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| Company type | Public corporation (since 1992) government-owned broadcaster |
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| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Founded | 1973 (as Radio NYAB) 1986 (radio, as BBS) 1999 (television) |
| Headquarters | Thimphu, Bhutan |
Key people | kaka Tshering, CEO |
| Products | TV, radio, online services |
| Owner | Government of Bhutan |
Number of employees | 335 |
| Website | www.bbs.bt |
The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS, Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱང་བསྒྲགས་ལས་འཛིན) is a state-funded radio and television service in Bhutan.[1] A public service corporation which is fully funded by the state and it is the only service to offer both radio and television in the kingdom, and is the only television service to broadcast from inside the Bhutanese border. The use of telecommunications is currently governed through the Information, Communications and Media Act of 2006.
- ^ Servaes, Jan (1994-01-01). "Broadcasting in Bhutan: Between tradition and modernization". Asian Journal of Communication. 4 (1): 111–133. doi:10.1080/01292989409359597. ISSN 0129-2986.