By 2015, Laos, a country with a fledgling and small TV industry hopes to have full digital as well as radio broadcasting as it was decided recently at the 12th Asean Digital Broadcasting Meeting. While the country switched to digital TV in 2007 for some major towns in the country, there are still major gaps prevalent.
Phosy Keomanyvong, the Lao National Radio deputy director general has announced that the government is still in process of finding funds to finance the roll-out for digital broadcasting. Once the funds are in place, the state plans on setting up a system installation. Currently the Lao National Television (LNTV) runs only two channels which broadcast mostly documentaries, news, economic news and sports content.
LNTV in a bid to increase its reach across Laos has also recently signed an MoU with China´s Yunnan Radio and Television (YRT) to develop content and technology and enable 24 hour broadcasting.
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