From April 22 to 25, 2012, some 200 public service broadcasters from around the world gathered in Brisbane, Australia for the 29th CBA General Conference under the theme – Media Leadership in Crisis, Disaster and Emergency.
From April 22 to 25, 2012, some 200 public service broadcasters from around the world gathered in Brisbane, Australia for the 29th CBA General Conference under the theme – Media Leadership in Crisis, Disaster and Emergency.
The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is the largest global association of public service broadcasters, creating the leading forum for exchange of knowledge and supporting members through digital transition.
Public service broadcasters of every size and shape were in Brisbane: rich, poor, large, small and everything in between. Everyone involved in the sector realises that times are tough financially but all are focused on what matters most: audiences. Brisbane reinforced what we already knew: that at times of crisis, people turn to PSBs. It also reminded us that there’s nothing better than meeting face-to-face. Some broadcasting professionals will have shaken hands for the first time in Brisbane, and new friendships can now develop. Similarly countries within regions have formed new partnerships, alliances and forums out of this conference. People have been sharing information and swapping experiences but it’s been hard to listen at times, because it’s been about life and death scenarios, and coping after trauma.
There have been stand-out moments, most of them captured by heart-breaking audio and footage. One broadcaster from Japan even described how his station, NHK, kept on asking themselves after last year’s tsunami, “Could we have done more to save lives?” The audience felt sad and reflective, but it drove home the relevance of PSBs. You had the sense that those broadcasters who hadn’t been through the kind of traumas experienced in Japan, Thailand, New Zealand and Indonesia for example, were thinking how lucky they were, quickly followed by a key question: “If something like that happened to us, would we be prepared?”
AIBD Director Yang Binyuan attended the Brisbane conference hosted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, where he took time to meet AIBD members and partners.
AIBD Director Yang Binyuan with Pacific broadcasters at the CBA Conference
With meaningful and inspiring discussions, public service broadcasters have left the Brisbane conference with the feeling that there’s more that unites them than divides them.
Media Leadership in Crisis, Disaster and Emergency
From April 22 to 25, 2012, some 200 public service broadcasters from around the world gathered in Brisbane, Australia for the 29th CBA General Conference under the theme - Media Leadership in Crisis, Disaster and Emergency.
AIBD/UUM Celebrate ITU’s ‘Girls in ICT Day’
The world celebrated the ITU’s ‘Girls in ICT Day’ on 26 April 2012. In Malaysia, the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) held ITU’s ‘Girls in ICT Day’ programme under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union-Universiti Utara Malaysia Asia Pacific Centre of Excellence for Rural ICT Development (ITU-UUM ASP CoE).
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.
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.
AIBD At PBI 2011
AIBD Director Yang Binyuan, together with AIBD Programme Manager, Saqib Sheikh, attended Public Broadcasters International (PBI) 2011 from 26 to 29 October in Singapore. The conference is in its 20th edition and gathered some 200 members of the global public broadcasting industry.
UNICEF’s invitation for the Facebook Launch of “Communicating with Children”
UNICEF’s Communication for Development Team (Division of Policy and Practice) has extended an invitation to AIBD members to the launch of “Communicating with Children: Principles and Practices to Nurture, Inspire, Excite, Educate and Heal”
AIBD at Book Exhibition
As part of a gesture of close cooperation between AIBD and Tun Abdul Razak Broadcasting and Information Institute (IPPTAR), AIBD was recently invited to exhibit its publications in conjunction with MENTION 2011.
I Got INPUT!
AIBD, the Goethe-Institut, KBS and the Korea Foundation enabled producers and executives of broadcasters from nine Southeast Asian countries to meet in Seoul at INPUT 2011 in May, with the aim to improve the quality of the ASEAN co-production edutainment series “I Got It!” and to be inspired by new TV formats, challenging content and innovative technologies under the conference motto “Dare the Future”.
AIBD at Broadcast Asia 2011
AIBD took part in Broadcast Asia 2011 from 21 to 24 June in Singapore. The conference is in its 16th edition and gathers the industry’s leading broadcast players. For the first time, AIBD has been offered a booth at the exhibition.
During Broadcast Asia 2011, AIBD Director Yang Binyuan attended conference sessions and met participants and exhibitors at AIBD booth. It’s the first time that AIBD has had a booth at the exhibition and the organizer of Broadcast Asia 2011 offered it free of charge as the conference is supported by AIBD.