Question: Where was the 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS) organized during May 10th-12th, 2018?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kolkata
(d) New Delhi
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On May 10th-12th, 2018, the 15th Asia Media Summit, 2018 was organized in New Delhi.
- It was organized under the joint participation by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) and Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited.
- This was a prestigious summit for the Asia-Pacific region of Asia-Pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development (AIBD) located in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
- For the first time it was organized in India.
- The theme of the summit was “Telling our stories-Asia and More”.
- In the summit Participants represented organizations like Ministries responsible for Information and Broadcasting in the Asian region, International Organizations UNESCO, FAO, UN; Regulators; Radio and Television broadcasting companies both national/ public and private broadcasters; Television channels and networks, Institutes/Academies of Communication, Media Research; Community Radio groups; Press and Media, and broadcast equipment manufacturers..
- 200 foreign representatives from 39 countries participated in the summit.
- Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, present the World Television Award in the conclusion of the conference.
- The next event of this Summit is proposed in the Philippines.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179167
http://www.aibd.org.my/sites/default/files/pdf/Agenda%20180112.pdf