Rtb Brunei
US Department Of State Post Report
The government-owned Radio Television Brunei (RTB) radio stations broadcast daily on AM and FM, with programs in English, Malay, and Chinese. Programs are varied and international news is reported twice a day at 12:15 p.m. and 10 p.m. Radio stations piped in via satellite include London’s Capital Radio and Capital Gold. One local TV channel and three Malaysian channels are received over the airwaves. Brunei programs, which have included some award winning documentaries, comprise about 40 percent of programming. The remaining programs come from other ASEAN countries, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Satellite dishes and TV decoders are available. The Embassy provides post housing with a decoder, although employees pay monthly cable programming charges. The decoders provide access to a number of channels, including HBO, CNN, the BBC, MTV, Cartoon Network, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, and Star TV. ... [Read More]
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