Curated category
Publicly funded broadcasters
- Jamaica Broadcasting CorporationNorman Manley signed the legislation creating the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation in December 1958. The new entity launched on the 15th of June 1959, as a…
- France 24On the 6th of December 2006, a new television signal began broadcasting from the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. This moment marked the culmination of…
- Al Jazeera Media NetworkOn the 1st of November 1996, a new voice emerged from Doha. Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, officially launched the Al Jazeera Satellite…
- 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)On the 10th of December 2005, a new television channel named Russia Today began broadcasting from Moscow. The Russian government established this network to…
- Sveriges TelevisionIn 1954, test transmissions began from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. This marked the start of a journey that would eventually create…
- EuronewsOn the first day of 1993, a new television channel began its transmission from Écully, near Lyon. Ten European public broadcasters had joined forces to…
- NHKCount Gotō Shinpei stood at the helm when Japan's first radio station opened its doors on the 12th of July 1925. This single event marked the birth of what…