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Critical mass for an Asian television news network

David Hazinksi, a professor of communications from Georgia (USA), wants to see the end of the Western networks' media monopoly. The government-controlled media in Pakistan is being given a

By Beena Sarwar

/ 1 Sep 2002

The long wait for Pakistani television

Propagandistic and slow-moving PTV has long represented Pakistan's face to the world even as the Hindi satellite channels carve out a Subcontinent-wide footprint for themselves. Some of this

By Beena Sarwar

/ 1 Jul 2002

Do you know what your child is watching?

The Pakistani carrier of Sesame Street is unpopular because it is filled with dull talking heads, duller government news, and unslick presentation compared to the Indian satellite channels. But besides

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 Mar 2001

Satelites and South Asia

The satellite revolution has consumed South Asia. Slickly packaged images and events have weaned audiences away from the staid fare of the region's national broadcasters. The responses to

By David Page and William Crawley

/ 1 Dec 2000

The dutiful wife, the caring mother, the immoral vamp, the fast one…

It is generally accepted that the media plays a vital role in disseminating information and in forming public opinion. However, given that information exists within the ambit of ideas, this

By Beena Sarwar

/ 1 Sep 2000

Bangladesh bioscope

Mid-shot of a row of men sitting and looking bored in the middle of nowhere in Bangladesh. Camera pans the faces. It was raining hard as they trudged through the

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Oct 1999

Move over BTV

Bangladeshis may just get to see real television. Privately run. When Ekushey Television (ETV) begins transmission on 16 December 1999, it will be the first private sector terrestrial TV station

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Jun 1999

Bhutan.net

Better late than never. Bhutan has finally lifted its ban on television and the Internet. On 2 June, the Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) begins its television network, while Druknet goes

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1999

Television for conflict resolution

Afdhel Aziz proposes a television programme which may help relieve the ethnic tension in Sri Lanka. The apathy among many Sri Lankans towards the country´s ethnic conflict is obvious.

By Afdhel Aziz

/ 1 Apr 1998

Power to Change

Documentaries just need a chance There are people who make films that can make a difference in the lives of the Subcontinent´s millions. They produce in a particular genre

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 Dec 1997

Fifty Something

Now that the breathless television extravaganza of the 50th anniversary of Independence of India and Pakistan is over, we can perhaps take a more sober look at the past half-century.

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1997

Friend or Foe on the television Screen?

There is something that holds today´s children apart from the previous generation. At the click of a switch, they have access to a mind-boggling array of programmes on the

By Bindia Loomba Thapar

/ 1 Jun 1996