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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 ...
References are all important. Facebook, Linkedin and personal blogs are not acceptable, but these are: News organisations - Kuensel, Business Bhutan, The Bhutanese, BBS website 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 ...
Social media has been used in Bhutan to bring about change. [16] In 2011, a concerned citizen of Bhutan started a digital campaign on Facebook with the objective of convincing the government to amend an Act which was recently passed and was being strictly implemented. The campaign started in the form of a page on Facebook.
Facebook, Linkedin and personal blogs are not considered credible, but these are examples of credible sources: News organisations - Kuensel , Business Bhutan, The Bhutanese, BBS website Government and NGO publications - UNDP Monarchy and Democracy in the 21st Century, by Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy.
In 2021 the BMF released a report detailing the use and impact of social media in the country. According to the report, about 90 per cent of Bhutanese citizens use at least one social media site for their main source of information. Facebook is the primary site for encountering disinformation on social media, with word of mouth coming a close ...
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]
Namgay Zam (born 1985) is a Bhutanese journalist and activist. Having made her name as a producer and anchor on the public Bhutan Broadcasting Service, she served from 2019 to 2023 as executive director of the Journalists' Association of Bhutan.
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]