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Issue 16: September 11 2009

Online registrations have opened for the second ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be held at Taiwan’s National Museum of Prehistory in Tai-Tung in March 2010. [..more]

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12/4/2010 - Taiwan Indigenous Television Hosts International Indigenous Broadcasters
Indigenous broadcasters representing Australia, Canada, Hawaii, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, South Africa and Taiwan gathered for the second ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Taiwan last month.[..more]

6/11/2009 - Taiwan Hosts 2010 World Indigenous Television Conference
The second ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference (WITBC ’10) will be hosted by Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV) and Public Television Services (PTS) – under the umbrella of the Taiwan Broadcasting System – from Wednesday March 10 to Friday March 12, 2010.[..more]

26/5/2009 - Indigenous TV Network Launches Programming Initiatives
A global alliance of indigenous television broadcasters is launching two major initiatives for its members - an international indigenous current affairs series and a programme exchange scheme.[..more]

12/2/2009 - Indigenous TV Network Launches New-Look Website
12 February 2009 - An international alliance of indigenous television broadcasters has unveiled a revamped website – www.witbn.org – as part of its mission to retain and grow indigenous languages and cultures.[..more]

15/12/2008 - Indigenous TV Network Seeks New Members
11 November 2008 - A global network of indigenous television broadcasters is inviting like-minded organisations to join the international alliance.[..more]

10/9/2008 - New Indigenous Network Targets Television Broadcasters
10 September 2008 - A new global alliance aims to unify television broadcasters worldwide to retain and grow indigenous languages and cultures.[..more]

18/6/2008 - Global Indigenous TV Network Convenes Inaugural Meeting
18 June 2008 - A global network of indigenous television broadcasters will convene its first interim council meeting in Ireland in August.[..more]

28/3/2008 - Barry Barclay Honoured for Contribution to Indigenous TV Broadcasting
28 March 2008 - A pioneer of Māori television and film, the late Barry Barclay, was honoured at the closing ceremony of the first ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland tonight (March 28).[..more]

22/3/2008 - Māori Television Hosts International Indigenous Broadcasters
22 March - Indigenous broadcasters representing Australia, Canada, China, England, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and the USA will gather for the first major conference of its kind in Auckland this week.[..more]

11/3/2008 - Indigenous TV Broadcasters to Form Global Network
11 March - A global network of indigenous television broadcasters will be launched at the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference – WITBC ’08 – to be hosted by Māori Television in Auckland from March 26-28.[..more]

9/3/2008 - Māori Television Unveils New Reo Māori Channel Name
9 March - New Zealand’s first ever 100 per cent Māori language television channel will be called ‘Te Reo’ – which literally means ‘the language’.[..more]

5/3/2008 - Scholarships Launched for Indigenous Television Conference
5 March - New Zealand tertiary students are being offered a rare opportunity to meet with their peers, industry leaders and potential employers including some of the most influential people in indigenous television broadcasting from throughout the world.[..more]

27/2/2008 - Māori Television Launches 100% Māori Language Channel
27 February - Māori Television’s new reo Māori channel will be officially launched at a dawn ceremony at 5.00 AM on Friday March 28 before its first, live-to-air broadcast from the gala dinner of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland later that night.[..more]

21/2/2008 - Kordia™ Backs World Indigenous Television Broadcasting
21 February - Kordia™, one of the region’s leading providers of customised broadcast and telecommunications networks, network services and converged solutions, has been announced as a major partner of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by M?ori Television at the end of next month (March).[..more]

12/2/2008 - BBC Television Leader to Address Indigenous Conference
12 February -The first Head of Service of BBC Scotland’s new Gaelic Digital Service joins an international line-up of featured guest speakers at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference – WITBC ’08 – to be hosted by M?ori Television in Auckland, New Zealand, next month (March).[..more]

27/12/2007 - Māori Television Launches Indigenous Broadcasting Award
27 December - New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, is launching a Lifetime Achievement Award for Indigenous Television Broadcasting – Te Rerenga Tahi.[..more]

21/11/2007 - World Indigenous TV Conference Confirms Keynote Speaker
21 November - An internationally recognised expert in indigenous rights law and one of New Zealand's leading specialists in Māori issues – Chief Judge Joe Williams – will be the keynote speaker at the first ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be held in Auckland in March 2008.[..more]

25/10/2007 - World Indigenous TV Conference Unveils Session Line-Up
25 October - Internationally renowned speakers who are industry experts in the fields of broadcasting, media and indigenous languages will play a leading role in the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be held in Auckland in March 2008.[..more]

9/8/2007 - Canadian Broadcaster to Address Indigenous Television Conference
09 August - A member of the original advisory board that developed the concept for Canada’s first Aboriginal television network will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be held in New Zealand in March next year.[..more]

10/7/2007 - Australian TV Chief to Address Indigenous Broadcasters
10 July 2007- The head of Australia’s first national Indigenous television service will be among the featured guest speakers at next year’s inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori Television in Auckland, New Zealand.[..more]

3/6/2007 - Welsh TV Leader to Address Indigenous Broadcasters
3 June 2007 - The leader of Welsh-language channel S4C will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori Television in Auckland early next year.[..more]

20/4/2007 - NZ Hosts World Indigenous Television Conference
20 April 2007 - New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will host an inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland in March 2008.[..more]