A
variety of print media and electronic media of different forms of ownership is
operating in Belarus. Foreign media are widely represented in the national
media space, too.
Print mass
media in Belarus
As of
1 January 2013, 692 newspapers and 739 magazines were published in
Belarus. More than two thirds of them are private.
Printed
press is available mainly in the Belarusian and Russian languages, though there
are some newspapers in English, Polish, Ukrainian and German.
The most
influential newspapers include Belarus Segodnya and the Respublika. Local
editions of major Russian newspapers Komsomolskaya Pravda and Argumenty i Fakty
are very popular in Belarus, too.
All in all,
more than 4,000 print media outlets are distributed throughout the country,
including those from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the USA, the UK, Germany,
Italy, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia.
News
Agencies of Belarus
Nine
national news agencies, including seven private ones, operate in Belarus.
The BelTA News
Agency is the country’s biggest news agency,
having the correspondent network in all the regions of the country.
Besides the
local news agencies, Russia’s ITAR-TASS and Prime-TASS news agencies have their
offices in Minsk. The correspondents of the leading world agencies Reuters and
Associated Press also work in Minsk.
E-media in
Belarus
As of
1 January 2013, there were 166 radio broadcast stations and 89
television broadcast stations in Belarus.
23 radio
stations and 57 TV broadcast stations are private.
The majority
of public radio stations are run by the local authorities.
There are 30
FM radio stations in Belarus, including Radius FM, Radio Unistar
(Belarusian-German media project), Europe plus and others.
The target
audience of the Belarus radio station are foreigners interested in local
events. The radio station airs programs not only in Belarusian and Russian, but
also in English, German, Polish, French, Spanish and Chinese.
There are 5
national TV broadcasters in Belarus: Belarus 1 TV Channel, Belarus 2 TV
Channel, ONT TV Channel, CTV and international satellite channel Belarus TV.
The
broadcasting of International satellite channel Belarus-TV was launched in
2005. The programs of the channel are transmitted via Express-AM22 and
Galaxy 19 satellites.
Today the
broadcasting covers more than 60 countries. The channel is available to viewers
from Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and North America. The programs
are aired 24/7 in Russian and Belarusian languages. The channel also provides
online broadcasting on the Internet.
Over 100
international channels, including Euronews, BBC, Eurosport are broadcast via
cable TV.
Today
Belarus is switching from an analog to a digital broadcast television. The
process is due to finish by 2015.
Digital TV
is available to 94%of the country’s population.
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