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Dec. 8 to 9, 2011: European Cooperation for Regional Language Broadcasting

The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) and the Welsh television channel S4C are holding a joint conference, entitled "European Cooperation for Regional Language Broadcasting". The conference will be held in Cardiff, Wales on Dec. 8 to 9, 2011. Read more...

Congratulations to FNX (video)

WITBN congratulates the establishment of the first Native American channel in the United States. Read more...

Happy Birthday to Taiwan Indigenous TV

Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV) marked its sixth anniversary on July 1. This year, TITV hired a senior weather forecast presenter to train two Indigenous anchors, who are helping to present more accurate meteorological information for Indigenous settlements and regions around Taiwan. Read more...

Happy Birthday to National Indigenous TV

National Indigenous TV (NITV) celebrated its fourth anniversary on July 13, acknowledging its achievements since 2007.
Four years ago, NITV became Australia’s only channel dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and its culture. Read more...

Oct. 19—23: 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

This year’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival runs from October 19 to 23. The festival prioritizes works that balance unique content, cultural and social relevance, and a creative approach to form, characterized by innovative expression, distinctive style, and personal vision. Read more...

Calling For Entries: INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival

The Fourth INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival is calling for entries. The following films can be submitted to the festival (no form necessary): Feature films, live short subjects, documentary films (long and short), music videos, and animated films. Read more...

5th Native Spirit Festival: The Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples in October

The Fifth Native Spirit Festival of Indigenous peoples will be held in London this October. Native Spirit annual Festival is a season of films, performances, and forums promoting the cultures of Indigenous peoples and the protection of their rights. Read more...

5th Annual Monument Valley Film, Blues and Arts Festival, Sept. 9—11

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FEATURE STORY

Stepping Up to 2011: A Transition for TITV and WITBN
Just before Christmas 2010, TITV moved to a new home – from the first floor to fourth floor. As Indigenous elders often say, after reaching the mountaintop, one must be humble to have new visions...
An Early Christmas Present for BBC ALBA
It has been a long wait for partners MG ALBA and BBC. On Sept. 19, 2008, when BBC ALBA was launched on satellite to 40 percent of homes in Scotland...
The Latest News from the Oldest Culture ~ NITV Went from Zero to 30 Minutes.
Indigenous peoples are the oldest culture in the world, with a storytelling tradition that has informed over thousands of years. News events were told through the passing of message sticks...
A TG4 Campaign: Vóta 2011
They say the media love elections as much as politicians hate them, but for any public service broadcaster, a general election is a major test. For an Indigenous language channel in a country almost obsessed with politics, it is the supreme challenge...
Full Step to Digitalization
TITV debuted its first internal step to digitalization in 2008 from its Taitung news bureau. One of the important reasons for choosing Taitung was because one-third of the population in Taitung are Indigenous people...
Unfold Rapanui: Reporting the Underreported
This is the image of Rapanui, of Easter Island, depicted in the tourist brochures; a tiny, peaceful, archeology-rich island at the far eastern tip of the Polynesian triangle. Amateur video footage shows another Rapanui...

OUTLOOK

It's Our Birthday, It's Your NITV
NITV has not had a chance to take a breather and acknowledge our achievements until now; three years since the station went live on Black Friday, July 13, 2007.
Haa, Brought to the Youth by the Youth, and In Te Reo
You know you’re really inspiring your audience when the kids who used to watch the show grew up and fulfilled their dreams to become its presenters. That’s the case with Haa
Hacio – An S4C Current Affairs “Exclusive”
There are very few broadcasters in the UK that provide any kind of current affairs programs for young people. But Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has a dedicated current affairs show for young people that has been running for more than a decade.

WITBN Update

Time to Decide – A Note from WITBC’12
Register Deadline: Feb. 17. NRK Sápmi will be hosting the next biennial World Indigenous Television and Broadcasting Conference, WITBC 2012, from March 24 to 30, 2012. New web site launched.
Counting Down to WITBC ’12
NRK Sápmi will be hosting the next biennial World Indigenous Television and Broadcasting Conference, WITBC 2012, from March 24 to 30, 2012. New web site launched.
WITBN Welcomes Three New Members
WITBN welcomes three new members to the big family of the global Indigenous media alliance.

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