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Issue 8, January 2012
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Setting the scene for Singapore
Andrea Millwood Hargrave (IIC Director-General) and Carol Geldart (Director of Programmes) have recently concluded a briefing mission to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India, designed to lay the foundations for a successful 2012 International Regulators Forum and Annual Conference, which, this year, have been scheduled for Singapore, recognised as one of the leading adopters of ICT.
To ensure that the 2012 Forum and Conference programmes reflect the particular issues, requirements and objectives of the markets in the region, meetings and discussion sessions have been held with a wide range of organisations and industry and regulatory representatives. Andrea and Carol found a very real desire to learn from the experiences of other countries and ascertain how and why their policies have succeeded, so that the national strategies adopted by countries in various stages of development are both relevant and efficient.
In addition to a fact finding mission that resulted in an outline programme and structure for the meetings, Andrea and Carol also acted as ambassadors for the IIC, introducing the benefits of membership to a large number of organisations and individuals.
More information on the 2012 International Regulators Forum and Annual Conference will be published shortly on the website.
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Competition, Innovation and Applications: Canadian Chapter Conference Success Story
Over 300 speakers and delegates from across the world came to Ottawa on November 28 and 29 2011 for the Canadian Chapter Annual Conference: Competition, Innovation and Applications.
 Canada's Industry Minister Christian Paradis delivers a speech during the IIC Conference in Ottawa November 29, 2011. (Reuters Pictures)
Feedback on the event has been very positive, with all delegates surveyed stating that IIC Canada's annual conference is an important networking and knowledge event.
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Washington, D.C. Telecoms & Media Forum
As 2011 came to a close, December's Telecommunications and Media Forum (TMF) was held in Washington DC, during which delegates sought appropriate policy frameworks that could foster a healthy ecosystem and ensure a competitive culture.
A full report will appear in the next issue of Intermedia.
Click here for a summary report
12th DDT Annual Colloquium
The twelfth Annual Colloquium on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), co-organised by the Italian and French Chapters, was held in Paris on December 2.
Hosted by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) and chaired by Michel Boyon, President of the CSA, the Colloquium attracted Government ministers from a number of departments (Culture, Communications, Industry), regulators, broadcasters, content providers and organisations that have a keen interest in promoting DTT and new technologies, such as Télé Numérique, (chaired by Senator Louis de Broissia).
Click here for a summary report. A complete report of the 12 sessions, including verbatim statements is available from Pierre Aryl.
The YPs - a growing and popular Chapter
The Young Professionals, created ten years ago to address the specific needs and interests of young IIC members, continues to make strong progress under the leadership of Professor Francis Balle of Paris University.
 Anne-Laure Guérin - the youngest member of the YPs, Licenciée d'Histoire and Master 2, who intends to become a journalist.
The Chapter organises a regular calendar of events, most notably fact-finding visits to major international organizations and is currently on a drive to increase membership.
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, Secretary of the Association.
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Linus Gitahi on IPI
 The International Press Institute, a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has published the presentation on "Trends in Global Communication" given by International Press Institute Board Member Linus Gitahi, CEO of the Nation Media Group in Kenya, at our Annual Conference 2011 in Johannesburg.
Click here for a condensed version of Linus Gitahi's presentation and follow the links to the view a videocast of the full speech.
The Internet Impact on Journalistic Training - A Young Professionals Survey
The Young Professionals (YPs) are in the middle of a major project - a survey on the Internet's impact on journalistic training. Already, the YPs have held a series of interviews with ten schools in France, one in Belgium (Flemish Mechelen) and one in Holland (School voor Journalistiesck) with the support and assistance of Professor Peter DeVries Directo.
As a part of the investigation, Professor Francis Balle has also organised meetings and discussions with the Paris Sorbonne, Google, Microsoft, Les Échos, and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques - publishers of Canal Académie.
A full report of the YP's activities and findings will be published on our website shortly.
Anti-Competitive Behaviours in Managed Competition: China's Telecommunications Industry
 The Chinese antitrust authority has corroborated the findings of anti-competitive strategic behaviour outlined by IIC Trustee Zhong Liu, Associate Professor at The School of Business Administration, South-western University of Finance & Economics, Chengdu, China.
In a paper published in the Communications of the AIS last June, Zhong Liu and Jason Whalley, (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK) noted that the Chinese telecommunications industry has attracted considerable interest in recent years, with a focus on issues such as the growth of the industry, its structure and how it is regulated. The article addressed the (largely overlooked) anti-competitive behaviour of incumbents by focusing on suspected anti-competitive behaviours within the Chinese broadband telecommunications market.
More information can be found on the Association for Information Systems' Electronic Library website.
Calendar
2012 Annual Conference and International Regulators Forum Singapore.
Singapore has been selected for the 2012 IIC Annual Conference and International Regulators Forum.
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17 April 2012 - IIC UK Chapter meeting: The Digital Copyright Exchange.
A discussion with Richard Hooper. More details to be announced shortly.
24-25 April: IIC Telecommunications & Media Forum, Brussels, Belgium.
Hosted by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications. More information will be available soon. |
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IIC International Regulators Forum and Annual Conference 2012 to be held in Singapore
The 2012 IIC International Regulators Forum and Annual Conference are to be held in Singapore, and will be jointly hosted by the Media Development Authority and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.
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Japan: surviving a tsunami, rebuilding communications
The Japanese tsunami was the world's worst natural disaster to date to hit a developed country. In a special report, Intermedia reviews the rebuild and the policy implications of critical infrastructure planning in a time of major national crisis.
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Rural Broadband: a tale of two countries
The US and Canada lag behind several other OECD countries in broadband penetration. But with divergent national broadband deployment policies being formulated, Dr. Heather E Hudson examines which is the more progressive.
Net neutrality: we've seen it all before
Most current discussions about telecom policy appear to lack proper perspective, from both economic and historical points of view. What is generally missing, argues Prof Andrew Odlyzko, is a perspective that puts all these developments into a single coherent view.
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Young Professionals: Professor Christian Abolo promoted Maître de Conférences
Professor Christian Abolo of the University Yaoundé II in Cameroon, Advanced School of Mass Communication, has been promoted Maître de Conférences.
Besides his academic duties Professor Abolo heads the Ministry of Economy and Communication Department and has participated in many IIC Conferences, sitting on the Young Professionals Association Board.
Intermedia - Latest issue
The December issue of Intermedia has been published. In addition to an Intermedia exclusive special report: "Japan: surviving a tsunami, rebuilding communications", features and articles include:
- The mobile experience: fast, furious and extremely smart
- Online behavioural advertising
- The second economy: global digitalisation
- Wrap-up notes on our annual conference, and
- A first-person column from Ingrid Deltenre, Director-General of the European Broadcasting Union
IIC Secretariat
Andrea Millwood Hargrave
Director-General
a.millwood-hargrave[at]iicom.org
Carol Geldart
Director of Programmes
c.geldart[at]iicom.org
Stephen McClelland
Editor-in-Chief
Intermedia
s.mcclelland[at]iicom.org
Joanne Grimshaw
Projects Executive
j.grimshaw[at]iicom.org
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