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Entity Type: Domestic State-Affiliated Media

Lao National Television

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Lao National Television (ລາວ ໂທລະພາບແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ) is a state television broadcaster under the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos. The station began broadcasting in 1983 and manages two national channels, LNTV1 and LNTV3, plus several regional outlets. The broadcaster has relied on significant foreign support, including support from Vietnam Television, which enabled the launch of Vietnamese-language news programming in September 2015. More significantly, the Chinese government funded LNTV Channel 3’s transition to high-definition broadcasting, completed in September 2019. Official statements framed the upgrade as “an important contribution to enhancing cooperation between Laos and China.”

Senegalese News Agency

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The Senegalese News Agency, or APS, serves as Senegal’s official state news agency, established by government order in 1959. 59-054 as a public establishment with industrial and commercial character. The agency changed status to a “national company” in 2019. Currently led by Director General Momar Diong (莫馬爾·迪翁), who was appointed in October 2024, replacing former director Thierno Ahmadou Sy. APS operates from its headquarters at Avenue 5, No. 1 in Dakar. Following its 1972 reform, the agency inherited Regional Information Centers to expand national coverage through regional bureaus. Its website, launched in 1998, was among Senegal’s top 20 most visited portals as of 2010 according to International Communication Office rankings. The agency’s mission involves collecting, processing, and disseminating official state information through multiple platforms while representing Senegal’s governmental perspective.

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.

Edicoes Novembro

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Edições Novembro is an Angolan state-owned publishing house established in 1976 following the nationalization of Empresa Gráfica de Angola through Law No. 51/1976. The company publishes several newspapers, including the flagship daily Jornal de Angola, the financial periodical Jornal de Economia & Finanças, and many others. Operating under the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Social Communication, Edições Novembro is heavily reliant on government subsidies, which accounted for 87 percent of its operating income in 2019. The company’s editorial line largely reflects official government positions, with content analysis finding consistent pro-government bias.

Namibia Press Agency

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The Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) is the state-owned national news agency of Namibia, initially founded in 1987 and officially established in 1991 following Namibia’s independence. The agency was created under the Namibia Press Agency Act of 1992, which formalized its status as the country’s official news agency. NAMPA covers government affairs, sports, education, and the economy, and has partnered with several international news agencies, including Agence France-Presse, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, China’s official Xinhua News Agency (新华社), and Russia’s state-run Sputnik. The agency has also faced questions about editorial independence; in October 2002, the Committee to Protect Journalists asserted that NAMPA had “long practiced self-censorship on contentious issues” and accused the agency of being a government mouthpiece, criticism that has persisted in subsequent years.

Radio Televizioni Shqiptar

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Albanian Radio-Television, known as Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), is the public service broadcaster of Albania, established with the founding of Radio Tirana, which began broadcasting on November 28, 1944. The television division, known as TVSH, commenced operations in April 1960. Today, RTSH operates more than 20 television and radio channels, including Radio Tirana International. While RTSH is formally governed by the Albanian Parliament and funded through license fees, state subsidies, and commercial revenue, its editorial independence has been severely undermined since 2023, according to news reports. The appointment of Alfred Peza, a former Socialist Party MP, as Director General in June 2023 was followed by mass dismissals of journalists, prompting objections from the European Federation of Journalists.

Bulgarian National Radio

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Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) is Bulgaria’s national radio broadcaster, founded on March 30, 1930 by a group of engineers and intellectuals, before being nationalized on January 25, 1935. The broadcaster operates two nationwide channels — Horizont, which offers news and music, and Hristo Botev, focused on culture and the arts—alongside nine regional channels and Radio Bulgaria.  BNR is governed by a five-member Management Board appointed by the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), Bulgaria’s media regulatory authority, whose composition is politically influenced with members appointed by Parliament and the President. According to State Media Monitor, BNR faces chronic underfunding and political pressure that limit its independence, with incidents including the dismissal of journalists and broadcasting suspensions.

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.

Antigua Broadcasting Service

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The Antigua Broadcasting Service is the state-controlled broadcaster of Antigua and Barbuda, operating one radio station and one television channel. The service was officially organized in February 1956, with shortwave programming inaugurated in 1957 and radio broadcasts beginning in June 1962. In May 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), the state broadcaster under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department, donated video cameras and media equipment to ABS.