The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS, ) is a state-funded radio and television service in Bhutan.[1] A public service corporation which is fully funded by the state and it is the only service to offer both radio and television in the kingdom, and is the only television service to broadcast from inside the Bhutanese border. The use of telecommunications is currently governed through the Information, Communications and Media Act of 2006.
History
For many years, Bhutan did not have modern telecommunications. The first radio broadcasts commenced in November 1973, when the National Youth Association of Bhutan (NYAB) began radio transmissions of news and music for a half-hour each Sunday, under the name "Radio NYAB."[2] The transmitter was first rented from a local telegraph office in Thimphu. The government took over Radio NYAB in 1979,[3] and renamed it the Bhutan Broadcasting Service in 1986,[4] with expansions in radio scheduling as well as construction of a modern broadcast facility occurring in 1991.