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TAHITI’S FIFO FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES SOME OF NEW ZEALAND’S BEST The upcoming Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti will have a distinct New Zealand flavour with multiple Kiwi films in the running for the main prize and local film director Merata Mita on the jury. [..more] |
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CBA JOHANNESBURG CONFERENCE IN APRIL 2010 Plans are now taking shape for the CBA’s All-Commonwealth Conference in Johannesburg, 17-21 April 2010. The theme - looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa later that year - is “Broadcasting Scores!”. [..more] |
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SBS AWARDED EAST TIMOR’S HIGHEST HONOUR SBS has become the first institution to receive East Timor’s highest honour, the Medalha de Merito de Timor-Leste, or the Medal of Merit of East Timor. East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta personally presented the award for excellence in journalism to SBS Managing Director Shaun Brown in Sydney. [..more] |
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PIC MEDIA FUND ROLLING CALL Deadline July 31 2009 The goal of Pacific Islanders in Communications is to support the development of national public broadcast programming that enhances public recognition of and appreciation for Pacific Islander history, culture and society. [..more] |
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WELCOME TO THE LETTERBOX EXPERIENCE Letterbox is a dynamic new production broadcast exclusively on NITV. Created by Carbon - Queensland’s premier Indigenous digital content media agency - Letterbox is an educationally driven multi-platform children’s game show. [..more] |
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NITV TURNS TWO! NITV is gearing up to celebrate its second on-air anniversary on July 13 2009. This milestone will be celebrated with a host of new and exciting premiere programming that focuses on the rich culture of Australia’s first people. [..more] |
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14th ASIAN TELEVISION AWARDS The search for Asia’s best starts now as the 14th Asian Television Awards 2009 (ATA 2009) proudly opens its ‘Call for Entries’. Entries submission deadlne is Friday July 31 2009. [..more] |
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A PRIZE FOR JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS & DEMOCRACY The Lorenzo Natali Prize is a competition organised by the European Commission. It rewards journalists that have been dealing with issues such as democracy, human rights and the developing world.[..more] |
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MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN INDIGENOUS JOURNALISM AND MEDIA Sámi University College in Kautokeino, Norway, is planning a Master’s Programme in Indigenous Journalism and Media. [..more] |
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IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. [..more] |
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EARTH JOURNALISM AWARDS Opens June 5 2009 The Earth Journalism Awards encourage high-quality reporting on climate change issues throughout 2009, leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. [..more] |
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2009 LOS ANGELES SKINS FEST November 20-22 2009 The Los Angeles Skins Fest is a film and video festival that celebrates indigenous heritage and preserves its place in the history of the city of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the largest urban population of Native Americans and has a vast talent pool of indigenous filmmakers. [..more] |
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‘ŌIWI TV ‘Ōiwi TV is a digital cable channel concept created in 2007 to host native Hawaiian video content via Oceanic Time-Warner Cable’s Video-on-Demand system. [..more] |
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FINDING OUR TALK III - A JOURNEY INTO INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES Finding Our Talk III is an exciting new series of 13 half hour documentaries about the state of Aboriginal languages both within Canada and the broader indigenous world. [..more] |
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BROADCAST MEDIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE September 4-5 2009 The International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate Change: A Public Service Remit will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, September 4-5 2009. [..more] |
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7TH PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (FIFO TAHITI 2010) The 7th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival will take place in Papeete, Tahiti, from January 26-31 2010. [..more] |
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2009 WINNIPEG ABORIGINAL FILM FESTIVAL The 8th Annual Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) is one of North America’s longest-running indigenous film and video festivals, happening this November 18-22 2009. [..more] |
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LANGUAGE IMAGE IN NATIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGE TELEVISION IDENTS Ruth Lysaght from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has written this paper which investigates idents from TG4 (Teilifís na Gaeilge, Ireland) and Whakaata Māori (Māori Television, New Zealand). [..more] |
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November 24 2008 – WHERE ON GOOGLE EARTH WILL YOU BE ON WAITANGI DAY? New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, is putting out the call for all New Zealanders to come home for Waitangi Day 2009 but forget the planes, trains and automobiles you would usually rely on. This year, the only travel required will be in a virtual sense. [..more] |
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October 27 2008 – NITV GOES FREE-TO-AIR ACROSS SYDNEY National Indigenous TV (NITV), a 24 hour, Indigenous television service, will launch in Australia’s largest free-to-air television market on Monday 27 October 2008.[..more] |
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October 15 2008 – BBC ALBA CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL FIRST MONTH OF BROADCASTING BBC ALBA, the new Gaelic television channel today (Wednesday) announced that it has enjoyed “hugely encouraging” support from across Scotland in its first month of broadcasting.[..more] |
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ALASKA NATIVE TV - ABOUT US The Alaska Native Media Company is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2007, with the mission of creating and supporting an electronically networked Alaska Native community. [..more] |
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ISUMA TV www.isuma.tv is an internet video portal for indigenous filmmakers, with unique indigenous-language content available 24/7. [..more] |
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FROM ALL DIRECTIONS – INDIGENOUS AND REGIONAL CULTURES AND WORLD MARKETS A bi-monthly newsletter from Bronitsky and Associates featuring events and people from Indigenous and Regional cultures in the international scene – festivals, funding, conferences, publications and current issues.[..more] |
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