The Association for International Broadcasting is delighted to welcome you to this special site devoted to the 2012 AIB Awards. We are now open for entries until the start of July.
The AIBs celebrate creativity and reward success in factual programming. Now in their eighth year they are unique in the field of international media for being judged by an independent panel of respected media industry professionals. Each year the Association for International Broadcasting searches for the most inspiring story-telling across radio, TV and online.
We’re platform agnostic. AIB aims to show-case the very best in inspiring creativity from established broadcasters and independent producers around the world.
Winning an AIB Award really means something. It brings peer recognition for the producer and respect to those who commissioned the work. Past winners have found it has generated interest in their work from all over the world, as well as generating interest in their home news media.
Winning an AIB award confirms that your programming and content is really working, delivering the very best to audiences.
Focus on factual
The annual AIBs have always focused on factual programming.
AIB believes that entertainment programmes already have their own festivals to celebrate excellence in fiction. Engaging an audience in a factual narrative requires different skills. Investigative journalism is difficult, especially in an age of austerity and spin-doctors. But powerful storytelling can command large audiences.
The AIBs showcase the best current affairs and documentary productions across a wide range of genres. We want to make sure we are comparing like with like.
Rewarding talent
Having the best on-air talent is essential for any broadcaster and the AIBs recognise personalities on-screen and behind the radio mike. Judges look for engaging, creative people who relate both to their audience and to the story they are telling.
Technology is vital, too
The AIBs also reward excellence in production technology. All kinds of new tools are helping journalists and broadcasters discover new stories, whether they are hidden in mountains of data or through tapping wisdom within the crowds.
Independent jury
The AIBs are judged by a panel of independent, international jury members. The constantly changing panel consists of producers, editors, journalists, writers and critics.
Wider than English
AIB recognises that 90% of the world’s population does not speak English as a first language. We actively encourage entries in all languages.
The celebration in November
All the AIBs will be presented at our gala evening in London 7 November 2012.
We are returning to LSO St Luke’s in the heart of London’s TechCity where programme makers, executives, technologists and marketers will gather for an inspiring evening of celebration, networking and more
We look forward to your entries.
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Relive Last Year’s AIB’s
The winners of the 2011 AIBs were announced in London on 9 November 2011, attended by guests from all over the world. The full list of winners is available here. See pictures from the 2011 AIBs in our photostream to the right, or visit our Flickr page. Information about the membership, publications, consulting and other activities of the Association for International Broadcasting can be found on the main AIB website
