Announcement of the judges for the 2013 AIBs

The press release announcing the judging panel for this year’s awards has just been published and can be downloaded here. You can also see the list and biographical details of the judges from the judges page of this website.

Looking for the best in short video documentaries or reports

2013 is the second year that the AIB (Association for International Broadcasting) has marked the growing importance and quality of short video documentaries and reports in its annual awards, which celebrate the best of global factual broadcasting.  We are looking for...

Preparing for 2013 AIBs

We are already starting to prepare for the 2013 AIBs in November 2013. Every year we refresh the awards categories to reflect special occasions (such as London  2012 last year) and the constantly evolving world of broadcasting.  Last year, for example, we introduced a...

Amitabh Srivastava heading up AIB in South Asia

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Amitabh Srivastava as regional head in South Asia.   Amitabh will oversee the growth of AIB’s membership in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Pakistan and help existing members expand their activities in the...

Feedback from the 2012 AIBs

Thank you to everyone who attended our awards dinner on Wednesday 7th November 2012 to enjoy an enthralling evening seeing some of inspiring work from the best broadcasters around the world and hearing what drove them to produce their programmes and to overcome the...

2012 AIBs shortlist announced

The short listed entries for the 2012 AIBs has now been published.  We’re excited to have such a strong field this year – it was a difficult job to produce the short list and now the independent panel of judges have to chose among a range of high-class...

How the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics captured world attention

The Olympic and Paralympic games which were held in London between July and September 2012 created huge spectator interest with 4 billion people estimated to have watched the Paralympics and nearer to 5 billion the Olympic games. The spectator appetite for the action,...

Concerns over broadcasting regulation in Vietnam and Brazil

Another important part of the AIB’s work, apart from running the annual international media excellence awards, is to help its members understand and tackle regulatory challenges for international TV and radio broadcasting in different countries. Recently, the...

49th judge for 2012 AIBs

Alexandre Duquo, Editorial Deputy Director of Eurosport is today announced as the 49th judge for the 2012 AIBs. The large number of judges reflects the wide range of categories in the 2012 international media excellence awards with 18 prizes covering tv, radio,...

Best Coverage of London 2012

There is a special category at this year’s AIBs for “Best Coverage of London 2012” and entries can be submitted up to 20 September. We are looking for exceptional TV coverage that reflects the interaction between the games and London. It might be of...