Office of the High Representative OBN Update


OBN Press Release

OBN Affiliate Expansion

Sarajevo, 6 August 1998

Today OBN starts the expansion of its Affiliate Network throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The expansion will include adding seven TV Stations in the Federation areas, three TV Stations and two Correspondent Bureaus in the Republika Srpska to its Network.

OBN is aiming to have the technical and production facilities in place over the next ten days. This will give OBN greater news and current affairs information gathering potential and will increase the transmission footprint of OBN from around 60% to over 80%.

As with the current four affiliate stations these new members will transmit OBN programming alongside their local programming - as well as providing news and programmes that can be shown on the OBN Network.

Project Director Mike Challenger added, "The implementation of the expansion plan is the result of around two months hard work by the Network Editorial and Engineering Staff. We look forward to working with our new affiliates to develop their own operations and the OBN Network".


For further information please contact:
Sally Aldred, Press & Publicity Advisor, OBN * 00 387 71 212 950


OBN Press Release, 6 August 1998