Tibet Web TV Launched

Shailaja Neelakantan, Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 8:30 PM PT Comments (2)

The Central Tibetan Administration and Tibetan diaspora have launched Tibet Online, a web television site that will devote most of its coverage to the teachings of the Dalai Lama. However Tibetans inside Tibet may not be able to access the Web television site due to the Great Firewall. Looks like for now the website can be viewed inside the Great Firewall, though for how long, who knows!
“Distance often uproots people from their social and cultural moorings. This online TV could well become a rallying point for Tibetans worldwide,” said Kalon Lobsang Nyandak Zayul, director of the documentary Joy of Living. Tibetonline.tv also features an archive of documentary films on Tibet.

“In the light of changing social patterns, particularly the young, increasingly relying on the Internet for news and information, the web TV will go a long way in getting across the policies and works of the Central Tibetan Administration, realizing thereby one of the cardinal objectives of the Kashag: transparency,” Mr. Zayul said.

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August 11th, 2006
3:37 AM PT

[…] Teachings and public announcements from the Dalai Lama will also be broadcast at Tibet Online. The site offers video in multiple, DRM-free, no-charge formats for viewers worldwide, but people inside Tibet will likely have a hard time accessing it because of censorship by Chinese authorities. Link to the internet TV site, and here is an announcement by the prime minister, or Kalon Tripa, of the CTA. (Thanks, oxblood ruffin, and Om, who blogged about it here.) […]

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August 6th, 2006
7:53 AM PT
Paully said:

Well, the site is available behind the Great Firewall at the moment. Hope it lasts because the programming looks good.

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