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Burmese edition of BBC’s “Click” lands on MRTV

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MYANMAR – BBC News Burmese has launched the Burmese edition of BBC’s flagship digital technology programme, Click. The weekly programme is aired in Myanmar by the country’s largest TV network – the state broadcaster MRTV – and is also available on demand on the BBC News Burmese website and YouTube channel.   The weekly 10-minute edition of BBC’s TV guide to the latest technology news is produced and presented by BBC News Burmese. Click brings latest reports on apps, gadgets and games, … [Read more...] about Burmese edition of BBC’s “Click” lands on MRTV

BBC marks anniversary of Rohingya crisis

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LONDON – To mark the anniversary of the beginning of Rohingyas’ exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, BBC News Bangla will run five days of special output on the website bbc.com/bangla, its social-media platforms and radio output.   The special programming will start on Saturday 25 August with a radio phone-in programme.  This will be followed by a Facebook Live with young Bangladeshis on how they think their country should handle the Rohingya issue.   On radio and online, BBC … [Read more...] about BBC marks anniversary of Rohingya crisis

Myanmar expands relationship with Intelsat

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LUXEMBOURG & MYANMAR – The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) of Myanmar has broadened its relationship with Intelsat to accelerate the deployment of the country’s wireless communications infrastructure in Myanmar. Intelsat is the operator of the world’s first globalised network and a leader in integrated satellite communications.   The MOTC will utilize services on Intelsat 39, a Ku-and-C-band satellite which is scheduled to replace Intelsat 902 at 62° East in 2019. … [Read more...] about Myanmar expands relationship with Intelsat

CASBAA: Myanmar In View

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Singapore – Asia Pacific multichannel TV association CASBAA released its exclusive, members only “Myanmar in View” report on the fast-evolving multichannel market in Myanmar, one of the world’s most dynamic media and telecoms economies. The “Myanmar in View 2017” report was released at the opening of CASBAA’s “Essential Building Blocks for Multichannel TV in Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos” spotlight conference in Singapore.Just 12 months ago TV household penetration touched 5.8 million … [Read more...] about CASBAA: Myanmar In View

CNN’s Road to ASEAN – Myanmar

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This month, CNN’s special series Road to ASEAN continues its journey to Myanmar to profile the country’s brewing beer market and growing fishing industry. CNN looks into the growing beer market in the country and finds out why Heineken invested in a $60 million brewery near Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon, despite some of the lowest beer consumption rates in Asia. CNN also takes a look at how small steps in building rural aquaculture can transform local economies and potentially position the … [Read more...] about CNN’s Road to ASEAN – Myanmar

BBC to voice Myanmar youth

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In its first ever edition from Myanmar/Burma, the BBC Burmese audience-participation radio programme, Lut Latt Ah Twe, Swey Nway Pe Lair (Have Your Say), will bring together a wide cross-section of Burmese youth to discuss what they hope the newly elected government will achieve. In a first for the programme, and as Myanmar’s new administration takes office on 1 April, an audience of over 100 young people in Rangoon will talk directly with a panel of experts, politicians and activists.  … [Read more...] about BBC to voice Myanmar youth