The Republic of

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

is an officially trilingual state in the western Pacific, the three national languages being

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, French and

Bislama Bislama (; ; also known by its earlier French name, ) is an English-based creole language and one of the official languages of Vanuatu. It is the first language of many of the "Urban ni-Vanuatu" (citizens who live in Port Vila and Luganville) ...

. There is a diversity of newspapers, but only one, state-owned television channel. Private radio stations are a recent development; there were reportedly none in 2007."Vanuatu: Freedom of the Press 2007"
Freedom House

Freedom of the media

Freedom House in 2007 categorised Vanuatu's media as "free", noting however that "journalists have been censored or intimidated" by members of the police in isolated incidents, leading to apologies by the Police Commissioner. In 2001, Marc Neil-Jones, British-born publisher of the ''

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'', "was unlawfully deported from Vanuatu before being able to publish an article critical of the government". His deportation was subsequently overturned. In June 2011, Harry Iauko was convicted of

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damage to property and aiding and abetting intentional assault, for having led a group of men into the offices of the ''Daily Post'', where they assaulted Neil-Jones for the newspaper's criticism of Iauko, who was at the time Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utilities. Iauko was fined Vt15,000. Reporters Without Borders denounced the fine as "risible", saying it was "not commensurate with the gravity of the crime", and that such a small fine for an assault on a journalist risked pushing other journalists to censor themselves rather than criticise politicians. The

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reports in 2013 that "Vanuatu is widely-considered by independent observers as a country with an unfettered freedom of press"."Media and Broadcasting in Vanuatu"
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Press

The two main daily newspapers are both private: the ''Port Vila Presse'' (in French and in English), and the ''

'' (in English). The ''Daily Post'' has a sister weekly newspaper in French, '' L'Hebdo du Vanuatu''. The ''Vanuatu Independent'', ''Nasara'' and the ''Ni-Vanuatu'' are all private weekly papers.

Radio

The state-owned Radio Vanuatu is operated by the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation. Its origins lie in the colonial era, prior to the country's independence from France and the United Kingdom in 1980. During the colonial period it began as Radio Vila, then Radio New Hebrides, initially broadcasting only ten minutes a day. As of 2013, it broadcasts "16 hours of news, information programs, music and entertainment"."Gov’t urged to maximise Radio Vanuatu coverage"
''Vanuatu Daily Post'', 15 February 2013 The station "has achieved almost nationwide coverage", and, as of 2000, used Bislama "approximately 80 percent of the time". Private radio stations are Capital FM 107, 96Buzz FM, and the Christian station Laef FM. Also available are foreign radio broadcasts tailored for an international audience: BBC World Service,

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, and

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Television

1NOMO TV Channel Is a project of Telsat Pacific, a locally owned and operated company. 1NOMO prizes itself as being a family friendly, free-to-air and high quality content that all peoples, local or expat, can enjoy. 1NOMO broadcasts local content and international content and the languages broadcast are predominantly Bislama and English. At the same time as supporting the local producers in Vanuatu by seeking sponsorship funding for them. Television Blong Vanuatu (Bislama for "Television of Vanuatu"), is operated by the state's Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (Government owned). "Established with the help of Radio France Overseas", it broadcasts both in French and in English. As of 2010, it reached only about 20% of the population, and 80% of its content was borrowed from the New Caledonian channel Nouvelle-Calédonie 1re. France provided assistance to extend its coverage to a greater part of the country."Vers une couverture télévisuelle de l’archipel avec l’aide de la France"
French embassy in Vanuatu, 14 October 2010 KAM TV (Komuniti Akses Media) is the second TV channel locally produced in Vanuatu by Marke Lowen. It broadcasts 24x7 and the programming consists of approx 95% local content. KAM is operated as a free Open public channel promoting local cultural knowledge and education under a 'not for profit' structure. It is broadcast FTA as Channel 1 on Telsat Pacific's UHF DVB-T2 digital TV system. (www.telsat.vu)

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