On Friday 5th August from 10am, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association presents "The Digital Revolution" - a TV panel discussion recording featuring leading media experts at the Louis Leakey Auditorium – National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya.
The panel will feature Julie Gichuru, Citizen TV; Salim Amin, A24 Media; Abdu Simba (TBC), Tanzania Media Fund; Churchill Otieno, Nation Media Group; Monicah Waceke, KBC; Daniel Obam, Broadcast Engineer; George Nyabuga, School of Journalism, University of Nairobi; and Viviene Marles, InterMedia.
Plus "Breaking News! Radio is dead..." A talk by writer and broadcaster Joseph Warungu.
Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has been pushing for UN action on the current situation in Syria. Speaking on the BBC Today show, he said in response to the question of military action against Syria, "Well it's not a remote possibility, even if we were in favour of that."
Meanwhile, the interim report of the inquiry into Australia's devastating Queensland floods has been published. The main focus of the report was on Queensland's biggest dam that provides the majority of Brisbane's water supply. If forecasters predict another extreme wet season it may have to be drained to 75% of its capacity.
CBA News Exchange members are: BBC, ABC, CBC, MNBC Maldives, GBN Grenada, SBS Australia, Maori TV New Zealand, EMTV Papua New Guinea, Daar Communications Nigeria, GBC Ghana, Radio Taiwan International, Islam Channel and CBC Barbados. Membership of the Exchange is free up until 31 August 2011 and is open to all CBA members.
To access material, members of the CBA News Exchange should click here.
- 01/08/2011 Update on Queensland Floods
- 01/08/2011 Britain's Foreign Secretary pushes for UN action on Syria
- 29/07/2011 Behind-the-scenes look at Chinese regiment
- 29/07/2011 Northerners have big brains
- 26/07/2011 Carbon Credit Cattle Station
- 25/07/2011 Australian wins Tour de France
- 25/07/2011 Taiwan attempts to calm Chinese jet fears (A)
- 19/07/2011 UK Parliament hears testimony on phone-hacking
- 18/07/2011 Ma: Taiwan shows its hard, soft, smart power...
- 18/07/2011 Ma: Gov't will support youth baseball (A)
- 18/07/2011 Taiwanese travelers to Europe increase (A)
- 13/07/2011 Northern Ireland Unrest - additional footage
- 13/07/2011 Medical breakthrough for cystic fibrosis patients
CBA: Live in Kingston
For anyone who missed the event, videos are now available on the Live page of Minister Daryl Vaz and Professor Trevor Munroe speaking.
IBC 2011
In association with IBC the ConnectedWorld. TV Awards, celebrate the creativity of broadcasters, independent producers, technology companies and consumer electronics manufacturers who are pioneering the business of content everywhere.
Presented at a prestigious black-tie gala dinner at the Hotel Okura Amsterdam on Monday 12 September, the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards provide a showcase for the connected content, devices, tools and techniques that are creating new openings for the skills and technologies represented at IBC. Read More...
The Elusive Art of Monetising Multiplatform
The Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize 2011
The award, considered Europe's premier human rights, democracy and development award for journalism, is open to print, online or broadcast reporters worldwide. Take part and help raise public awareness about universal values and win cash prizes. The deadline is 31 August.
The Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize 2011
International Institute of Communications 2011 Conference
Recent strides in broadband connectivity (such as the landing of undersea cables in Africa being the latest example) have opened the possibility of connecting the world in unforeseen ways, holding out the prospect of widespread economic, social and cultural benefits. On the media side, as traditional platforms come under threat, the attraction and competitiveness of future offers will depend on being able to innovate using content derived from different sources, setting up collaborations and deploying new skills; access to capital and technology platforms will be critical. This year's conference 'Trends in Global Communications: Making Digital Society a Universal Reality' will take place from the 3-4 October.
International Institute of Communications
Radio facilities and office space available with Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand has office space and access to radio facilities available in central Auckland from now until after the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which will be held in New Zealand from 9 September - 23 October.
Details of the facilities available and the relevant contact information are included in this PDF document.
CBA Launches Transmission Newsletter
"Transmission" is a new CBA newsletter specifically aimed at technical staff working for member organisations. The newsletter is led by Neil Dormand, the CBA Technology consultant.
Future editions will contain technical news from other members', especially recent developments, new equipment and software from manufacturers that will be of special interest to members as well as case histories and general item that contributes to overall knowledge. Feedback is encouraged so feel free to e-mail Neil what you want. In addition if you are involved in any project that you think would be of interest to other members then let's hear about it. On occasions articles will be linked with specific discussions taking place on the CBA Technical Forum.
The first edition should be published in the first week of June with an edition every two months with the occasional special edition on a particular topic.
CBA WorldView
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IBC 2011
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