Democratic Voice of Burma

Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
Type Broadcast radio and television
Country Burma
Availability National
International  Burma
Key people
Executive Director/Chief Editor Aye Chan Naing, Deputy Executive Director Khin Maung Win
Launch date
July 1992 (radio)

May 28, 2005 (television)
Official website
www.dvb.no

The Democratic Voice of Burma (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေတစ်မြန်မာ့အသံ, abbreviated DVB) is a non-profit media organization based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Run by Burmese expatriates, it makes radio and television broadcasts aimed at providing uncensored news and information about Burma, the country's military regime, and its political opposition.

In July 1992, DVB began broadcasting programming into Burma from studios in Oslo, Norway'and transmitting via shortwave radio from the Norwegian transmitter at Kvitsoy. Now the broadcast is sent via satellite. According to DVB, these broadcasts reach millions of listeners.

On May 28, 2005, DVB expanded its programming and began satellite television broadcasts into the country. The organization stated that it hoped to reach some ten million Burmese through this new effort (which it claims is the first free and independent Burmese language television channel), which was funded in part by non-governmental organizations such as Free Voice of the Netherlands, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Freedom of Expression Foundation.[1]

In 2012, DVB started multimedia operation inside Myanmar openly, running a branch office with former under ground VJs.

Mission

DVB states that it has four primary goals:

Shortwave broadcast schedule

As of 28 October 2012, the organization delivers programming daily via shortwave radio from:
0600-0700 local time (2330-0030 UTC) on 7510 kHz (41 metre band) and 11595 kHz (25m)
2100-2200 local time (1430-1530 UTC) on 11560 kHz (25m)[2]

See also

References

  1. "DVB". Dvb.no. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  2. "High Frequency Co-ordination Conference B12 schedule". Hfcc.org. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2012-11-04.

External links


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