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RADIO IN BERMUDA There are two main broadcasting companies in Bermuda: the Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC, not to be confused with the British BBC) and DeFontes Broadcasting Ltd. . The BBC owns four radio stations, two with the callsign ZFB and two with the callsign ZBM. VSB owns a few radio stations with the VSB callsign. American satellite radio is also available. TELEVISION IN BERMUDA
There are two main broadcasting companies in Bermuda: The Government-owned Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC, not to be confuse with the BBC in the UK) and DeFontes Broadcasting Ltd. (VSB). The BBC owns two television stations (an ABC and a CBS affiliate) and VSB owns one television station (an NBC affiliate). All three television stations are commercial - there is no equivalent to Canada's CBC / Radio-Canada , the US's PBS , and the UK's BBC in Bermuda. Even the state-run BBC, despite sharing the same initials as the UK's BBC, runs commercials. A new TV station, called Fresh Creations, is a pirate TV station and is weak in content. Another channel, called Look TV, is primarily a rolling calendar of events. All five TV channels can theoretically be picked up over the air without the need of cable, but cable is actually necessary for reception purposes - without it reception of some channels like VSB in Hamilton is extrememly bad. (See [http://www.bermuda-online.org/media.htm the "Media" section of Bermuda Online] for details) Recently, there has been talk in the Bermudian government of creating its own TV station, saying that it is needed "to speak directly to the public 'in an unmediated and unedited fashion'"[http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060302/NEWS/103020108&SearchID=73240951740102 , while critics state that it will be no more than a propaganda exercise. Satellite television is also used, but is unreliable, as the only satellites available are those mainly servicing the United States Of America , Canada and Latin America , and is on the edge of the reception area. Digital cable is available, as is wireless. INTERNET
The .bm code is controlled by the Bermuda Government's Department of Intellectual Property, a part of the Registry General and andministered by CSSD, the government's IT support group. The .bm domians are primarily granted to Licensed Businesses. Private accounts do exist, however. TELEPHONES
Bermuda is often considered to be a Long-Distance, rather than an International, region by many telephone services in the United States Of America . REFERENCE ''Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.'' EXTERNAL LINKS
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