Association for International Broadcasting

Association for International Broadcasting

Founded	1993
Headquarters	Kent, United Kingdom
Key people	Carlson Huang (Chairperson)
Website	http://www.aib.org.uk

The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) is a non-profit, non-governmental trade association that represents international television and radio broadcasters and online broadcasters, founded in 1993. It is governed by an Executive Committee of six members elected from the AIB's membership. The AIB's Secretariat is located in Kent, in the United Kingdom.

Activities

Key areas of activity include:

• media freedom ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• cyber security ^{[5] [6]}
• sustainability
• regulatory affairs ^{[7] [8] [9]}

The AIB has an immense collection of data about broadcasting and electronic media covering territories throughout the world.

The AIB runs an awards festival that celebrates the best in factual TV and radio broadcasting. Called the AIBs, this annual festival that was launched in 2005 ^[10] and attracts entries from broadcasters and independent production companies on every continent and in many languages. ^[11]

Members

Gerry Jackson of SW Radio Africa receiving a Media Excellence award for creativity from Mishal Husain in 2007

Mishal Husain, Richard Porter and Liliane Landor at an AIB awards evening in 2007

The following broadcasters, organisations, companies and TV and radio channels are members of the AIB. ^[14]

Region/Territory	Name	Status
Asia-Pacific (headquartered in   Malaysia)	Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union	Broadcasting association
Australia	Australian Broadcasting Corporation	Public, TV/radio
Canada	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Public, TV/radio
China	Phoenix Television	Partially state-owned, TV
France	France Médias Monde	State-owned, TV/radio
Germany	Deutsche Welle	Public, TV/radio
	SchmitsPartners	Law firm
India	Prasar Bharati	Public, TV/radio
	TV9 Network	Private, TV
Japan	NHK World-Japan	Public, TV/radio
New Zealand	RNZ International	Public, radio
Nigeria	Channels TV	Private, TV
Pakistan	Geo TV	Private, TV
	Hum Network	Private, TV
Qatar	Al Jazeera Media Network	State-funded
Romania	Antena 3	Private, TV
	Radio Romania International	Public, radio
Russia	RT (Russia Today)	State-owned, TV
	Ruptly	News agency, owned by RT
Saudi Arabia	Al Arabiya	TV/radio
Singapore	CNA (Channel NewsAsia)	State-funded, TV
Taiwan	Radio Taiwan International	Public, radio
Turkey	TRT World	State-owned, TV
United Kingdom	Arqiva	Telecommunications company
	BBC News	Public, TV/radio
	Iran International	Private, TV
United States	Bloomberg Television	Private, TV
	Shure	Audio products company
	U.S. Agency for Global Media	Government agency, TV/radio

References

1. "Written evidence - AIB | Association for International Broadcasting". data.parliament.uk.
2. "Media Freedom Symposium and Survey". March 24, 2021.
3. "Association for International Broadcasting Makes Submission to Australian Senate on Media Freedom". 4 October 2019.
4. "UN Special Rapporteur on Iran "deplores" the persecution of BBC Persian staff and their families". bbc.com.
5. "Cybersecurity: broadcasters in the line of fire". Medium. April 7, 2020.
6. "AIB Members Urge Broadcast Manufacturers to Engage Over Cyber Security | Media Business". Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
7. Foster, Alana (2019-02-15). "Brexit: UK broadcasters need certainty". IBC.
8. "Levira and Estonia target post-Brexit broadcaster market again". Digital TV Europe. May 2, 2019.
9. "Brexit: AIB tells broadcasters "don't panic"". Broadband TV News. January 24, 2019.
10. "Previous AIBs | The AIBs".
11. "Vimeo". vimeo.com.
12. Guardian Staff (2012-05-14). "Gerry Jackson, founder, SW Radio Africa". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
13. Broadcasting), AIB (Association for International (2020-01-10), gerry-jackson-sw-radio-africa_2055826380_o , retrieved 2022-12-10
14. "Members of the Association for International Broadcasting | AIB". aib.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-08.

External links

• Official site
• Official awards site