Media of Bhutan
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The Kuensel, a newspaper of a government-owned corporation, circulates biweekly in Dzongkha, English and Nepali. Beginning in April 2006, it competes with The Bhutan Times, Bhutan's first government-authorized privately owned newspaper. In late 2006, another private newspaper, The Bhutan Observer began publication.
Bhutan has about 15,000 Internet users, 25,200 landline subscribers, and 23,000 mobile phone subscribers. The Bhutan Broadcasting Service was established in 1973 as a radio service, broadcasting in short wave nationally, and on the FM band in Thimphu. The service started television broadcasts in 1999, making Bhutan the last country in the world to introduce television. As part of the King's modernization program, cable television was introduced shortly after. By 2002, however, the crime rate had increased appreciably, and the introduction of cable television is alleged to be responsible for the spurt in crime.
Bhutanese lama Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche is a well-known filmmaker, who produced and directed The Cup as well as Travellers and Magicians. While The Cup was shot in a Tibetan monastery in northern India, Travellers and Magicians was the first feature film to be filmed entirely in Bhutan, with a cast comprised entirely of Bhutanese people. No professional actors were used in either film.
People working in media in Bhutan receive short term journalism training from Britain, The Netherlands, India and Singapore.
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[edit] Electronic Media
see Bhutan Broadcasting Service
[edit] Print media
see Kuensel, Bhutan Times, Bhutan Observer
[edit] References
- Radio Valley goes on air - Kuensel
- This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies, which are United States government publications in the public domain.
