(Bernama Photo)
Bernama has added another feather in its cap with the launch of Bernama Web TV, Southeast Asia’s first live Internet news channel.
The new platform, which can be accessed from last Wednesday via www.bernama-tv.com provides for unrestricted access to Bernama TV over Astro’s Channel 502 from anywhere in the world via the Internet.
It is the latest product of Bernama TV, Malaysia’s first and number one 24-hour news channel. Bernama TV was launched on Feb 28 2008, delivering up to the minute news from all over Malaysia, Asia and around the world.
Bernama Web TV comes exactly a year after the launch of Bernama Radio24, the Malaysian national news agency’s 24-hour news and current affairs channel.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in his speech launching the service last Wednesday, expressed the hope that Bernama Web TV would become the top choice of the people wanting accurate news.
Abdullah believes the 40-year-old Bernama, is a mature and experienced media institution which has contributed much towards forging greater unity among the people and has served the nation well.
"I am happy with the pioneering effort of Bernama TV in providing for access to news via the Internet. This is definitely a meaningful step forward, “ says the premier.
Bernama chairman Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Annuar Zaini says a world pivoted on knowledge requires answers accurately -- and fast. A delay in disseminating accurate information would give ample room for the spreading of false news, he adds.
Mohd Annuar says the false news would reach the target earlier and have the advantage of being the first news while the actual news, having arrived late, would be rated secondary and serve to rectify the damage already done.
"News on government successes requires a prudent approach in terms of marketing and communication methods so that the people are able to appreciate the efforts taken by the government and the world can understand what actually happens in the country."
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