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Entity Type: Domestic State-Affiliated Media

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation

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Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), operating as Radio Pakistan, serves as Pakistan’s largest state media network under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with approximately 80 broadcasting units housed in 32 broadcasting houses across the country. The corporation reaches 96 percent of Pakistan’s population and covers 90 percent of the nation’s territory through its extensive AM, SW, and FM stations, broadcasting in 29 national, regional, local and foreign languages with 119 daily news bulletins totaling 684 minutes. Established under the PBC Act-1973, the network functions as the government’s primary medium for disseminating policy initiatives while promoting Pakistan as a progressive Islamic democracy. PBC maintains significant digital presence with over 2.5 million Facebook followers, active Twitter and Instagram accounts, and a YouTube channel, positioning itself as the “Voice of Pakistan” both domestically and internationally.

National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic

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The National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic (KTRK), Kyrgyzstan’s state broadcaster, signed a letter of intent for joint cultural exchange activities with China Media Group on September 2, 2025, during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin. The agreement was among 14 bilateral media cooperation deals CMG struck with broadcasters from 13 countries during the summit, covering news reporting, joint programming, cultural activities, technological innovation, industry development, personnel exchanges, and media resource sharing. The CMG partnership with KTRK is part of China’s broader efforts to strengthen SCO media cooperation.

Radio Television Senegalaise

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Radio Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS) is Senegal’s principal public media organization, operating five television channels (RTS1-RTS5) and nine radio stations covering national, international, and regional audiences. RTS was established under Law No. 92-02 of 1992, replacing the former state broadcaster ORTS, which had operated since 1973. The broadcaster operates under the Ministry of Culture and Communication, with governance resting with a 12-member Management Council representing various government ministries. The Director General is appointed by the President of Senegal. Pape Alé Niang became Director General on April 24, 2024, replacing Racine Talla. RTS receives funding through license fees collected via electricity bills, state subsidies, and advertising revenues, with an estimated annual budget of XOF 11.3 billion (approximately US$20.8 million). The broadcaster’s editorial stance reflects its close government relationship, with no formal legal framework guaranteeing editorial independence.

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the country’s national news agency, was launched on January 1, 1972. The Dhaka bureau of the Associated Press of Pakistan was turned into the national news agency of the new country following the Bangladesh Liberation War. Beginning with a small staff in the head office in Dhaka and a bureau in Chittagong, BSS now has bureaus in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bagura, Khulna, Barishal, Rangamati, and Sylhet, with correspondents in all 64 administrative districts. The agency functions almost around the clock to disseminate national, international, political, economic, development, and other news to nearly 50 subscribers across the country. BSS subscribes to international wire services AFP and exchanges news with Press Trust of India, Associated Press of Pakistan, Xinhua, Bernama of Malaysia, and TransData of Australia, and introduced a Bangla news service in 1999.

SOPECAM

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SOPECAM (Société de Presse et d’Éditions du Cameroun/Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation) is Cameroon’s state-owned media corporation established in 1974. The corporation publishes multiple media outlets, including its flagship Cameroon Tribune bilingual daily newspaper, Cameroon Business Today, Cameroon Insider (an English-language publication launched in 2019), and magazines Nyanga and Weekend Sports et Loisirs. SOPECAM operates through regional agencies across Cameroon’s ten regions and has modernized its operations with digital platforms and online subscriptions. Led by General Manager Marie-Claire Nnana since 2002, the corporation transformed from a government enterprise to a public capital company in 2017. Beyond publishing, SOPECAM organizes initiatives like the CBT Champions Awards to promote youth entrepreneurship and “Made in Cameroon” products.

Malaysian National News Agency

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The Malaysian National News Agency, or Bernama, is Malaysia’s official government news agency established under the Bernama Act 1967 and commenced operations on May 20, 1968. Operating as an autonomous statutory body under the Ministry of Communications, Bernama provides real-time news and information services in multiple languages including Malay, English, Chinese, Tamil, Spanish, and Arabic. Bernama maintains branches in every Malaysian state and international correspondents and stringers across ASEAN countries, the United States, United Kingdom, West Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Beyond its wire service, Bernama operates its own 24-hour radio and television channels and has launched digital media platforms. The agency recently began utilising AI technology to enhance news delivery and multimedia content production.

Myanmar International TV

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Myanmar International Television (MITV) is a state-owned English-language television channel launched on August 1, 2001, as MRTV-3, Myanmar’s third television channel after MRTV (1980) and Myawaddy TV (1995). The channel was rebranded as Myanmar International Television in April 2010 and broadcasts from Yangon. The channel, which is under the country’s Ministry of Information, claims to provide “accurate, balanced, independent” coverage but enforces “rigid editorial control,” according to the State Media Monitor. During the 2007 anti-government protests, MITV attacked Western outlets as “sky-full of liars,” revealing its role as a state messaging platform rather than independent journalism.

RT

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RT, formerly Russia Today, is a Russian state-controlled international news network funded by the Russian government. Launched in 2005, RT operates channels in multiple languages, including English, Arabic, Spanish, French, and German. The network has been widely described as a propaganda outlet for the Russian government, with Margarita Simonyan, RT’s editor-in-chief, once comparing it to Russia’s Ministry of Defense and stating it was “waging an information war” against the West. Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, RT was banned throughout the European Union, while platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Microsoft restricted its content. RT has been repeatedly found by regulators to broadcast “materially misleading” information and has been ordered to register as a foreign agent in the United States.

Radiotelevisione Italiana

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Radiotelevisione Italiana, or RAI, is Italy’s state-owned public broadcaster founded in 1924 as Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI) and becoming “RAI” in 1944. The group operates the nation’s largest television and radio network with a more than 30 percent market share, competing directly with the Mediaset empire of former Italian president Silvio Berlusconi. Headquartered at 14 Viale Giuseppe Mazzini in Rome, the company is 99 percent owned by Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, funding operations through broadcast license fees and advertising revenue. RAI’s programming reaches beyond Italy’s borders into neighboring European countries, Albania, Tunisia and beyond via satellite, while its management and board are elected by Parliament every three years, ensuring close ties between the broadcaster and Italy’s ruling political majority.