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Entity Type: Domestic State-Affiliated Media

National Broadcasting Corporation of Kyrgyzstan

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The Kyrgyz National Broadcasting Corporation (Улуттук Телерадиоберүү Корпорациясы), known by its Kyrgyz-language acronym UTRK and formerly branded as KTRK, is Kyrgyzstan’s state broadcasting corporation, based in Bishkek. According to UTRK’s own account, its history traces to December 8, 1958, when Kyrgyzstan’s first television broadcast aired, an event now marked annually as the country’s professional Radio and Television Workers’ Day; the organization’s radio operations date back further, to 1931. The corporation operates Kyrgyzstan’s main television channels, including the National First Channel, Ala-Too 24 news channel, and several radio stations, along with the Republican Radio-Television Center and the Kyrgyztelefilm studio. In 2022, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament converted the broadcaster from “public” to “national” status, abolishing its independent oversight board and giving the president the power to appoint and dismiss its general director directly. UTRK has served as a domestic broadcast partner for Chinese state-linked media content in Kyrgyzstan, including a joint programming section with privately owned cable operator Dolon TV that carries “China TV Theater,” a strand created by China’s National Radio and Television Administration to place PRC state-produced programming abroad.

Rossiya Segodnya

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Rossiya Segodnya (今日俄羅斯國際通訊社) is a Russian state media group established after Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on December 9, 2013, ordering the liquidation of the state news agency RIA Novosti and the state broadcaster Voice of Russia and folding their staff and assets into the new entity. RIA Novosti itself traced its lineage to the Soviet Information Bureau, founded in 1941, though Rossiya Segodnya was created as a distinct entity by the 2013 decree, not a continuation of it. Putin’s chief of staff said the restructuring was meant to improve cost efficiency in state media, while RIA Novosti’s own reporting at the time suggested it reflected tightening Kremlin control over the media sector. The group’s outlets include Sputnik, its international multimedia brand publishing in 32 languages and broadcasting in 19 countries; RIA Novosti, which continues to operate as its Russian-language domestic wire service; Prime, a business and financial news wire; and Arctic.ru, a bilingual Russian-English outlet covering Arctic infrastructure, resource development, and indigenous culture that reports roughly 60 percent of its readership from outside Russia.

GBTimes Oy

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GBTimes Oy (環球時代傳媒有限公司) is a Tampere-based Finnish media company producing China-related radio, print, and online content for European audiences. According to its own About Us page, the outlet was founded as Radio86 in 2004 and has “gradually worked to become the web’s most extensive China-related information base,” publishing news, travel, politics, food, history, and entertainment content in 11 languages, including English, Finnish, Swedish, and Chinese. GBTimes was formally registered as a Finnish company in 2007. In 2015, independent researcher Jichang Lulu told Reuters in 2015 that the network’s aim was “selling China’s story to the world” while “portray[ing] the content as coming from an independent party.” GBTiimes Oy CEO Zhao Yinong (趙亦農) told Reuters that CRI paid his firm “several million euros” annually, more than half its revenue, to produce local-language programming. When Reuters asked why CRI was working through private companies abroad, he defended the practice, saying there was no “no difference” between his operation and the US government-funded Voice of America (VOA). According to a separate Reuters report, a 60 percent stake in the Finnish company was held by a subsidiary of state broadcaster China Radio International (中國國際廣播電台). GBTimes Oy was part of a broader global network of 33 CRI-linked radio stations across 14 countries, “from Finland to Nepal to Australia, and from Philadelphia to San Francisco,” including a counterpart in Australia run by Melbourne-based media proprietor Tommy Jiang (姜兆慶) through Global CAMG Media. Four Corners, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation program, reported that CAMG’s radio stations functioned as an overseas outlet for Chinese state messaging and that Jiang was a major donor to Australia’s two main political parties.  

Televisao de Mocambique

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Televisão de Moçambique (Television of Mozambique), or TVM, is Mozambique’s state-funded public television broadcaster, launched in 1981. TVM is owned and funded by the Mozambican government, which directly appoints its leadership and covers over 75 percent of the television budget through state subsidies. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, covering news, children’s programming, entertainment, cultural content, soap operas, and drama series. 

Radio Television of Serbia

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Radio Television of Serbia , headquartered at Takovska 10 in Belgrade, is Serbia’s state-owned public broadcaster. The organization traces its origins to Radio Belgrade-Rakovica, which began broadcasting on October 1, 1924, followed by Radio Belgrade’s regular programming launch on March 24, 1929. Radio Television Belgrade (RTB) was established on February 13, 1958, following the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Serbia’s decision, with television broadcasting commencing on August 23, 1958. The current institution emerged in 1992 when RTB merged with regional networks Radio-Television Novi Sad and Radio-Television Priština to form the national Radio Television Serbia. RTS comprises four organizational units: radio, television, music production, and record label (PGP-RTS). The broadcaster is financed through monthly subscription fees (46% of revenues), state subsidies (28%), and advertising revenue (22%), and is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

Diario El Salvador

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Diario El Salvador (薩爾瓦多日報) is a state-owned morning newspaper launched on October 19, 2020, under the administration of President Nayib Bukele.It is operated by El Diario Nacional S.A. de C.V., a company owned by subsidiaries of the state electricity commission, Rio Lempa Executive Hydroelectric Commission (CEL).The outlet was established to provide a government-aligned alternative to traditional private media, with a significant portion of its revenue derived from state advertising and public sector subscriptions. It maintains a formal cooperation with China’s Xinhua News Agency, frequently co-publishing content that highlights bilateral infrastructure projects and diplomatic milestones.

Canal 6

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Canal 6 (第六頻道) is a Nicaraguan state television channel based in Managua, and the flagship broadcaster of the Ortega government’s media apparatus. Founded in 1957 as a private channel owned by members of the Somoza family, it was nationalized following the 1979 Sandinista Revolution and integrated into the state-controlled Sistema Sandinista de Televisión. The channel subsequently went through a period of insolvency and was off the air for nearly a decade before being revived under President Daniel Ortega after his return to power in 2007. It is formally operated by Negocios Publicitarios Internacionales S.A. (NEPISA), a government-linked company. Canal 6 operates within a broader media landscape in which the Ortega-Murillo family controls the overwhelming majority of Nicaragua’s open-signal television channels.

El Peruano

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El Peruano (Diario Oficial El Peruano) is Peru’s official daily newspaper, founded October 22, 1825, by Simón Bolívar, making it the oldest Spanish-language newspaper still in circulation. The newspaper’s historical editions from 1826 to 1868 were inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Latin America and Caribbean Register in 2022, recognized as “the only living historical document bequeathed by the liberator Simón Bolívar.” Published by Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales SA (Editora Perú), a state enterprise created in 1974, the newspaper is headquartered in Lima and serves as Peru’s official gazette where all national laws must be published by legal requirement. Beyond its governmental function, El Peruano carries news, official announcements, legal notices, and civil service documents alongside journalism covering politics, economics, and society. Editora Perú also publishes Andina, Peru’s national government-run news agency, and provides editorial and graphic services. Félix Alberto Paz Quiroz, who holds a degree in Social Communication from National University of San Marcos with 29 years of journalism experience, serves as general manager and director of journalistic media for Editora Perú, overseeing both El Peruano and Andina. Paz participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation.

Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation

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Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, or ZBC, is the state broadcaster of the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago in Tanzania, officially established in 2013 when the House of Representatives passed enabling legislation signed by President Ali Mohammed Shein. Operating as ZBC TV (formerly Television Zanzibar, founded 1973) and ZBC Radio, the broadcaster is headquartered at Karume House in Zanzibar City and operates under the Public Investment Act of 2002. ZBC claims broadcast coverage across Tanzania and neighboring countries through FM, shortwave, and medium wave radio, plus television distribution via satellite decoders including Azam, ZMUX, and StarTimes. The organization is entirely state-funded with no commercial revenue, and is widely perceived as government-aligned with editorial content echoing ruling party messaging. President Hussein Ali Mwinyi appointed Ramadhani Bukini as Director General in April 2023. Abubakar Harith serves as communications officer and TV presenter. Harith participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation touring Chinese industrial facilities.