Burma hits satellite TV where it hurts
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Hikes licence fee to 'three times the average annual salary' The fun-loving Burmese regime has apparently found a non-violent method to restrict satellite TV access to foreign news services - hiking the cost of a licence by 16,700 per cent from 6000 kyat (Â£2.50) to 1m kyatt (Â£400, or "three times the average annual salary", as the BBC explains).â¦
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Years of civil war and abuse of ethnic  minorities in eastern Myanmar by the ruling military junta have  left the region more like the grimmest corners of Africa or  Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, a new report said on Thursday.
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Burma's neighbours and the US criticise the draft constitution which is to be put to referendum.
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Without warning, Myanmar's military  junta has ordered a massive 166-fold rise in the annual  satellite television levy in an apparent attempt to stop people  watching dissident and international news broadcasts.
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Internet traffic in Zimbabwe has come   close to a standstill after an international satellite firm   slashed its bandwidth because the cash-starved government   failed to pay the bill.
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BANGKOKâThe demise of Myanmar premier Khin Nyunt spells fresh misfortune for detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her prospects for freedom and the country
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The exiled Myanmar network Democratic Voice of Burma said Thursday it was starting daily broadcasts to pro-democracy activists at home, a sharp increase from its current one-hour-per-week transmissions.
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Thailandâs Supreme Administrative Court upheld a decision against a local broadcaster, iTV, that appeared likely to force it to close.
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Traveler magazine's geotourism editor says the military dictators of Burma (Myanmar) are defacing medieval Buddhist temples at one of Asia's greatest archaeological sites.
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PARIS-The television broadcasts are infused with violence and hate. The predicament facing the French government is how to stop them.
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Technology ensures that pictures of the massed marches of monks and civilians and the response by security forces is on TV screens around the world in hours -- as opposed to 1988 when it took days before the world learned of soldiers killing protesters.
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Text of report by Nigerian newspaper This Day website on 11 December  With Nigeria being bombarded by all manners of imported broadcast content on television, it is difficult to believe that the country has the distinction of hosting the first television in Africa.
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Exclusive: The scene on the streets of Burma's capital was chaotic as security forces cracked down on protesting monks
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Cell phones and the Internet are playing a crucial role in telling the world about Myanmar's pro-democracy protests, with video footage sometimes transmitted one frame at a time. Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday the junta has cut some cell phone service.
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Conditions in developing nations could hamper the spread of digital TV, a broadcast conference is told.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BANGKOK, Thailand -- The sacking of Myanmar&#39;s prime minister prompted concern among the country&#39;s neighbors
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BANGKOK, OCTOBER 20 : Southeast Asia, defenders of Myanmarâs democracy roadmap, put on a brave face on Wednesday after Junta hardliners dashed hopes for reform and once again embarrassed their frustrated neighbours.