Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Media of Vietnam


Television


Vietnam Television



The first television broadcasts in Vietnam were in the 1960s when the United States set up two channels (one Vietnamese language and one in English) in Saigon.
The national broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) was established in Hanoi with technical assistance and training from Cuba in September 1970. VTV now is the largest television network in the nation, broadcast in nine FTA channels and available internationally via satellite. VTV also operates the largest cable network (VCTV) and a DTH satellite service. These carry the nine FTA VTV channels: VTV1 - VTV9 (no VTV 7, VTV8), fourteen Vietnamese subscription channels: VCTV1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (RealTV), 6, 7, 8 (BiBi), 9 (InfoTV), 10 (O2TV), 11 (TV Shopping), 12 (Style TV), 15 (Invest TV), Bóng Đá TV, and about 45 local & international channels.

Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC)



VTC operates five national channels and is the only provider of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Vietnam. VTC's DTT service is a subscription service though piracy of the signal is rampant.
VTC is a Vietnamese state-owned corporation under Ministry of Post and Telematics. It has 3 FTA channels VBC-VTC5 -the entertainment channel, TodayTV-VTC7- the movie channel, and Let's Viet-VTC9 -the Vietnamese culture channel, and a number of subscription channels including VTC2 - the IT & ICT channel, VTC3 - The sport channel. VTC4 - the fashion and style channel, VTC6 - the movie channel. Three new channels now broadcast for examination are VTC7 - the second VTC1, VTC10 the interactive channel and VTC11 - kid's tv, VTC12 Advertising channel, VTC14 Natural Disaster, VTC16 Argiculture
In 2006, VTC Mobile TV, one of the world's first subscription TV services for mobile phones, became available using DVB-H. It is operated byVietnam Multimedia Corporation, owners of VTC.

Local stations

Every provinces in Vietnam also has a private television channel. Those channels broadcast informations in local province, for example; HaNoi has HanoiTV, HoChiMinh has HTV, BacNinh has BTV,….

Radio

The first Vietnamese-language radio transmission was made on September 2, 1945 when Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of Independence.
Prior to 1945, Vietnamese people were banned from owning radio receivers, and broadcasting was under control of the French colonial government, which established the first radio station in Vietnam, Radio Saigon, in the late 1920s.
Vietnam's national radio station, now called the Voice of Vietnam, started broadcasting from Hanoi the just a week after declaration of theDemocratic Republic of Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, Radio Hanoi operated as a propaganda tool of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam.
South Vietnam set up its own network in Saigon in 1955.
Following Reunification, all of the radio stations were combined into the Voice of Vietnam, which became the national radio station in 1978.
Today, VOV strives to offer diverse, high-quality programming and in every aspect of mass media. It broadcasts on many channels, repeated on Medium wave (MW) AM, FM and shortwave (SW) AM bands throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world:
§  VOV1 (MW and SW) - news, current affairs and music
§  VOV2 (MW and SW) - cultural and artistic programs
§  VOV3 (FM) - music & entertainment
§  VOV4 (MW) - ethnic minority language programming
§  VOV5 (MW) - world service broadcasts in 11 foreign languages
§  VOV News - a website containing news and other aspects
§  VOVTV( Television Channel)- nationally broadcast which aims at delivering update news every 30 minutes per program
§  VOV newspaper 'the Voice of Vietnam'- a printed version with more in-depth contents of VOVnews website
§  VOV transportation - updating information during rush hours to help people travel smoothly through traffic jams.
As of 2004, it was estimated that VOV’s programs reached more than 90% of all households in Vietnam.
In addition, most cities and provinces has their own radio stations.
Website: http://vov.vn/

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