Media News - Friday, January 04, 2008

Exiled Myanmar Nntwork boosts broadcasts

The exiled Myanmar network Democratic Voice of Burma (http://www.dvb.no) said Thursday it was starting daily broadcasts to pro-democracy activists at home, a sharp increase from its current one-hour-per-week transmissions. The Oslo-based network's radio, television and Internet reports were crucial sources of information for protesters inside Burma, and also helped get information out of the largely closed country, during a pro-democracy uprising in September that was brutally crushed by Myanmar's military government. The network's chief editor, Aye Chan Naing, said daily satellite broadcasts of about an hour would begin Friday, and would include reports from inside Myanmar, also known as Burma, as well as news from the outside world that is likely to be censored by Myanmar's military regime. The network, funded by grants from government and free speech groups from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United States, added weekly television broadcasts in May 2005. The government of Myanmar this week dramatically increased license fees for satellite dishes from USD 5 to USD 800 about three times the annual salary of a public school teacher. The move appeared designed to block the foreign news channels that beamed in global criticism of its recent crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP via ABC News)

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