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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Prasar Bharati to assist Afghanistan in starting news channel

Source: Business Standard | Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi  
August 27, 2013 Last Updated at 15:25 IST

Prasar Bharati will assist the Afghan government broadcaster - Radio and Television Afghanistan (RTA) to start a news channel in the war-ravaged country.

The Afghan government is planning to start in three months a news channel that will telecast news initially for 6 hours, and later will be transformed into a round-the-clock channel.

This would be the first news channel run by the Afghan government though some private channels are already there.

Officials of RTA signed an MoU with public broadcaster Prasar Bharati for co-operation on broadcasting and sought technical and training support for its upcoming channel.

RTA Director General Zarin Anzor and............................................

Read more at http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/prasar-bharati-to-assist-afghanistan-in-starting-news-channel-113082700569_1.html

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