Events

NAB Show Launches NAB Amplify, Serving Global Media and Entertainment Community

Washington, D.C., August 20, 2020--NAB Show®, the world’s leading convention for media, entertainment and technology professionals, is launching NAB AmplifyTM, a dynamic year-round digital platform designed to extend the impact of NAB Show throughout the year by providing opportunities for networking, discovery and education. Launching in November 2020, NAB Amplify will engage and grow the global NAB Show community through an innovative and interactive online experience.

Inaugural Communicasia Awards toTake Place-as Virtual Event During Connectechasia

Singapore, July 28, 2020 – ConnecTechAsia - Asia’s leading Infocomm Media and Technology event organised in partnership with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA),  announces the launch of the first-ever CommunicAsia Awards to be held on 30 Sept at this year’s virtual event.

Connecting the Next Billion-New Virtual Africa Tech Festival Launched

London, UK, July 15, 2020–The world’s largest and most influential Africa-focused technology and digital connectivity events – AfricaCom and AfricaTech–will take place in 2020 as fully-virtual events, under the umbrella of the new Virtual Africa Tech Festival.  The events will run simultaneously from 09 – 13 November 2020.   Being virtual and providing access to exceptional content for free, the events expect to welcome an even greater number and range of participants than ever before.

AVIA Ends its First Online Conference-the OTT Virtual Summit -On a High Note

Singapore, July 9, 2020–AVIA had the privilege of hosting the first major online media conference of the year, the OTT Virtual Summit, with a record turnout of over 700 delegates. Opening the Summit this year was the Thought Leaders' panel, featuring a stellar line-up of senior executives from across the video landscape. The panel had optimism all round for the industry as a whole.

The New Webinar Epoch?

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, July 2, 2020--With the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the last major ice age began the current (official) geological epoch – the Holocene. It is argued across the science community that the Holocene has, in reality, given way to the Anthropocene – the (proposed) new geological epoch dating from the beginnings of significant human impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change.

East Africa Com and West Africacom 2020 to Go Virtual

London, UK, June 3, 2020--The Connecting Africa series of events team has been closely monitoring global developments, alongside those in East and West Africa. As the situation and impact of the coronavirus continues to develop, they have decided to move East Africa Com to a fully virtual event for 2020 on 14 - 15 September and West Africa Com to a fully virtual event for 2020 (30 September - 1 October), uniting the region’s Francophone and Anglophone TMT markets online.

ConnecTechAsia 2020 Now a Virtual Event

Singapore, June 3, 2020–Informa Markets today announced that ConnecTechAsia - Asia’s leading Infocomm Media and Technology event organised in partnership with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA),  will be held on a virtual platform during the same dates, 29 September to 1 October 2020. This shift to a virtual event is in response to the dynamic situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, where travel and physical restrictions are still in effect globally. 

IBC 2020 Cancelled

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 18, 2020--IBC2020 has been cancelled due to concerns for exhibitor and attendee safety and the ability to deliver an event of the quality expected of IBC. IBC2020 was due to take place 11-14 September in Amsterdam, but with many countries in Europe still in lockdown, IBC chief executive Michael Crimp said there were “many unknowns.”

ITU Leads Global Efforts to Commemorate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Geneva, Switzerland, May 14, 2020-- World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) marks the anniversary of the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 17 May 1865, when the first International Telegraph Convention was signed in Paris. The theme of this year's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is “Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."

Gordon Smith Keynote at 2020 NAB Show Express

Washington, D.C., May 13, 2020--National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith delivered the annual NAB Show State of the Industry address during NAB Show Express, taking place May 13-14. Smith said that "broadcasters endure" amid the COVID 19 pandemic. The online event features more than 100 live and on-demand sessions, as well as an exclusive Solutions Marketplace, available at nabshowexpress.com