Media in Tonga

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The media in the Kingdom of Tonga can be considered largely free and independent according to international guidelines on freedom of the press . In 2017, Tonga was ranked 49th on Reporters Without Borders' worldwide press freedom index with a satisfactory location . Freedom of the press is guaranteed by the constitution.

broadcast

The largest broadcaster since 1961 has been the state Tonga Broadcasting Commission . It maintains two national television and two radio stations . Tonga Daily News is a private radio station and online news portal. and bring out a newspaper. Other radio stations are the private radio Nuku'alofa , Tonga Radio and the Christian radio Letio Faka-Kalisitiane .

International television programs on the pay-TV offerings from Sky Pacific and DigiTV are received.

Print media

The first newspaper in Tonga was published with the state-owned Po'opo'i as early as the 1870s . It was not until 1945 that it got competition from the state-owned News-sheet , a weekly information brochure on international news. In 1964 the Tonga Chronicle was published as a weekly newspaper, which was discontinued in 2012.

Newspapers in Tonga are:

  • Times of Tonga ( Taimi o Tonga ) - a weekly newspaper published in New Zealand since 1989, which has been repeatedly banned by the state (including 2003 for lese majesty ), but was ultimately allowed to be distributed again and again (including 2012) after the Constitutional Court lifted the ban.
  • Kele'a - circulation 2500 per week
  • Tonga Weekly - state-owned newspaper since 2012
  • Talaki - circulation 3000-4000 per week
  • Ofa ki Tonga - ecclesiastical information publication since 1992, edition of 1000 per print
  • Taumu 'a Lelei - Roman Catholic monthly newspaper since 1929, 8,000 circulation
  • Faite - bi-weekly newspaper since 2012, 1500 circulation
  • Nuku'alofa Times

new media

New media have also found their way into Tonga in recent years. According to Tonga, Matangi Tonga Online is the leading news portal and also publishes a print magazine. According to Tonga, Planet Tonga is the largest online offering.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tonga. Reporters without borders. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Act of Constitution of Tonga. Kingdom of Tonga, 1988, Chapter 2, Paragraph 7.
  3. ↑ a b c d Tonga profile - Media. BBC News, June 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ site of Tonga Daily News (English)
  5. ↑ DigitTv offers more for Tonga and PNG customers. Nuku'alofa Times, April 39, 2015.
  6. ↑ About MIC. Ministry of Information & Communications. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Local Newspapera in Tonga. Ministry of Information and Communications, August 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ NZ press watchdog, official to advise Tonga. NZ Herald, September 9, 2003.
  9. ^ Daily Times of Tonga banned for criticizing government. Ifex, February 27, 2003.
  10. ^ Times of Tonga still not distributed. ABC Radio Australia, March 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ Website of the Kele'a (English)
  12. ↑ website of Nuku'aofa Times ( Memento of the original of 2 August 2017 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nukualofatimes.tbu.to
  13. ↑ About Matangi Tonga. Matangi Tonga. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  14. ↑ website of PLanet Tonga (English)