A nationwide television meeting opened in Vientiane on Monday with a
common proposal to use a new satellite link so that more people can
access Lao National Television channels.

People in the provinces want to watch Lao National Television
programmes, but many of their satellites accept only the Lao Star
Channel through the Thai Com 5 satellite, and TV officials were of the
common view that the issue needed to be urgently addressed to supply
more information to the Lao people.

The proposal for a new satellite link was in response to a question
posed by Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Prof Dr Bosengkham
Vongdara, who wanted participants to give frank opinions to improve
Lao national television from now until 2020 and integrate the network
into the region.

A representative of Vietnamese television in Laos , Mr Dinh Quang
Dung, said at the meeting that Vietnam now had its own satellite and
would grant Lao TV free use of it so that more people could receive
local TV programmes.

“The issue is under discussion by high-ranking officials of both
countries and I hope expansion of the TV network will be approved,” he
said.

By Vientiane Times
(Latest Update September 16, 2008)