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The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS, Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱང་བསྒྲགས་ལས་འཛིན) is a state-funded radio and television service in Bhutan. [1] A public service corporation which is fully funded by the state and it is the only service to offer both radio and television in the kingdom, and is the only ...
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service was established in 1973 as a radio service, broadcasting all over the country in short wave and on the FM band in Thimphu.Before the introduction of local television, there was spillover from services in India and Bangladesh, blocked by the mountainous terrain of the southern lowlands.
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service first commenced television transmissions in June 1999, upon legalizing television, [2] one of the last countries in the world to do so. [1] Cable TV service offers dozens of Indian and other international channels (2012). [1] Televisions: 11,000 (1999). [citation needed]
Bhutan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government. The reigning monarch is Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The current Prime Minister of Bhutan is Tshering Tobgay, leader of the People's Democratic Party. Bhutan's democratic transition in 2008 is seen as an evolution of its social contract with the monarchy since 1907 ...
Government and NGO publications - UNDP Monarchy and Democracy in the 21st Century, by Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy. Academic - Druk Journal, Journal of Bhutan Studies. Books - The History of Bhutan, by Dr Karma Phuntsho; The Smiling Moon, by Khenpo Tshering (translated by Kencho Tobgyel), My Green School, by Thakur S. Powdyel.
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service was established in 1973 as a radio service, broadcasting on short wave nationally, and on the FM band, in Thimphu. It is run by the Government of Bhutan. The service started television broadcasts and satellite channels in 1999, during the coronation of the fourth king of Bhutan.
BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik, a German wheel manufacturer; Bahrain Bayan School; Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Baton Broadcast System, Canada; Bhutan Broadcasting Service, Bhutan; Bodu Bala Sena, Sri Lanka; Bologna Business School, Italy; Budapest Business School, Hungary
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan on 31 May and 13 July 2013. [1] The result was a victory for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which won 32 of the 47 seats. The elections were the second general elections to occur in Bhutan since former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ushered in democratic reforms. [2]