(Source: Keith Perron at PCJ Media)
After more than 500 shows. The final edition of Media Network Plus will air April 28, 2018.
While Media Network Plus is coming to an end this weekend. MNP will be retooled and will be returning as a 6 part television series.
I will be remaining as executive producer, but each program will have a different host. The new documentary format will be 25 minutes in length and will focus on one issue per program.
The first six programs are currently in production and will include the following topics.
Program 1 – With Chinese president Xi Jingping changing the constitution so he can remain in power for as long as he wants. What is this going to mean for the Chinese media of the future.
Program 2 – With the crisis with the Rohingya people on going. We will be examining the media’s role.
Program 3 – Robert Mugabe may no longer be the President of Zimbabwe. What will this mean for the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. and independent media in the country.
Program 4 – A special program from Pyongyang, North Korea. With a visit to Voice of Korea. The first ever foreign TV crew allowed to visit the station.
Program 5 – Will look at how countries in East and Southeast Asia are trying to combat misleading news and information.
Program 6 – Pan-Pacific Special. This program will look at the changing media landscape across the Pacific and how new media has been a driving force in the changes to society across the region.
Air dates TBA
Wow – Program 4 on the new series should be fantastic. The only behind-the-scenes broadcasting related video I have ever seen from Pyongyang was around five years ago when China Central Television (CCTV) visited Korean Central Television in Pyongyang. Seeing the Voice of Korea operation will be really special!
It has been 28 months in the works. A number of meetings in Beijing at the North Korean Embassy.
Where can we watch these programs? Are they available online anywhere?