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It was established as a body corporate on 8 June 1964 under the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Ordinance no. 7 (1964). Prior to that date it operated as a Government Service under the name of Mauritius Broadcasting Service. The original ordinance establishing the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation was amended and consolidated by Acts of Parliament: Act no. 65 of 1970, Act no. 22 of 1982 and Act no. 65 of 1985. These amendments were necessary to accommodate interalia changes at both technological and social levels as well as to satisfy the aspirations of all segments of the Mauritian nation.

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TV broadcasts started on a pilot basis in 1964 with the installation of three repeater stations at Fort George, Mount Thérése and Jurançon. On 8 February 1965, television was officially launched with a daily evening transmission of about three hours. The first live local program was broadcast on the occasion of the visit of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra in 1968. The phasing out process of black and white television started in 1973 and indeed the OCAMM Conference which was held at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute in the same year was broadcast live in colour (SECAM system). By 1978 the MBC was fully equipped for the broadcast of colour programs. The MBC started it operation in Rodrigues on 7 November 1987. A second channel was launched on 30 July 1990, the MBC 2. The MBC 3 became operational in March 1996. In 2005, the MBC was the first public television broadcaster in Africa to launched Digital Terrestrial Television channels. In 2007, the MBC also extent its digitalized service to the islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga.[3] In 2011, the MBC move from its former headquarter in Forest Side, Curepipe to Moka. The Bhojpuri Channel and Senn Kreol was launched in January 2013.

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Sep 16th

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Empowering Journalists to on Climate Change Reporting

From September 12–15, 2023, the AIBD hosted a four-day workshop on climate change reporting under a grant from HBF Japan. Seventeen journalists from Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, India, the Maldives, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam participated in the

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Jun 13th

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Media Literacy Pre-Summit Workshop Empowers Asian Broadcasters

Bali, Indonesia From May 21 to 22, 2023, Bali became a hub for over 40 participants from various Asia-Pacific countries as they gathered for a two-day media literacy pre-summit workshop. This event, held as a precursor to the 18th Asia

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Jun 12th

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AIBD/RTB In-Country workshop on Camera Control Unit (CCU)

AIBD/RTB In-Country workshop on Camera Control Unit (CCU) for 14 participants comprising cameramen, camera control unit operators and operation assistant of Radio Television Brunei (RTB) began today at RTB’s training centre in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. A Malaysian

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Mar 19th

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Malaysia aspires to make Road Safety as the Culture by 2030

Studies of the Malaysian Institute for Road Safety Research (MIROS) had found effective evidences of the Road Safety Education in the national curriculum. MIROS’s Chief Research Officer, Dr Ahmad Azad Ab Rashid says research findings indicated that students with better educational

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Mar 7th

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Journalists from Southeast Asia and Mongolia gather for Cybersecurity Reporting Workshop

Eleven journalists from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, and Thailand gathered on the first day of the Training Workshop on Cybersecurity Reporting, a collaborative project of USAID, DAI, ITU, and AIBD. The workshop is funded by USAID’s Digital Asia Accelerator

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Dec 8th

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Day2 & Day3 – Road Safety workshop

The AIBD/WHO Road Safety workshop in Kuala Lumpur was told that an Integrated and Comprehensive emergency response system for post-crash management should establish in all countries. Advisor & EMS Product Inventor at MEXC Program, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Dato’ Seri Dr

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