Pacific Media Partnership Conference kicks off in Tonga

Monday 19 Dec 2011
The Pacific Media Partnership Conference commenced today with three pre-conference workshops.

The workshops cover public service broadcasting, radio content creation and frequency planning.

The three-day event on 19-21 December, jointly organised by the ABU, Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and the Pacific Media Partnership Committee, is hosted by the Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC).

The event, themed “Strengthening Voice of the Pacific”, comprises seven pre-conference workshops and two associated meetings on 19 and 20 December and a full-day conference on 21 December.

The Prime Minster of Tonga, Lord Tu’ivakano, will open the Pacific Media Partnership Conference 2011 on 21 December and deliver the keynote address at the conference.

The conference that’s being held in the Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa, involves more than 70 senior executives of broadcasting and media organisations in Pacific island countries.

This conference provides a platform for the broadcasters in the Pacific to share their knowledge and expertise to improve and promote media coverage in the region.

The conference will make the participants aware of the rapidly changing media landscape and help them in responding to this change and offer an opportunity to the senior executives to discuss issues crucial to the sustainability and development of broadcasting in the region.