ADIOS WEMF 4

Mexico City stretches until forever on its plain 2000 metres about sea level.   The  final limosine ride to Mexico City airport at the end of the WEMF 4 conference seemed to sum up the job we had done.  There is so many cars and people in Mexico City,  so many historical obstructions, and so much [...]

Dark Cloud Issues at the WEMF 4

The second day of the WEMF brought discussions on ‘multilateral institutions and global media concerns’.    Would it be the multilaterals – the OECD, the UN, and UNESCO – complaining that they did not get enough coverage in the media?   Yes,  it was.   The OECD, the worlds keeper of statistics in economics, thought that economics should [...]

Fourth WEMF shot in 3D

The WEMF 4 is being shot in 3D TV by the mexican broadcaster, Televisa.  Televisa has a long history of broadcasting 3D TV, dating back to the early 1980s.   To celebrate their history, below are two 3D pictures shot at the WEMF in 3D by your blogger.  To view them in 3D you will need [...]

Glamour, Internet, and Danger to life. WEMF 4 BEGINS IN MEXICO.

WEMF 4 began in style.  The conference room was expensively dressed for television programme production by the national Mexican broadcaster, Televisa.   The two-handed opening moderation was done by glamorous local TV anchor Paola Rojas, and the sober-male TV anchor Sergio Sarmiento from the other national network.  This was bound to be newsworthy, and at one [...]

Welcome to WEMF IV

LARGE HATS AND LARGE ISSUES – THE WEMF IN MEXICO The World Electronic Media Forum takes place in different parts of the world every two years. 2009 is the turn of Mexico City. WEMF discusses and pontificates on worldwide issues in media content and policy for broadcasting and Internet. How far have the good intentions [...]