Mass media in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

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television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...

and the online services.

Radio

Historically,

has been the most prevalent form of mass communication in Nepal. Government-owned

Radio Nepal Radio Nepal ( ne, रेडियो नेपाल) is the state-owned Radio broadcasting organisation of Nepal. It was established 2 April 1951. Radio Nepal airs programs on short wave, medium wave ( AM) and FM frequencies. Regular broadcasts ...

has been the sole domestic radio provider since 1951. By 1995 it was broadcasting

short-wave Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...

medium-wave Medium wave (MW) is the part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. During the daytime ...

, and FM frequencies. Private operators can lease the FM channel.http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Nepal.pdf (This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.) * Radios: 2,000,000 (2006) * Radio stations: AM 6, FM 200, shortwave 1 (2015)

Television

Television started broadcasting in 1985. Broadcasters include government-owned

Nepal Television Nepal Television ( ne, नेपाल टेलिभिजन), shortened to NTV is the Nepalese national public state-controlled television broadcaster. It is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal. The news broadcast at 8:0 ...

(NT), which has two channels, and private broadcasters Nepal One, Shangri-La, and Space Time Network. All private broadcasters have experienced financial losses and content restrictions. Foreign programs can be accessed via satellite or cable. Statistics on viewership are not available, but less than 15 percent of the population appear to have access.

Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

launched as a project under the sixth development plan (1980-1985) with the slogan "Communication for Development". Its mission statement was ''"''Produce and telecast programs on educational, religious and cultural conservation to promote national unity, conserve heritage and promote national interest''"''. It was part of a research project to study the feasibility of establishing television to ascertain if this was economically and technically possible. NT had a monopoly for over 15 years.

has sixteen

broadcasters including NT and NTV PLUS. The private broadcasters are Kantipur Television owned by Kantipur Publication;

Image Channel The Image Channel is a private television channel in Nepal. It is owned by Image Group of Companies, which also run FM station and located in Lazimpat, Kathmandu. It produces several kinds of news programs, talkshows, entertainment shows, teleser ...

owned by Image Groups of Companies and Avenues Television,

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owned by Gorkha Media Network Private Limited. A news and current affairs channel is owned by Avenues Ad and started broadcasting in July 2007. Sagarmatha Television, launched in July 2007. ABC TV Nepal and National TV launched in 2008, News 24, Himalaya Television and Mountain Television launched in 2010. Entertainment channels emerged in 2009 beginning with

TV Filmy This article covers the television stations established in Nepal and Nepali-language television stations all around the world. Television in Nepal was first introduced in 1983 (Bikram Samwat 2042) as Nepal Television commonly abbreviated as NTV ...

, with E-24 Television launching in 2012. Regional Channels like Terai Television, Nepal Mandal and Makalu Television started in 2010. Mission Star launched.

Nepal 1 {{Infobox television channel , name = NEPAL 1 Television , logo = , logo_alt = , launch_date = Jan 2004 , closed_date = , picture_format = SDTV , network = , owner ...

is beamed from India. Channel Nepal was the first Nepali language satellite channel, which discontinued in 2011. Other channels include: AP1 HD TV, Mountain television, Arena Television, Himskhikhar Television, Young Asia Television (Nepal),

Araniko Television This article covers the television stations established in Nepal and Nepali-language television stations all around the world. Television in Nepal was first introduced in 1983 (Bikram Samwat 2042) as Nepal Television commonly abbreviated as NTV ...

, BroadTV and Mero TV. * Television broadcast stations: 18 (2012) (plus 9 repeaters) (2007) * Televisions: 500,000 (2006)

Periodicals

According to government figures, in 2003 Nepal had 3,741 registered newspapers of which 251 were published daily. Government-owned ''Gorkhapatra'' (''Gorkha Journal'') had the highest daily circulation at around 75,000. Most registered newspapers were published either weekly (1,304) or monthly (1,122). Most vernacular news media are regarded as having little credibility as a result of affiliations with political parties. * English language newspapers are My Republica, The Kathmandu Post, The Himalayan Times, and The Rising Nepal. * Magazines and periodicals - 295

Online

Some domestic providers are able to top the list of most visited news sites in Nepal. Common national and regional web news portals of Nepal include
Janacharcha.com
CDG Nepal, Setopati,

Online Khabar Online Khabar is an independent private online news portal of Nepal established in 2006, providing news in Nepali and English languages. There is no print available from this media house. In 2014, it was one of the top 10 web news portal in Nepal ...

Image Khabar The Image Channel is a private television channel in Nepal. It is owned by Image Group of Companies, which also run FM station and located in Lazimpat, Kathmandu. It produces several kinds of news programs, talkshows, entertainment shows, teleser ...

, Nepal khabar, eKantipur, Presschitra, The Nepal Times, NepMag, Nepal Live and web portals from print media.

The Kathmandu Post ''The Kathmandu Post'' is a major daily newspaper published in Nepal. Founded in February 1993 by Shyam Goenka, it is one of the largest English-language newspapers in the country. The newspaper is independently owned and published by Kantipu ...

and its affiliated eKantipur,

The Himalayan Times ''The Himalayan Times'' is an English-language broadsheet newspaper published and distributed daily in Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकता� ...

and República, Nepal Live Today, among others, publish their online versions in English.

References

External links

'Media and Telecommunication Lansdcape in Nepal'
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