The In-Country Seminar on Broadcast Management organised by AIBD in collaboration with Telekom Malaysia (TM) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 19 August 2014. The seminar was designed specifically for TM staff from sales, marketing, technical, customer care centre, officers and managers. The seminar aims to bring understanding the broadcast industry, especially to get a feel of developments concerning technology, business and regulation.
The In-Country Seminar on Broadcast Management organised by AIBD in collaboration with Telekom Malaysia (TM) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 19 August 2014. The seminar was designed specifically for TM staff from sales, marketing, technical, customer care centre, officers and managers. The seminar aims to bring understanding the broadcast industry, especially to get a feel of developments concerning technology, business and regulation.
Today Malaysia is in the brink of migrating from the traditional analogue TV broadcasting to digital. The transition will have immense impact on the media landscape of the country because among others it will change the roles of the traditional broadcasters which will become content providers after the Analogue Switch Off (ASO). From the date of ASO onwards the role all terrestrial broadcasters will be taken over by the newly appointed CIIP (Common Integrated Infrastructure Provider), who will unify all Digital Terrestrial TV services (DTT) under the single umbrella of the national platform.
In view of the approaching shut down of analogue TV transmission and the start of the digital terrestrial TV operations not only today’s broadcasters but also all other contributors to this huge and challenging undertake in Malaysia will have to redefine their roles. They will have to review the existing and prepare for new business models, they have to investigate whole range of new services the digital transmission will enable and as a result they will have to realign their strategies and the kind and range of services they shall provide. And of course they will have to propose also new services and explore new revenue chains.
Currently Telekom Malaysia is the key service provider for signal transport services from the premises of today’s broadcasters to the transmitter sites as well as for the operation of the transmitters, the towers and of all peripheral infrastructures which are used for the analogue TV transmissions in Malaysia.
In order to prepare its staff for the new challenges that the new era of digital transmissions in Malaysia will impose on the technical infrastructure, on the operational workflows and on its maintenance capabilities and for to be ready to manage them to the full satisfaction of its customers – the content providers, the DTT platform operator and the public – Telekom Malaysia has started a range of internal educational seminars.
Invited by AIBD and TM, local and foreign experts have introduced the role of the state regulator SKMM/MCMC during the preparation phase of the digital transition and for the time after, have outlined the DTT standards and the services TM could provide to the DTT players, have explained the trends of new technologies and services and their impact on manufacturers and suppliers of equipment for broadcast professionals and explained the point of view of RTM radio with regards to habits and expectations of the Malaysian public on the future digital broadcasting.
The seminar which organised with the intention to encourage the active interaction between TM staff and the speakers was attended by more than 50 participants. The resource persons were Ms Azlina Mohd Yusof, Mr Nikos Kalpidis, Dr Amal Punchihewa, Mr Peter Bruce and Dr Syafiq Alfonse.
AIBD/TM In-Country Seminar on Broadcast Management
The In-Country Seminar on Broadcast Management organised by AIBD in collaboration with Telekom Malaysia (TM) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 19 August 2014. The seminar was designed specifically for TM staff from sales, marketing, technical, customer care centre, officers and managers. The seminar aims to bring understanding the broadcast industry, especially to get a feel of developments concerning technology, business and regulation.
Workshop on Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB T2)
The In-Country workshop on Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial (DVB T2) organised by AIBD in collaboration with Prasar Bharati and STI (T) was held in New Delhi, India from 4 to 8 August 2014. The workshop was designed specifically for broadcast engineers/technicians associated with planning, implementation, operation and maintenance of digital television broadcasting. The workshop also covered various techniques and parameters of DVB-T2.
AIBD/FBC In-Country Workshop on Broadcast News Coverage
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) and Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) conducted a two-week long workshop from8-19 July 2014 for the multi media journalists of FBC at their headquarters in Suva, Fiji.
The training program was designed to help the young journalist have a better knowledge of various aspects of broadcast. The participants were from their English, Hindi and iTaukeiservices.
The workshop dealt with topics like news writing, reporting, production and on air presentation.
Mr Sashi
Mr. Sashidharan P.M. Sreedharan joined AIBD as an IT Officer in April 2014.
Sashi started his career with OAC Insurance (Subsidiary of OCBC Bank) in 1995 as a backup operator. He later moved to Asia Brown Boveri Power Generation (ABB) in 1996 as an IT specialist, and Computer Systems Advisors Malaysia (CSAM) in 1999 as a field service engineer.
UN-APCICT Regional Workshop on Social Media for Development
The Regional Workshop on Social Media for Development was held on 30 June – 2 July 2014 in Incheon, Republic of Korea and was attended by AIBD Programme Manager Saqib Sheikh. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT) and was attended by over 40 experts in various fields of development, including the government sector, media broadcasting, disaster risk relief and reduction, agriculture and ICT.
AIBD/FES Publication “Media Ethics in the Age of Social Media”
One of the highlights of the pre-summit events of the Asia Media Summit 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is the launch of the AIBD/FES publication “Media Ethics in the Age of Social Media” during the opening of the pre-summit workshop on the same theme on 5 May 2014.
AIBD/VON In-country Workshop on Performance Management
AIBD together with Voice of Nigeria (VON) holds a five day in-country workshop on Performance Management for Corporate Planning and Evaluation which commenced on 28 April 2014 with the aim of identifying the objectives that are needed to be affirmed and refined, along with the initiatives to be put in place in order to meet the aspirations of Voice of Nigeria.
AIBD/NRK/FBC In-country Workshop on Children’s TV Programmes
From 17 to 21 March 2014, I had the pleasure of chairing an in-country workshop on children’s TV programmes organised in Fiji by AIBD and supported by NRK for 9 participants of Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC). FBC TV is rather new - only 2 years old and with relatively small - but very enthusiastic staff.
Training Approaches in the New Media Environment
For broadcast training institutions to be attuned and responsive to the demands of new media and social media, they need to form task forces that will facilitate exchange of trainers and experts, offer a more modularized and interactive type of training curriculum relevant to broadcasters’ needs and establish a web-based management protocol or a ‘brokerage’ of sort that facilitates generation of training data and regional exchanges and collaboration.
Effective Curriculum Models for Social Media Training
Any effective curriculum models for social media-based training must start with the audience and an understanding of what motivates them towards social media and related interactions.