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Mr. Lawrence ATIASE, former Chief Executive Officer of the AUB
The President of the African Union of Broadcasting, Mrs. Keitirele Mathapi, regrets to announce the passing of Mr. Lawrence ATIASE, former Chief Executive Officer of the AUB which occurred on the 8th of April 2020 in Dakar, Senegal after a short-term illness. On this sad occasion, the President, the Management, the AUB Staff and all the communicators of Africa address to the family their heartfelt condolences.
To pay tribute, please visit: https://www.uar-aub.org/hommages-a-mr-atiase
On behalf of the World Broadcasting Unions and the North America Broadcasters Association, Head of Secretariat Michael McEwen had the following to say:
Lawrence ...
WBU Position on C-Band Spectrum
In light of initiatives by the FCC, OFCOM in the UK, and other national administrations concerning potential C-Band Broadcast Spectrum (3.7 to 4.2 MHz) reassignment for 5G, the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) is expressing their concerns over program collection and distribution and the potential impact on hundreds of millions of viewers around the world.
With insufficient C-Band spectrum remaining available for broadcasters’ use, existing distribution and collections systems may be compromised, especially in countries with equatorial geography and high rainfall. Additionally, reallocating C-Band frequencies to other services may, over time, ...
WBU Supports EBU’s Technology Pyramid for Media Nodes
At its June 11, 2019 meeting in Cavtat, Croatia, the World Broadcasting Unions’ (WBU) Technical Committee unanimously supported the completion of all standards associated with the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) Technology Pyramid for Media Nodes.
SMPTE’s ST-2110 suite of standards provides an important first step in broadcasters’ migration towards a fully Internet Protocol (IP) -based infrastructure. More work, however, needs to be done to complete and promulgate standards in configuration and monitoring, security, discovery and connection, as well as timing and synchronization for IP production systems.
“Broadcasters planning ...
Morwen Williams Appointed as New Chair of WBU-IMCG
The World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) International Media Connectivity Group (IMCG) has appointed Morwen Williams, Head of UK Operations for BBC News, the new committee Chair, effective July 1.
“I’m hugely honoured to have been invited to do this and look forward to working to take the IMCG to even greater successes,” states Williams. “The challenges and opportunities around connectivity for broadcasters have never been more so than at present and it will be inspiring to work with so many great colleagues on these issues.”
Williams is replacing John Ball, Vice-President of Global Distribution and Technology, WarnerMedia, who has served ...