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Cost of set-top boxes stalling Kenya’s digital migration

Research shows that while DTT switchover awareness is high, only one-third have bought STBs

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CBA President launches book for International Women’s Day

Moneeza Hashmi has written a book celebrating the achievements of female role models in Pakistan

African business journalism competition opens

Grants are now available for African journalists to fund multimedia reporting on a business and tech theme

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BBC Worldwide announces new regional head for Africa

The broadcaster’s commercial arm has created a new role as part of a wider reorganisation along geographical lines, to broaden reach in key markets such as Africa

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5 Broken Cameras, a CBA WorldView-funded doc, to air on BBC

The Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras follows a Palestinian amateur cameraman documenting his village’s non-violent resistance to the construction of a new separation barrier. It will have its UK broadcast premiere on Monday 3 March 2014, at 10.30pm. Find out […]

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TV audiences discuss shows on Facebook in real time

A sizeable proportion of viewers are discussing programmes on Facebook, not just Twitter

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Should we start forking out for 4K?

CBA Technical Consultant Neil Dormand looks into the practicalities of 4K’s near future

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Broadcasting reassurance: post-typhoon weather reports

A disaster communications expert at Radyo Bakdaw in the Philippines describes how important broadcast weather reports are for reassuring people rebuilding after Typhoon Haiyan

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World Radio Day: Forecasting radio’s role in extreme weather

The frequency of extreme weather events around the world looks set to increase, and World Radio Day gives pause to reflect on the medium’s key role in emergencies, and how it could be better

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Orchestras of change

The first in a series of articles in the lead-up to our conference, exploring the issues around music and Public Service Broadcasting.

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