User talk:JoelOteroJr/sandbox

Hi my name is Joel. I was thinking about some suggestions for your page about the media of Bhutan. I think you should talk more about the internet and how it is effecting their community and how they have access to it. Also another big question is when was the internet introduced in Bhutan? I think those facts would really help the page and also the reader of the page out a lot so they have more detail on the situation.__JoelOteroJr (talk) 02:33, 27 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoelOteroJr (talk • contribs)

Journalism A place where the government says they care about the people but journalist might differ especially in the newspaper business. At the beginning of the newspaper there used to be hundreds working as of now you can count them on one hand. The newspapers depend on the government for about ninety percent of their revenue.

Electronic media Bhutan's only Internet Service Provider is Druknet which is owned by Bhutan Telecom. Bhutan has about 295,000 Internet users and 676,000 mobile phone lines. The mobile subscriber in 2014 was at a good and strong 14%. As the market has begun to mature in 2015 it was a slow 5% and 2% in 2015 and 2016, as market penetration reached 88% in 2016. It has been predicted in the next 5 years or so there will be a moderate growth. Over this time the mobile subscriber have reached in excessive of 100% at times. The internet access in the country has had a major boost by mobile networks, largely by EDGE/GPRS and the new 3G technology platforms. Even though this is the case now because they have been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time until the 1990s. The fixed telephone lines is declining in Bhutan from a small base as the mobile segment keeps expanding. Penetrations has dropped over the years as in 2014 dropped to 3.1%, 2015 dropped to 2.9%, and 2016 dropped to 2.7%. Internet in Bhutan developed down a slow path during the beginning of the internet because the country embraced the internet cautiously which is still continuing to be low because the country is struggling economically. Fixed broadband penetration is increasing from a small base as it has continued over the past few years. Penetration has increased 2.3% in 2012, 3.1% in 2014, 4% in 2016, and is predicted to grow in the next five years until 2021. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoelOteroJr (talk • contribs) 01:56, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Television The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) has been expanded and will be available Bhutan and will also be available in the region. The signal can be received in almost 40 other countries from Turkey to Indonesia. The Bhutan Broadcasting Service has now assumed the role of a true national broadcaster said by the minister of information and communications. In 2008 the adoption of the constitution by Lyonpo Leki Dorji meant that the BBS would now be taking on a more pivotal in educating the public. When they took the role to educate the public this meant they had to improve the quality of news and programs because it became imperative. Sudhir Vyas, ambassador of Bhutan, thinks India is privileged to be associated with the development of media in Bhutan. The launch was a true testimony and the support the government had for the media. This symbolized the role that the government played in the development of Bhutan. The Bhutan Broadcasting Service has also to been said to be the cheapest and easiest way to educate people.