Where has it reached?
Most recommendations on the draft advertisement policy from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York is on the procedures that needs following while giving advertisements to the media. The recommendations, which have recently returned from the university talks about categorising government advertisements as public interest and...
PM backs direct to home TV
As disappointing as it may sound for cable operators, the DTH (direct to home television) is here to stay and it has the support of none other than the prime minister of the country. “DTH must be allowed and has to be allowed,” said Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley during...
BBSC mandate to be reviewed
Public Accounts Committee Report 5 June, 2010 – The government will review the mandate of Bhutan Broadcasting Service corporation (BBSC) and look into ways to support the corporation. This was the outcome of the parliament discussions yesterday after the public accounts committee presented its report. The chairperson of the...
the ad bomb
The government’s draft advertisment policies will police news content and stifle the Bhutanese media that supports around 1,000 families Two brand new advertisement policies, one by the communication ministry and the other by the finance ministry, could threaten the existence of most media houses and allow government to dictate...
digital ministers go videogenic
In about two weeks, all ministers will be able to sit on their rotating chairs and attend any meeting among themselves without having to move out of their offices, thanks to videoconferencing. “It will be done in the next two to three weeks,” said Karma Wangdi, head of the...
bbs: not ready to go 24/7
Communication minister asks BBS tv to go round the clock, MD says “we had not thought in our wildest dreams to go 24/7” The directive from the communication minister, Lyonpo Nandalal Rai, for the Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) television to start round the clock telecast has caught the national...