skynet

VOA Programs on Sky Net Satellite TV to Burma

The BBG partners with Sky Net, a regional direct-to-home satellite provider, to give audiences in Burma new access to VOA television. More

Zindagi

VOA’s Zindagi 360: Reaching a New Demographic in Pakistan

Zindagi 360 is a fast-paced lifestyle and entertainment show hosted by Raza Naqvi and Annie Ali Khan that focuses on topics that resonate with young people in Pakistan, including music, life in America, even food. More

Aung San Suu Kyi Visits the BBG

Aung San Suu Kyi Meets BBG Members at RFA

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Broadcasting Board of Governors members Michael Meehan, Victor Ashe, and Susan McCue at Radio Free Asia headquarters in Washington. More

BBG Meets With Sec. Clinton

BBG Meets With Secretary of State

The Broadcasting Board of Governors met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Sept. 13 to discuss efforts to restructure and increase the impact of U.S. international broadcasting. More

AlhurraReality

Alhurra Show Follows Five Young Egyptians

Alhurra Television brings to life the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution with its new show Rayheen ala Feen? which will follow the day to day lives of five young Egyptians as they respond to political, social and economic changes. More

VOA’s Scott Bobb in Syria

Covering the Fighting in Syria

VOA's Scott Bobb continues his coverage of the Syrian conflict, filming children as they flash peace signs during an anti-Assad demo in Marae. Earlier, he was an eyewitness to a Syrian air attack that killed dozens of people in the rebel held border town of Azaz. More

Dalai Lama

Discussions With the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama meets with Broadcasting Board of Governors member Michael Meehan and Radio Free Asia President Libby Liu to discuss BBG’s plan to strengthen U.S. international broadcasting through the Voice of America’s Tibetan service and RFA. More

BBG Strategy & Budget Committee Holds Panel Discussions on Russia, Iran

BBG MeetingsLogo

The Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategy and Budget Committee hosted two panel discussions on broadcasting strategies for Russia and Iran with internal and external experts at its Dec. 13 meeting at agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.  Governors Michael Meehan, Victor Ashe and Dennis Mulhaupt participated Read more »

Posted in BBG, Highlight | Comments closed

Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa Present Both Sides of the Constitutional Crisis in Egypt

A demonstrator makes here position on the constitution known in Cairo. (AP Images)

Springfield, Va.  — As Egypt faces a pivotal step on its road to democracy, Alhurra Television and Radio Sawa will provide comprehensive coverage of the constitutional referendum vote scheduled for Dec. 15th and 22nd. Alhurra Television and Radio Sawa’s correspondents are stationed across the country Read more »

Posted in Alhurra, Press Release | Tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

RFA Out front on Tibet Coverage

Tibetans praying over the body of a self-immolator in Rebgong, Nov. 8. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) continues to be in the forefront of coverage of self-immolations and other demonstrations in Tibet, with The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and major wire services relying on RFA content. Almost daily, ordinary Tibetan men and women, including Read more »

Posted in Highlight, RFA | Tagged , , , | Comments closed

For Hampton Student-Journalists, a Partnership With BBG Professionals

Hampton6

Washington, DC – Voice of America (VOA) journalists are sharing their experience and expertise with students at Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communication under a cooperative agreement with the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA Executive Producer Jerry Brown recently visited Hampton University Read more »

Posted in Highlight, VOA | Tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

In Burma, BBG Officials Meet With President Thein Sein, Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma-ASSKs

On the heels of President Obama’s historic trip to Burma in November, and as a follow-up to BBG-wide technical advisory committee meetings, three BBG Governors went to Burma on a trip organized and accompanied by Radio Free Asia (RFA) President Libby Liu and joined by Read more »

Posted in BBG, Highlight, RFA, VOA | Tagged , , , , | Comments closed

SEEMO Honors Alhurra’s Bashar Fahmi and Cüneyt Ünal with Annual Human Rights Award

SEEMO Honors Alhurra’s Bashar Fahmi and Cameraman Cuneyt Unal with Annual Human Rights Award

The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) awarded Alhurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi and his cameraman Cüneyt Ünal its 10th annual Human Rights Award on Dec. 6th in Istanbul. “Bashar is a brave and dedicated journalist who risked his life to report from a war zone, I Read more »

Posted in Alhurra, BBG, Highlight, MBN | Tagged , , | Comments closed

Agreement Signed to Put VOA Programs on Sky Net Satellite TV to Burma

VOA Skynet Hand Shake

RANGOON, BURMA – Audiences in Burma will soon have a new way to watch Voice of America television programs following a breakthrough agreement between the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the U.S. government agency responsible for VOA, and Sky Net, a regional direct-to-home satellite provider. Read more »

Posted in Press Release, VOA | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

BBG to Hold Final 2012 Regular Meeting Dec. 14

BBGMeetings

Washington, D.C. – The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will hold its final regular public meeting of 2012 on Dec. 14 at BBG headquarters in Washington. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in Room 3321 of the Cohen Building, 330 Independence Ave., SW, Read more »

Posted in BBG, Press Release | Tagged , , | Comments closed
  • The Board

    • Victor Ashe
    • Hillary Rodham Clinton
    • Michael Lynton
    • Susan McCue
    • Michael P. Meehan
    • Dennis Mulhaupt
    • Dana Perino
    • blank
    • blank