The Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) is Fiji’s national radio and television broadcaster,starting operations in 1935. The corporation operates six FM radio stations broadcasting in iTaukei, Hindustani, and English, with Radio Fiji One and Radio Fiji Two functioning as public service broadcast stations under a government contract. In November 2011, FBC launched Fiji’s first free-to-air television service from the national broadcaster. FBC is wholly government-owned with a board of directors appointed by its shareholders.
Comcast Corporation is an American multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate founded in 1963 as American Cable Systems. The company was renamed Comcast Corporation in 1969 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Comcast operates cable television, broadband internet, and wireless services across the United States. The company’s NBCUniversal division produces film and television content and operates theme parks, while its 2018 acquisition of Sky extended its reach into European media and telecommunications markets.
The Palestine Public Broadcasting Commission (PBC), formerly known as Palestine’s Broadcasting Authority, serves as the state media organization under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Founded in 1994, the PBC runs Palestine TV as a satellite broadcasting service and the Voice of Palestine as its radio network, although other media outlets also operate within Palestinian territories. Critics have alleged that the organization functions primarily as a governmental mouthpiece, and Israeli officials have claimed its content promotes violent actions. In 2011, the PBC signed a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster, to include DW programs such as “In Good Shape” and “Kick off!” in its television lineup and broadcast DW radio programming on science and technology topics. In 2013, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union conducted a technical advisory mission to assist PBC in improving its radio and television transmission services across its Voice of Palestine stations.
Nya Dagbladet is a Swedish online daily newspaper founded in 2012. The outlet adheres to nationalist, science-skeptic, and non-partisan positions. It describes itself as humanist and ethnopluralist, and holds an anti-globalization stance. EXPO, a Swedish NGO that monitors right-wing organizations, considersNya Dagbladet a right-wing extremist website that feeds conspiracy theories. The paper’s founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher is Markus Andersson, once a prominent figure in the now-dissolved right-wing extremist party Nationaldemokraterna (National Democrats). The outlet frequently publishes content promoting alternative cancer treatments, spreads anti-vaccine narratives and conspiracy theories, disseminates information about alleged health risks from mobile phone radiation, and promotes climate skepticism along with criticism of environmental policies. Other recurring themes include immigration issues, freedom of speech, and topics commonly criticized by the European far-right — including the policies of the European Union. When the Russia-Ukraine War broke out in February 2022, the paper also reported on a fabricated document circulating online and falsely attributed to the RAND Corporation, which spuriously claimed that the United States was driving the war in order to weaken Germany. In 2021, Nya Dagbladet applied to the Swedish Agency for the Media (Mediemyndigheten) for funding but was rejected. The paper published an article condemning the decision as politically motivated, and in retaliation, it joined forces with other alternative media outlets to publicly release personal information about the agency’s staff members, including their personal details, high school grades, and sexual orientation.
Founded in 1953, Europa Press is one of Spain’s leading private news agencies. Initially established as a book distribution company by five monarchists, it transformed into a full news agency in 1966. The agency broadcasts news 24 hours a day, publishing approximately 3,000 articles per day. Under Antonio Herrero Losada’s leadership (1963-1989), Europa Press survived political pressure and gained prominence by providing the worldwide exclusive on dictator Francisco Franco’s death in 1975. The agency expanded territorially across Spain in the 1990s.
TV5MONDE is a French public television network broadcasting French-language programming across multiple channels to promote Francophone productions and the French language globally. According to its official website, the network is available in more than 40 countries with subtitles in seven languages, offering films, series, cultural content focusing on French gastronomy and fashion, documentaries, entertainment programs, and international news. The network is currently 51 percent owned by a consortium of state-owned public broadcasters, including France Télévisions, Radio-télévision Suisse, RTBF, CBC/Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, and ARTE France, with France Médias Monde holding the remaining ownership. In 2024, the network signed a memorandum of cooperation with CMG for the historical documentary of Sino-French ties titled “The Witnesses of 60 Years of History.”
Lao Future Media Co. was founded in Vientiane in 2012. The company offers Lao news to Chinese and Lao business clients via paper publications and internet platforms. It is dedicated to developing a media information platform for Chinese and Chinese businessmen in Laos. The company utilizes various online platforms, such as the Lao Information Network official WeChat account, official Facebook, and Weibo accounts. The company claims it has become “Laos’ most influential Chinese-language media” and partners with Lao state television, Lao Economic Daily (老撾經濟日報), Vientiane Times (萬象時報), and Chinese state media including People’s Daily Online and China News Service. On November 9, 2023, Lao-China Enterprise Services Company acquired Laos Info Network from Laos Future Media Company, with Samanoh Bensena as board chairman, Savang Bensena as general manager, and Long Pan (龍攀) as Laos Future Media’s chairman attending the signing ceremony. Zhou Zeyu (周澤宇) was nominated as the network’s general manager.
The Associated Press (AP) is a major international news agency, providing news coverage, photographs, and video to media outlets worldwide. It was founded in May 1846, when six New York newspapers pooled resources to fund a relay of horses and riders to deliver news from the Mexican-American War. AP operates as an independent, no-profit news cooperative. Headquartered in New York, the organization serves member newspapers and broadcasters across the United States and maintains bureaus in nearly 100 countries. The cooperative has won 59 Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence.
CNN, or Cable News Network, is an American multinational news media company owned by the entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded on June 1, 1980, by media entrepreneurs Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld, the Atlanta-based network became the first 24-hour cable news channel and the first all-news television channel in the United States. CNN International, which launched on September 1, 1985, broadcasts CNN programming globally. The network also operates a Beijing Bureau to cover China and Greater Asia.
