As the year is nearing its end and another year is coming with lots of hopes and expectations, ABU Secretary-General Dr Javad Mottaghi thanks ABU members, partners and friends for making 2013 such a success for the Union.
Preparations for next year’s World Summit on Media for Children – the first to be held in Asia – have taken another step forward with the launch of a dedicated website.
Information technology expert Mr Katsuto Momii has been named as the next President of Japan’s national public broadcaster NHK.
The Hong Kong Communications Authority has endorsed an application by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and Asia Television Limited to share the Multiple Frequency Network (MFN) for digital terrestrial television services.
Satellite companies AsiaSat and SES along with satellite teleco provider SpeedCast, have donated satellite and service capacity to enable NetHope, a consortium of 41 non-governmental organisations around the globe, to re-establish communication links to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Japan’s national public broadcaster NHK has launched a second Hybridcast service for tablets and mobile devices.
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium will have its General Assembly in London next March.
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) says it will start trials of digital radio in 2014.
Arabian Radio Network in Dubai has set a new Guinness World record for the longest continuous music radio broadcast by a DJ team.
CNN has launched a new brand for its acquired documentary films – CNN Films Presents – a sister brand to the CNN Films, which was launched in October 2012.