Left to Right: Joe Ravula, Tai Blake, Chris Reginald, Temo Sukanaivalu
Starting in March and running to June, 16 broadcasters from six Pacific nations travelled to New Zealand to undertake a 2-week internship at a New Zealand broadcaster. Training covered all areas of media operations – presentation suite, video editing, camera work, field and crew work, news production, master control room, audio engineering and vision switching. This year marks Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited’s second Media Exchange Programme.
Group 1 of PCBL’s 2018 Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at TVNZ for the Commonwealth Games. This event enabled the opportunity for our Pacific broadcasters to work together with the PasifikaTV team, TVNZ, and Sunpix to deliver an unprecedented “specifically Pacific” Commonwealth Games. The significance of this broadcast was that the majority of Pacific competitors could be seen in their home countries, as well as Pacific medal moments either live or in the highlights.
March 26 to April 15
Group 1 of the 2018 PCBL Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at TVNZ including:
- Roger Tai-Kanapa Blake – VakaTV, Cook Islands
- Chris Reginald – Telekom TV, Solomon Islands
- Temo Sukanaivalu – CITV, Cook Islands
- Joe Ravula – Fiji TV, Fiji
May 14 to May 25
Group 2 of the 2018 PCBL Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at MediaWorks including:
- Dion Wearing – Araura TV, Cook Islands
- Nga Glassie – CITV, Cook Islands
28 May to 8 June
Group 3 of the 2018 PCBL Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at Sky TV including:
- Kevin Gawi – PNG TV, Papua New Guinea
- Tau Vele – NBC, Papua New Guinea
5 June to 15 June
Group 4 of the 2018 PCBL Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at MediaWorks including:
- Mai Roebeck – SBC TV1, Samoa
- Bernadette Teremoana – Vaka TV, Cook Islands
11 June to 22 June
Group 5 of the 2018 PCBL Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at Sky TV including:
- Sare Nunua – TVWAN, Papua New Guinea
- Samuela Lebobo – FBC, Fiji
18 June to 29 June
Group 6 of the 2018 PCBL Media Exchange Programme saw broadcasters from the Pacific placed at TVNZ including:
- Markson Taiki – VBTC, Vanuatu
- Mimosa Boboko-Cullwick – VBTC, Vanuatu
- Akuila Kuboutawa – Mai TV, Fiji
- Orianna Unoi – SBC TV1 – Samoa
