Ralph Joachim

ENEX Tech leaders met in Paris

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What is over the horizon for technology for broadcast and digital journalism? ENEX Tech leaders met in Paris to share some of the answers.  More than 50 delegates from across the ENEX partnership group discussed innovations in Mobile Journalism (MOJO), the latest trends studio graphics and the new innovations in satellite technology.

There’s a lot going on at ENEX too with delegates learning more about the creation of the company’s new website and integration with AWS cloud services. Next year’s meeting is already scheduled to be at Red Bull Media House’s new media facility in Salzburg.

Adrian Wells

ENEX moves into Morocco

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ENEX is continuing its expansion in the Middle East and North Africa by signing a new partner in Morocco.  MAP is Morocco’s leading news agency which also has plans to launch a full 24-hour news television channel in the near future.

MAP has newsgathering offices around the world and extensive links with most West African countries.  The cooperation partnership was signed in Rabat by ENEX’s Hamza El Attar, who is responsible for Enex Middle East Operations.

MAP’s Director General, Khalil Hachimi Idrissi welcomed the deal and the opportunities for international Enex content to reach Morocco and news from the region to be distributed to Enex’s partner stations. 

Ralph Joachim

ENEX Media Collaborations – Backstage IGCF 2019

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ENEX helps organisations and events to get their message out to a global audience. Take a look backstage at one of our partner collaborations in the United Arab Emirates and see what ENEX delivers.

(c) 2018 ENEX
Ralph Joachim

GA Vilnius 2018: Session Videos Available On Our YouTube channel

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Want to see some of the best conference sessions of our General Assembly in Vilnius in October 2018? Cyber warfare, Artificial Intelligence, Fake News and How to Survive Disruption all covered. Here’s the YouTube playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

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(c)-2018 European Parliament
Adrian Wells

ENEX signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Parliament in the run-up to next year’s European Elections

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ENEX has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Parliament in the run-up to next year’s European Elections [May 23-26, 2019].

With Brexit approaching and volatile politics in many national elections, next spring’s European plebiscite is expected to be one of the most important and hotly contested in recent years. The MOU, signed by Jaume Duch, Director-General for Communication and Adrian Wells, Managing Director of ENEX, commits both organisations to cooperate in facilitating coverage of the elections for ENEX partners. Access to the EP’s audio-visual facilities, studios and interconnectivity is free for ENEX channels.

Attending the event were News Directors from CME stations including Venelin Pektov, bTV Bulgaria; Henrich Krejca, Markiza, Slovakia; Tjasa Slokar, POP TV, Slovenia; Kamil Houska, TV Nova, Czech Republic and Gabriela Popescu, Pro TV Romania.

All images:  (c) European Union/EP. Please find additional images on the website of the European Parliament :
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/signing-of-memorandum-of-understanding-between-european-parliament-and-european-news-exchange-enex_EP-078884A_c

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Adrian Wells

ENEX Expands Further in the Middle East

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As the Middle East again dominates the news agenda ENEX, has announced a series of further partnerships in the region. The expansion comes in three parts: a major agreement has been reached with a leading pan-Arab news agency to supply content, a new Jordanian television channel joins and, for the first time ever, ENEX will take on a wholly print and digital entity from Egypt into the group.

Arab 24, is headquartered in Amman, Jordan and is a leading independent Middle East and North Africa news-gathering agency covering key events and breaking news. Founded in 2015 the agency has rapidly expanded during a tumultuous period of news events in the region.  Adrian Wells, Managing Director of ENEX, said, ‘’Partnering with Arab 24 adds a new level to ENEX’s coverage of the MENA region. Arab 24 has on-the-ground expertise in some of the most difficult places to report in the world and we are delighted to bring their content to our members and work closely to grow our collaboration further.’’

Shadia Ajlouni, the Istanbul-based Regional Operations Manager for Arab 24 welcomed the move saying: ‘’The Arabic speaking region is characterized by unique political, social, cultural and linguistic nuances. Arab 24 has built keen competency in understanding this environment to bring to viewers across the globe a comprehensive picture of vital headline news stories and those that are otherwise overlooked, ignored or misrepresented. Our partnership with ENEX will enhance this even further.’’  The agency has fully equipped production teams in all the key regional capital cities and news hotspots and an office in Washington DC.

Al Ordon Al Yoom (Jordan Today)

ENEX’s global membership base now reaches 56 with the latest signing of Al Ordon Al Yoom (Jordan Today), one of Jordan’s leading commercial news channels. ENEX now has five Middle Eastern partners and talks on-going with a number of others.

The Middle East expansion follows similar regional growth in Latin America and Asia. ENEX has news editors based in Bogota, Colombia and Sydney Australia and has ambitions to locate a news editor in the Middle East to coordinate news activities.

Hamza Attar

The latest agreements were negotiated by ENEX’s MENA Operations Manager Hamza Attar who has previously worked in Egypt, Gaza and the United Arab Emirates.

ENEX has also reached outline agreement with the leading privately owned Egyptian newspaper and digital entity Al Masry Al Youm (The Egyptian Today). The newspaper is rapidly developing its digital edition and seeking to incorporate more video into its offer.

Enex has traditionally partnered with commercial broadcasters but this latest negotiation signals a move to broaden ENEX membership not just geographically but to other types of media entities.

Adrian Wells

GA 2018 Vilnius: One of the most exciting ENEX General Assemblies

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Vilnius turned out to be one of the most exciting and interesting ENEX General Assemblies ever. The conference sessions included: how artificial intelligence is affecting the news industry, digital disruption, fake news, cyber warfare, augmented and virtual reality, oh and a private briefing with the President of Lithuania!

Even more revealing was the beautiful city of Vilnius and the warmth and professionalism of our hosts, LNK, Lithuania.

The GA keynote address was delivered by renowned author Dr Kjell Nordstrom whose theories include how the 85% of the world’s population will soon live in a number of super-sized cities.

ENEX General Assembly attendees meeting H.E. Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Republic of Lithuania at the President Palace in Vilnius

ENEX General Assembly attendees meeting H.E. Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Republic of Lithuania at the President Palace in Vilnius

ENEX MD Adrian Wells and Shadia Ajlouni, Regional Manager ABS Network sign new partnership agreement with Jordan’s Al Ordon Al Yoom channel

Talking about Fake News: Olaf Steenfadt, Reporters Without Borders Sonja Schwetje, RTL Rep. on European Commission HLG, n-tv Germany, Marc Schreuder, Deputy Editor in Chief, RTL 4 NL

New Cold War, Cyber War, Propaganda Panel. Moderated by: Dr. Margarita Seselgyte, Studies Director at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Introduction by Donara Barojan, Assist. Director for R&D, Atlantic Council; Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania; Michail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia Tacan Ildem, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO

Welcome speech by ENEX Managing Director Adrian Wells

ENEX General Assembly attendees meeting H.E. Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Republic of Lithuania at the President Palace in Vilnius

Adrian Wells

ENEX Goes Far East

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ShanghaiEye, part of the Shanghai Media Group (SMG) is joining ENEX in one of the most important expansions in recent years for the organisation. ENEX’s growth plan is now focusing on Asia with China the most significant strategic partner for ENEX in the region.  China’s economic and political influence is obvious and, of course, its population of 1.4 billion, makes it the most populous country in the world.
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Adrian Wells

ENEX News Cooperation Partners Are Sometimes In Unexpected Locations…

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ENEX News cooperation partners are sometimes in unexpected locations: Take Unitel, Bolivia for example, which last week (April 26-27) hosted more than 80 attendees at a gathering of ENEX Latin American partners and ENEX’s sister organisation, the Allianza Informativa Latin Americana (AIL). Headquartered in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Unitel is Bolivia’s leading commercial television channel and news service. Read more

Adrian Wells

Welcome back to Stod 2 Iceland

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ENEX is welcoming back an Icelandic partner to the news alliance. Channel 2 (Stod 2) Iceland is part of Syn, the parent company of Vodafone Iceland, which operates several radio and television stations and one of Iceland’s main digital news sites, visir.is. Channel 2’s Editor in Chief, Thorir Gudmundsson, said, “Rejoining the ENEX partnership is part of an ambitous policy of strengthening our domestic and international news coverage. We are happy to be back.“ Read more