Curated category
International broadcasters
- Voice of AmericaVoice of America began its existence on the 1st of February, 1942, with a pledge that would define it for decades. The first broadcast to Germany opened with…
- France 24France 24 launched on the 6th of December 2006 at 20:30 Central European Time, initially as a web stream before satellite distribution reached Europe, the…
- Al Jazeera EnglishAl Jazeera English launched on the 15th of November 2006 with roughly one billion dollars in backing from the Qatari government.
- Radio France InternationaleThe year 1975 marked the official birth of Radio France Internationale. This new entity replaced a long line of colonial-era broadcasters that stretched back…
- RT (TV network)RT launched on the 10th of December 2005 with a simple, explicit goal: to show the world a different Russia. At its founding, RIA Novosti director Svetlana…
- Deutsche WelleDeutsche Welle launched its first shortwave broadcast on the 3rd of May 1953 with an address by West German President Theodor Heuss.
- EuronewsEuronews went on air on the 1st of January 1993, broadcasting its first bulletin from the Lyon suburb of Écully. Behind that modest debut was a bigger…
- Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was born out of a calculation that the Cold War would ultimately be decided not by armies, but by ideas.
- UkrinformUkrinform, the National News Agency of Ukraine, traces its roots to 1918, when a newly independent Ukrainian state needed a voice to tell its story to the…
- Sputnik (news agency)On the 10th of November 2014, a new entity named Sputnik emerged from the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya.