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Television broadcasting in Myanmar began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon. [1] The first television service BBS was launched on 3 June 1980, [ 2 ] followed by regular service in 1981. [ 3 ] Most television networks in the country are broadcast from Yangon.
Burma ranked 151st of 179 nations in the 2012–2013 worldwide Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders. [4] As of 2023 Myanmar is considered one of the least free countries in the world in terms of censorship. Freedom House scores it a mere 9 out of 100 on the Global Freedom Index and categorizes it as “not free.” [5]
Radio service in Myanmar first came on air in 1936 during the British colonial era. [4] Regular programming by Bama Athan (Burmese: ဗမာ့အသံ; "Voice of Burma") began in February 1946 when the British established Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS), carrying Burmese language national and foreign news and musical entertainment, knowledge reply and school lessons and English language ...
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In 1836, the country's first newspaper, The Maulmain Chronicle, was published [7] followed by The Rangoon Chronicle in 1853, [8] later renamed to The Rangoon Times. King Mindon was an advocate of press freedom and encouraged the creation of Myanmar's first Burmese-language newspaper, Yadanapon Naypyidaw Thadinsa (ရတနာပုံနေပြည်တော်သတင်းစာ) to ...
The Democratic Voice of Burma (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေတစ်မြန်မာ့အသံ, abbreviated DVB) is one of Myanmar's largest independent media organisations. DVB was founded as a non-profit media organization based in Oslo , Norway and Chiang Mai , Thailand .
Burma Television started accepting commercial advertising in 1988. [11] That same year, it reached 53,95% of the national population, rising to 82,45% after 1990. [ 12 ] : 20 Until the founding of Myawaddy Television by the Ministry of Defense in 1995, it was the only television channel in the country.
Myanmar Mosaic features cookery, cultural and tourism programmes about Burma. During the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests , the channel criticised Western media outlets for "fabricating stories" about the incident, describing them as "not happy with peace, stability and development of the [Burmese] nation."