Media Centre for Development (GMCD) was conducted at the AIBD headquarters on 30 January 2012. Among those attending the meeting includes AIBD Director Yang Binyuan, GMCD Chairman Hugues D’annoux and GMCD General Manager Dimitri Mendjisky.
The 4th Board of Director’s Meeting for the Global Media Centre for Development (GMCD) was conducted at the AIBD headquarters on 30 January 2012. Among those attending the meeting includes AIBD Director Yang Binyuan, GMCD Chairman Hugues D’annoux and GMCD General Manager Dimitri Mendjisky.
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The meeting was a productive discussion on the overall operational and financial performance of GMCD during the year 2011 and the promotional strategy and budget plan moving forward. A particular focus of the meeting was the Mediahub Market for content providers and broadcasters to be set up at the upcoming Asia Media Summit 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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The guests from GMCD also were invited to take part in birthday celebrations for two AIBD staff members, Holger Banko and Marcel Gomez, prior to the meeting.
Later in the day, AIBD Director Yang Binyuan joined with GMCD guests to launch the new GMCD office in Kuala Lumpur.
[img_assist|nid=2122|title=|desc=|link=none|align=none|width=550|height=361] Based in Kuala Lumpur, the Global Media Centre for Development (GMCD), created in 2009, is a joint venture between the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and Worldview Global Media Holding (WGMH SA).
AIBD Hosts GMCD Board Meeting
The 4th Board of Director’s Meeting for the Global Media Centre for Development (GMCD) was conducted at the AIBD headquarters on 30 January 2012. Among those attending the meeting includes AIBD Director Yang Binyuan, GMCD Chairman Hugues D’annoux and GMCD General Manager Dimitri Mendjisky.
Mediahub Newsletter #24
Mediahub expands its network to include the Arab world
AIBD and GMCD offer ASBU members free access to Mediahub Access, a cost-efficient B2B e-platform for content distribution, acquisition, marketing and promotion.
2003 Bangkok Declaration: What Next?
The Bangkok Declaration was endorsed at the 1st Conference of the Ministers on Information and Broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region, hosted by the Government of Thailand in May 2003 in Bangkok. The declaration offered recommendations to address challenges of media globalization, cultural diversity, public service broadcasting, information divide and human resource development could respond to the changing media environment.
World TV Awards 2012 – Call for Entry
WORLD TV AWARDS 2012
The World Television Awards are open to all broadcasters in Asia, Pacific, Europe, Africa, and North & South America from public, private sector and freelance producers.
For 2012, the two World TV Awards categories are:
- Category Humanity for the Best Documentary on "Promoting Religious Understanding and Tolerance"
- Category Science/Environment for the Best Programme on "Preserving Ozone layer and Protecting the Earth"
AIBD New Year Party
The much awaited annual excursion and AIBD New Year Party materialized on 6th January 2012 when the AIBD family had the pleasure of visiting Port Dickson on a day’s trip.
ABU Legal Counsel
The present Legal Counsel of ABU will complete his contract with the ABU on 19 April 2012. Applications are therefore being sought to fill this position with a view to having the new Legal Counsel take over the role in July 2012.
Mediahub Market
The Mediahub Market will be organised in conjunction with the Asia Media Summit (AMS) 2012, to be held from 29-30 May in Bangkok, Thailand at Sofitel Centara Grand Hotel. This new event will be the first B2B media trade show of its kind dedicated to business networking with content providers from all around the world and advertising agencies representing clients from all emerging markets.
Professional Debate on Developing the Public Service Broadcasting in the Arab Region
On December 15, 2011, the Professional Debate on “Developing the Public Service Broadcasting in the Arab Region” was held in Tunis during the 31st ordinary session of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) General Assembly.
PMPC 2011
The Pacific Media Partnership meeting today adopted a key declaration calling on the governments, international organisations and all stakeholders to assist and empower the broadcasters in the Pacific region to help them carry out their mandate of providing information, education and entertainment through their services to audiences. This is deemed as an important step in the development and sustenance of the broadcasting industry in the region.
31st International URTI Grand Prix Call for Programmes
The 31st International URTI Grand Prix for Author’s Documentary is open to all the public and private television organisations. It is an annual competition destined to reward – in the exclusive field of the author’s documentary – the television productions corresponding the better to the goals pursued by URTI.