Summary: Information / Discussion
A New Role for Electronic Media in the Information Society (2)
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20 July 2002, 15:00-17:30 |
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ICCG 15 |
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Moderator(s): | | • Mr. Antonio Riva, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SSR)
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Presenters/ Participants: | | • Ms. Sylvie Aubrit, DevTV
• Mr. Hendrick Bussiek, Global Television Initiative
• Mr. Guillaume Chenevière, World Radio and Television Council (WRTVC)
• Mr. Stephane Koch, Internet Society (ISOC)
• Mr. J. Mathsikiza, Global Television Initiative
• Ms. Riza Primadi, Global Television Initiative
• Mr. Bernard Robert-Charrue, DevTV
• Mr. Marc Schlüssel, DevTV
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| Reporter: |
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Mr. H. Bussiek |
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English, French |
| Key words: |
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media, information, television, social development and humanitarian
issues |
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dev.tv
A TV news agency specializing in social development and humanitarian issues;
free of charge professional news items about people from the South addressing
their problems.
Global Television Initiative
An independent, alternative global TV news and dialogue network, providing a
service credible with the majority of world citizens, bridging gaps between continents
and cultures.
World Radio and Television Council
Rating each country's electronic media from the point of view of democracy
and social development, certifying public service broadcasters through international
standards.
Participants discussed the role electronic media are to play in the information society.
There was broad consensus that a fair global information society needs alternative global electronic media, which are independent of partisan national, regional or commercial interests. Respecting all human cultures and identities as equally important, regardless of where they are located.
Therefore, participants encourage the Global Television Initiative to set up a global television service, which will create space for global dialogue on the basis of comprehensive information presented from a global perspective. Such a service would provide programming credible to the majority of world citizens, bridging gaps between continents and cultures.
For the same reasons, participants welcome projects, which promote a fairer flow of information from the South on social development and humanitarian issues, such as the dev.tv project.
Furthermore, participants appeal to public service broadcasters worldwide to promote democratic and social development; to this end, they welcome the initiative of the World Radio and Television Council to set international standards and to establish a certifying system for public broadcasting services.
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