RTB Channel Strives To Offer ‘Infotainment’ & ‘Edutainment’
By Ben Ng

Bandar Seri Begawan - Radio Television Brunei (RTB) will be repositioning channels RTB 1 and RTB2 to provide better services and keep up with the competition, RTB said yesterday.

Effective today, RTB1 will become an "infotainment" channel focused on information and entertainment programmes such as News, National Events, Current Affairs, Forums and reality-based game shows, RTB Acting Director Hj Osman Hj Mohammad said.

"This is part of RTB's strategy to provide better services with attractive programming for the Brunei audience and also to enhance RTB’s role as the government's media and main channel of information.

"RTB I on weekdays will broadcast the News seven times a day, and on weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) RTB will air the 15-minute News Extra," he said.

"Sports News will be broadcasted every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 7pm," said RTB's Acting Deputy Director, Hj Hamiddon Hj Ibrahim.

The Economic News will air every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday night, and will focus on business, industry and consumer issues.

Current Affairs at RTB 1 will be broadcasted at 8.30pm showcasing the current events happening around the country.

Sister channel RTB2 will be focused more on "Edutainment", educational, yet entertaining programmes such as blockbusters, sitcoms, game shows and popular sports. To allow better programmes that focus on quality family entertainment, officials decided to double RTB2's broadcast time from four hours to eight hours (4pm - 12am) on weekdays.

Weekend broadcasting hours have been extended, with an airtime of 14 hours that starts at 10am and runs till midnight.

"Apart from the acquisition and rescheduling of programmes, we have to realign a lot of things. We have to realign the way we operate. This means longer working hours, and people will most likely finish work late at night," said the Acting Director.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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