London, UK, 28 June 2010  - The list of judges for the 2010 AIBs, the International Media Excellence Awards, has today been announced by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB).

29 judges from 18 different countries named for the 2010 AIBs

 Now in their sixth year, the AIBs are renowned for their independent assessment of quality, using external and peer review by respected professionals from the broadcasting and wider media industries. The AIBs are independent of commercial interest and attract entries from throughout the world, representing the best of international radio, TV and cross-media broadcasting.

 The judges have a vast range of experience in different aspects of broadcasting and are drawn from all over the world.  The 15 different categories that they judge cover the broad spectrum from single news events to long-term investigation and from traditional terrestrial broadcasting to innovative use of multi-platform formats.   They also include awards for best marketing strategy and for most innovative technology.

 This year's judges are:

Malika Alouane, Director of Channels' Programming, JCC and Baraem TV, Qatar

Salim Amin, Chairman, A24 Media, Kenya

Samuel Attah-Mensah, MD, Omni Media Ltd. (CitiFM), Ghana

Zeinab Badawi, Journalist/Presenter, BBC World News, UK

Paul Bristow, VP Strategy, Advanced Digital Broadcast, Switzerland

Jay Chauhan, VP Technology, NDTV, India

Linden Clark, Manager, RNZI, New Zealand

Julian Clover, Editorial Director, Broadband TV News, UK

Bryan Coombes, Director Business Development, VT Group, UK

Natasha Elkington, Reporter and Online Editor, Thomson Reuters, UK

Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann, Director International Relations, Deutsche Welle, Germany

Jeff Gedmin, President, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Czech Republic

Jill Grinda, Worldwide Distribution Director, euronews, France

Ma Guoli, CEO, Infront Sports and Media, People's Republic of China

Amir Jahangir, CEO, Mishal, Pakistan

Abubakar Jijiwa, Director General, Voice of Nigeria, Nigeria

Francois Laborie, President EMEA & Executive VP Marketing, Vizrt, Norway

Stanislas Leridon, Head of Internet and New Media, France 24, France 

Brian Martinez, International Managing Director, Bloomberg Television EMEA, UK

Marcus Metzner, Head of Marketing & Communications, S4M, Germany

Charles-Antoine Moulin, Editorial Director, Eurosport 2, France

Naveen Naqvi, Journalist/Producer/Anchor, Pakistan

Mark Rhodes, President, Intermedia, USA

Lior Rival, VP Sales and Marketing, RRsat Global Communications Network, Israel

Vatche Sarkisian, Director of Research and Program Review, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, USA

Bhavneet Singh, MD & Executive VP, MTV Networks International, UK

Debra Soon, MD TV, Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp, Singapore

Simon Spanswick, CEO, AIB, UK

Victoria Vorontsova, Head of Spanish Channel, RT Channel, Russia

 In addition for the first time this year, the AIBs include a "People's Choice" category for best TV coverage of a topic of great current interest.  This year's topic is "Climate Change" and the shortlisted entries will be available for viewing online and on mobile during September and October.  For this category, the judges will be the online audience who will vote for their favourite.

 Entries for all categories are currently being received from all over the world ahead of the deadline of 16 July.  The winners of the AIBs will be announced at the awards gala on Wednesday 10 November 2010 which is held in the stunning surroundings of LSO St Luke's in London.

 Biographies of all the judges, together with full list of the award categories, entry details and information on the awards ceremony can be found on www.theaibs.tv

 The 2010 AIBs are sponsored by: Bloomberg Television,  ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcast), Eurosport and 1GOAL ("Education for All").