Bermuda News is disseminated through quite a few channels. News in Bermuda has a n old tradition of printed newspapers, and has now adopted the technologically more advanced media like the radio, television and above all the Internet . Although there is not any bidirectional digital cable modem or wireless operated and Internet service in Bermuda common in USA, Canada, Europe and beyond, yet it is still feeling the first tremors of the Internet revolution.
Bermuda uses the North American NTSC television broadcasting standard and individuals or households do not need to pay any annual TV license fee. Scope of reception is island wide but much better in some areas than in others, when only using rabbit-ears aerial. Bermuda News TV stations do not have the United Kingdom and North America system of presenters on morning TV shows from national stations such as BBC in the UK showing pictures and leading stories from daily newspapers. Bermuda news is also covered on the Bermudian cable TV, the Bermuda Cablevision Limited. In June 2007, the Government Information TV channel began on cable and satellite. Satellite Systems include Direct TV, DISH satellite TV and C-Band, mostly American.
The Internet based Bermuda News agencies can be both national and foreign, the following is a compilation of the names:
- Bermuda Network News
- Big News Network
- Caribbean Net News
- Caribseek
- EIN News
- Inside Caribbean
- One World
Bermuda News is also presented by two national newspapers - Bermuda Sun and the Royal Gazette. The Bermuda Sun functions as a government mouthpiece and is printed twice a week, every Wednesday and Friday. The Royal Gazette established in 1828, it incorporates The Colonist and Daily News (established in 1866) and is the premier newspaper of Bermuda News. It produces about 80% of the breaking news in Bermuda and is read by 80% of the inhabitants and 100%of the commercial leaders in Bermuda.
Bermuda News is now distributed through a concentration of media that is remarkable for its size, ferociously competitive, independent and represent cosmopolitan views.
