Brunei - Overview
edited by Alastair Carthew and Simon Winkelmann
Brunei’s first, historic blogger and twitter gathering; the death of a veteran and respected journalist, a media “appreciation night” and the continued tight control over all media by the authorities were features of Brunei’s media in 2011.
The blogger and Twitter event in November brought forward the “faces behind the screens.” Some 80 people attended the half day event. A hash tag was created by the organisers to allow tweets to share updates and quotes.
Subjects covered included the number of hits bloggers receive and what news attracted more hits than others. Another was a case study of a blogger outside of Brunei who converted to Twitter to build a constituency. Also in November a “media appreciation night” was held in Gadong. It was essentially a party night, but brought together many elements of the local media. Read more
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| The Brunei Times |
| Language: | English |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | 3rd Floor, Wisma Haji Mohd. Taha, Jalan Gadong, Bandar Seri Begawan BE4119, Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2428333 |
| Fax: | +673 2428555 |
| E-Mail: | theeditor@bt.com.bn |
| Website: | http://www.bt.com.bn |
| Publisher: | Brunei Times Sdn Bhd |
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Television
| RTB 1 Menjana Inspirasi (News) |
| On air since: | 1975 |
| Language: | Malay, English |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2226692 |
| E-Mail: | ibrahim_mohamad@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| RTB 2 Varia Pilihan |
| Language: | Malay, English |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2226692 |
| E-Mail: | ibrahim_mohamad@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| RTB 3 High Definition |
| Malay, English: | 1975 |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2226692 |
| E-Mail: | ibrahim_mohamad@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| RTB 4 International |
| Language: | Malay, English |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2226692 |
| E-Mail: | ibrahim_mohamad@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| RTB 5 Saluran Ugama |
| Language: | Malay, English |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2226692 |
| E-Mail: | ibrahim_mohamad@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
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Radio
| nasional |
| On air since: | 1957 |
| Language: | Malay |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2227324 |
| E-Mail: | zalinar_abdullah@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| pilhan |
| Language: | English, Mandarin |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2227324 |
| E-Mail: | zalinar_abdullah@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| pelangi |
| Language: | English, Malay |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2227324 |
| E-Mail: | zalinar_abdullah@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| Harmoni |
| Language: | Malay |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2227324 |
| E-Mail: | zalinar_abdullah@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
| NUR ISLAM |
| Language: | Malay, English, Arabic |
| Language: | Malay |
| Market: | nationwide |
| Address: | Radio Televisyen Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan, BS8610, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Telephone: | +673 2227324 |
| E-Mail: | zalinar_abdullah@rtb.gov.bn |
| Website: | http://www.rtb.gov.bn |
| Owner: | Government of Brunei |
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