Judges from 5 continents for international media excellence awards

June 25, 2010 - PRLog -- CRANBROOK, UK 25 JUNE 2010 – The list of judges for the 2010 AIBs, the International Media Excellence Awards, has today been announced by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB).

Now in their sixth year, the AIBs are renowned for their independent assessment of quality, using external and peer review by respected professionals from the broadcasting and wider media industries. The AIBs are independent of commercial interest and attract entries from throughout the world, representing the best of international radio, TV and cross-media broadcasting.

The judges have a vast range of experience in different aspects of broadcasting and are drawn from all over the world.  The 15 different categories that they judge cover the broad spectrum from single news events to long-term investigation and from traditional terrestrial broadcasting to innovative use of multi-platform formats.   They also include awards for best marketing strategy and for most innovative technology.

This year’s judges are:
Malika Alouane, Director of Channels’ Programming, JCC and Baraem TV, Qatar
Salim Amin, Chairman, A24 Media, Kenya
Samuel Attah-Mensah, MD, Omni Media Ltd. (CitiFM), Ghana
Zeinab Badawi, Journalist/Presenter, BBC World News, UK
Paul Bristow, VP Strategy, Advanced Digital Broadcast, Switzerland
Jay Chauhan, VP Technology, NDTV, India
Linden Clark, Manager, RNZI, New Zealand
Julian Clover, Editorial Director, Broadband TV News, UK
Bryan Coombes, Director Business Development, VT Group, UK
Natasha Elkington, Reporter and Online Editor, Thomson Reuters, UK
Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann, Director International Relations, Deutsche Welle, Germany
Jeff Gedmin, President, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Czech Republic
Jill Grinda, Worldwide Distribution Director, euronews, France
Ma Guoli, CEO, Infront Sports and Media, People’s Republic of China
Amir Jahangir, CEO, Mishal, Pakistan
Abubakar Jijiwa, Director General, Voice of Nigeria, Nigeria
Francois Laborie, President EMEA & Executive VP Marketing, Vizrt, Norway
Stanislas Leridon, Head of Internet and New Media, France 24, France  
Brian Martinez, International Managing Director, Bloomberg Television EMEA, UK
Marcus Metzner, Head of Marketing & Communications, S4M, Germany
Charles-Antoine Moulin, Editorial Director, Eurosport 2, France
Naveen Naqvi, Journalist/Producer/Anchor, Pakistan
Mark Rhodes, President, Intermedia, USA
Lior Rival, VP Sales and Marketing, RRsat Global Communications Network, Israel
Vatche Sarkisian, Director of Research and Program Review, Middle East Broadcasting Networks Inc. (MBN), USA
Bhavneet Singh, MD & Executive VP, MTV Networks International, UK
Debra Soon, MD TV, Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp, Singapore
Simon Spanswick, CEO, AIB, UK
Victoria Vorontsova, Head of Spanish Channel, RT Channel, Russia

Biographies and photos of each judge can be accessed from http://www.theaibs.tv/the-2010-aibs/the-2010-aibs-judges.

In addition for the first time this year, the AIBs include a “People’s Choice” category for best TV coverage of a topic of great current interest.  This year’s topic is “Climate Change” and the shortlisted entries will be available for viewing online and on mobile during September and October.   For this category, the judges will be the online audience who will vote for their favourite.

Entries for all categories are currently being received from all over the world ahead of the deadline of 2nd July.  The winners of the AIBs will be announced at the awards dinner on Wednesday 10th November 2010 which is held in the stunning surroundings of LSO St Luke's in London.

Full details of the awards including list of categories, entry details and information on the awards ceremony can be found on http://www.theaibs.tv

The 2010 AIBs are sponsored by: 1GOAL (“Education for All”), ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcasting) and Bloomberg Television.

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The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) provides insight & networking for the international broadcasting industry - cross media, cross border, cross cultural. It covers TV, radio, mobile, online, satellite, regulation, research & technology. Each year the AIB organises international media excellence awards which are renowned for their independent assessment of quality, using external and peer review by respected professionals from the broadcasting and wider media industries.