The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) is a non-profit, non-governmental trade association that represents international television and radio broadcasters and online broadcasters, founded in 1993. It is governed by an Executive Committee of six members elected from the AIB's membership. The AIB's Secretariat is located in Kent, in the United Kingdom.
Activities Key areas of activity include:
media freedom cyber security sustainability regulatory affairs
The AIB has a large collection of data about broadcasting and electronic media covering territories throughout the world.
Awards
The AIB International Media Excellence Awards (AIBs) were created in 2005 by the association. The AIBs recognise excellence in the international broadcasting industry with a focus on journalism and factual productions across TV, radio and digital platforms. The AIBs attract entries from broadcasters all over the world. In 2023, over 400 hours of content were entered into the AIBs by broadcasters and production companies in 23 countries and in multiple languages across 19 categories.
In addition to programming, the AIBs regularly include award categories the reward organisations, such as Channel of the Year and News Agency of the Year. The AIBs are presented each November at a ceremony in London. Hosts of the AIBs over its 19 years include Mishal Husain, Francine Lacqua, Hala Gorani, Annabel Croft, Matthew Amroliwala, and Rana Rahimpour.
Members
The following broadcasters, organisations, companies and TV and radio channels are members of the AIB.
Region/TerritoryNameStatusAsia-Pacific(headquartered in )Asia-Pacific Broadcasting UnionBroadcasting associationAustralian Broadcasting CorporationPublic, TV/radioCanadian Broadcasting CorporationPublic, TV/radioPhoenix TelevisionPartially state-owned, TVFrance Médias MondeState-owned, TV/radioDeutsche WellePublic, TV/radioSchmitsPartnersLaw firmPrasar BharatiPublic, TV/radioTV9 NetworkPrivate, TVNHK World-JapanPublic, TV/radioRNZ InternationalPublic, radioChannels TVPrivate, TVGeo TVPrivate, TVHum NetworkPrivate, TVAl Jazeera Media NetworkState-fundedAntena 3Private, TVRadio Romania InternationalPublic, radioRT (Russia Today)State-owned, TVRuptlyNews agency, owned by RTAl ArabiyaTV/radioCNA (Channel NewsAsia)State-funded, TVRadio Taiwan InternationalPublic, radioTRT WorldState-owned, TVArqivaTelecommunications companyBBC NewsPublic, TV/radioIran InternationalPrivate, TVBloomberg TelevisionPrivate, TVShureAudio products companyU.S. Agency for Global MediaGovernment agency, TV/radio
References
External links
Official site Official awards site