WorldDAB factsheet highlights the environmental benefits of DAB
New factsheet looking at the environmental and economic factors of broadcast radio explains why DAB is the most economical and energy-efficient radio platform. As the development of DAB+ digital radio continues to progress, determining the environmental impact of DAB+ is one of WorldDAB’s key priorities. WorldDAB has published a factsheet – Understanding the environmental impact […]
Top Australian broadcast engineer Richard Barton dies
Richard Barton, former Director of Engineering at the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS), died on 21 April 2021. Mr Barton took an active role in many ABU activities and was a member of the ABU Technical Bureau for several years. He won the ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award in 2004. The award is […]
KOBA Notice of Cancellation
The KOBA 2021 Secretariat has been closely monitoring the guidelines and measures prescribed by the Korean government and Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, the number of new confirmed patients has averaged in the 400s for the month of March, showing no clear sign of a decrease in […]
Ideal Systems teams up with Sarawak’s TVS
TVS, a regional TV broadcaster based in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, has selected cloud and broadcast systems integration company Ideal Systems to design and build its next generation News Studios and Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCS). In a first of its kind, the state-of-the-art news studios and master control room will run on a redundant […]
G&D wins innovation award
G&D CEOs Roland Ollek and Nils Strauch are excited about the TOP 100 Award. KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) has received a TOP 100 award 2021. The German company compamedia gives the awards each year to particularly innovative medium-sized companies. More than 120 criteria from five categories were used to evaluate the submissions: […]
DRM digital radio transmission test launched in India
A Digital Radio Mondiale radio transmission went live on air in Delhi in mid-February as part of a DRM trial conducted by Prasar Bharati and its radio arm, All India Radio (AIR). The transmission was launched with three audio services and Journaline advanced text information in the FM band, alongside the existing analogue FM radio […]
Asiavision’s Global News Forum: Ensuring good mental health for journalists covering the pandemic
The ABU’s Global News Forum 2020 took the form of a webinar on the story-of-the-decade, entitled COVID-19 and the challenge to journalism. It was a virtual platform of support for Asiavision broadcasters as news leaders reflected on their many challenges and diverse experiences during the
Pacific Media Forum Confronting COVID-19 Challenges – “Out of desperation comes innovation”
There might be relatively few coronavirus cases in the Pacific but the impact of closed borders has been devastating for island countries who depend on tourism for much of their income. The CEO of the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation, Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, said business was terrible for
Asiavision’s Virtual Workshops turn into Targeted Training
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to keep borders closed and training online, Asiavision’s series of Virtual Workshops are also available as Targeted Training. Originally, Script Writing (five modules) and Versatile Videos (four modules) were offered to Members in an Anytime Training model where journalists, producers
Asiavision Members’ outstanding COVID-19 response with thousands of news stories uploaded
On January 3, 2020, VTV posted the first Asiavision story on an emerging novel coronavirus outbreak, noting how “Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is working closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO), watching the pneumonia outbreak in China in order to devise suitable prevention measures.” This
