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News Archive 2007
News articles which have appeared on our site during 2007 are archived below. |
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| Teleuse@BOP film launched at GK3
Try a video film and an interactive quiz for a change. This is just what TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) did, during the just concluded Third Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 11 to 13 December 2007. |
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| Good communications necessary, but not sufficient, says Sir Arthur C Clarke
Improved communications help advance human progress but technologies alone cannot achieve understanding and harmony between people and nations, says Sir Arthur C Clarke. |
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| Arthur C Clarke's 90th Birthday reflections on TVEAP's YouTube channel
A new short video, capturing the 90th birthday reflections of Sir Arthur C Clarke, has just been published on TVEAP Films' YouTube channel. |
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| Communicating Disasters: New book seeks the common ground
A new book published this week looks at how information, education and communication can help create disaster resilient communities across the Asia Pacific. |
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| The Long Last Mile screened at GK3
TVE Asia Pacific's documentary film, The Long Last Mile, was screened at the Third Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 11 December 2007. |
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| Film highlights telephone revolution in Asia's emerging markets
A new documentary film just produced by TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) highlights a communication revolution happening in Asia's emerging telecommunication markets. |
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| Saving the Planet showcased at ICEE4 in Ahmedabad
TVE Asia Pacific's Saving the Planet regional project was showcased at a major international gathering of people engaged in education for sustainable development. |
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| TVEAP Films go to Bali and Kuala Lumpur
Major global conferences to screen documentaries
Several documentary films produced by TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) are lined up to be screened at two major international gatherings hosted by Asia during December 2007. |
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| TVEAP to distribute IRIN Films
TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has started distributing documentary films on humanitarian issues produced by IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks). |
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| The Long Last Mile premiered in Dhaka
TVE Asia Pacific's latest documentary film, The Long Last Mile, had its world premiere in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 25 October 2007. |
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| Letters to Tomorrow 2007 Asia-Pacific Photo Message Contest
TVE Asia Pacific has become a partner in Letters to Tomorrow 2007 Asia-Pacific Photo Message Contest, which currently accepts entries from 44 countries in the region. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific joins COMplus Alliance
TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has joined the COMplus Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development (Com+). |
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| The Three Amigos team up with TVE Asia Pacific
TVE Asia Pacific is proud to announce the addition of the internationally acclaimed Public Service Announcement (PSA) series The Three Amigos to its international catalogue of development and humanitarian films. |
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| Communication vital element in humanitarian response
Humanitarian operations depend critically on partnerships and information sharing between UN and non-UN actors, governments, and crisis-affected communities, a new statement agreed by aid agencies has just recognised. |
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| The Fourth Asia Regional Conservation Forum (RCF), one of the region’s biggest and most important conservation events, was concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 13 September 2007. |
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| The Greenbelt Reports (second series) will investigate how Asians live and work with coastal ‘greenbelts’ -- coral reefs, mangroves and sand dunes -- amidst poverty and population pressures. |
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| Scenarios from Africa now available in Asia Pacific!
TVE Asia Pacific has recently signed an agreement to distribute two outstanding video collections of HIV/AIDS related stories produced by a remarkable pan-African collaboration involving young people and film-makers. |
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| Asian workshop builds skills in communicating for social change
Communication is an on-going engagement, not a one-off burst of material production and dissemination. It is also a two-way street, where participation and feedback enrich and sustain the process. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has become a co-sponsor of CMS Vatavaran 2007, India’s leading environment and wildlife film festival.To be held in New Delhi from 12 to 16 September 2007, the festival will showcase the best of recent Indian and international film productions. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has renewed its call for poverty to be recognised as a copyrights free zone by broadcasters and other audio-visual media producers. |
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| Themed ‘Future-proof your viewers’, the campaign was launched at Asia Media Summit 2007 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 29 to 31 May 2007. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has called for greater diversity and plurality on the airwaves – or AirDiversity – as an essential element for democracy and development. |
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Saving the Planet: Winning ideas selected
Six projects or activities – each addressing an aspect of education for sustainable development (ESD) – have been chosen from public nominations. |
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| Growing rice in the global greenhouse: TVEAP film shows a way forward
As scientists, environmentalists and governments look for strategies to cope with anticipated impacts of global climate change, rice cultivation is coming into sharp focus again. |
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| A Future Within Reach wins award in New York
A short documentary film produced by TVE Asia Pacific has won an award at the Third Annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific’s recent TV productions on science and development issues were showcased at the recently concluded Fifth World Conference of Science Journalists. |
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| Climate Challenge: New documentary series links global with local
A new documentary series released this month links the global challenges posted by climate change with local action for adopting climate-friendly lifestyles. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific co-sponsors Asia Media Summit 2007
TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) will once again be a co-sponsor of the Asia Media Summit |
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| Regeneration: A new chance for coral reefs
2 April 2007 - Hot water currents in a bathtub are a smooth tension reliever, but not so for the delicate living organisms on the coral reefs lining Sri Lanka |
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| TVE Asia Pacific joins Film-makers for Conservation
TVE Asia Pacific recently became a member of Film-makers for Conservation (FFC). |
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| TVE Asia Pacific’s 2005 documentary Children of Tsunami: The Journey Continues was screened today at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC, USA. |
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| Give Asians a voice, TVEAP tells Wildlife Asia
TVE Asia Pacific participated in the inaugural Wildlife Asia film festival, with a call to enable more Asian film-makers to tell Asia |
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| Living Labs to mark World Water Day 2007: Global TV series probing how to grow more food with less water
In time for World Water Day on 22 March, TVE Asia Pacific has released the broadcast and public version of a global TV series on freshwater issues. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has just launched its own video channel on YouTube, the world’s fastest growing video sharing service on the web. |
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| We were extremely saddened to hear of the brutal murder of Thillainayagam Theeban on the night of 3 March 2007. |
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| Changing climate and Moving images
Winning the Oscar for the best documentary feature would certainly enhance the appeal and outreach for An Inconvenient Truth. It should also strengthen the formidable mission that Al Gore has embarked on: to educate everyone that human-induced climate change is for real. |
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| Aankhijhyal, Nepal’s most popular TV magazine programme on environment and social Aankhijhya logoAankhijhyal logodevelopment, has just produced the 500th edition. |
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| New documentary probes war and peace in the 21st century
Some 50 million people have died in the various wars of the past half century |
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| Saving the Planet: New Asian regional media project calls for public nominations
TVE Asia Pacific has just launched Saving the Planet, a new Asian regional project to showcase the most innovative projects and efforts in education for sustainable development (ESD) in developing Asia. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific’s latest environmental television series, The Greenbelt Reports, had its European premiere on 21 January 2007 at a high level gathering of environmentalists, officials and diplomats in Athens, Greece. |
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| Saving the Planet: new TVEAP project announced at UNESCO Conference
TVE Asia Pacific recently introduced its latest regional media project at a major international conference involving educators and environmental activists. |
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| Apply for Asia Pacific MDG Media Awards
Journalists and broadcasters working across the Asia Pacific region have been invited to apply for the inaugural Asia Pacific MDG Media Awards. |
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| TVE Asia Pacific, now
TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) has been designated as a regional Centre of Excellence (COE) in Education for Sustainable Development. |
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| The international communications journal Media Development carries in its latest issue an article on community-based disaster education and preparedness written by TVE Asia Pacific’s Director, Nalaka Gunawardene. |
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