Youth Voice - DVB launched this news for children show in 2008, when Burma’s military junta was still censoring any critical expression. This program explains the ‘real’ news that has importance for 10-15 year old youth, in understandable language and without too shocking images. To protect the interviewed children and their parents, the first years the program would only film kids with masks on. Youth Voice started with a weekly 15 minute format at first (with topics covering national & global news, sports and fun), but as soon as the editorial workflow became smooth, moved up to a daily 10 minute news show.

The program has been popular ever since, although the editorial team actually became too small to maintain a steady quality output (from 6 fulltime positions at first to 2,5 after). Since 2018 the format changed back to a weekly 15 minute format again, to allow the small staff to focus more on content quality again. The program can be watched here: youtube.com/user/DVBYouthVoice.

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Law Lab - this CMD format was designed in 2016 to serve audiences that demand law reform. As this is one of the main underlaying issues of Burma’s many problems today, this show aims to explain complex political legal issues in tangible bits, commented on by different experts and viewers opinions. The idea of this ‘lab’ is to spark experimental ideas and feasible solutions for law makers, that are hopefully watching as well.

This weekly 30 minute program is both aired on DVB TV (several times repeated) and live streamed on DVB’s Facebook page (with over 10 million followers) and youtube.com/user/DVBLawLab.

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DVB Debate - this program developed in 2013, has been DVB’s most popular slot for years now. The format is inspired by South Africa’s Great Debate that aired in the nineties after Apartheid was abolished. The same happened in Burma, as the democratic spring seemed to begin with the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2010, the production of this program is being ‘tolerated’ by the regime, silently recognising dialogue between opposite opinion leaders is an effective tool for societal reconciliation.

Every week DVB Debate invites expert speakers to the studio for a discussion, that it hosts fair and neutral. The audience, both in studio and online, is encouraged to join in the debate. This neutrality is why, within a context of ongoing political / military intimidation of journalists, this program hasn’t been censored. It also makes it insightful for viewers how complex and slow democratic debate actually is. Democracy is still a new concept to comprehend in Burma, that still suffers from the longest ongoing civil war on earth. The 45 minute weekly program is aired on both DVB TV (repeated every day), streamed live at DVB’s Facebook and on youtube.com/user/DVBDebate.

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Our Land Our Region - Doh Pyay Doh Myay (DPDM) has been DVB’s first travel program, created in 2014, exploring the rich ethnic and natural diversity of the country, with a weekly 30 minute format. The program presents itself as a ‘roadshow’ (with shots of muddy roads with 4WD trucks being stuck), but is actually ‘slow journalism’; by staying in villages for days at the time reporters grasp a deeper understanding of local issues, in order to portray each remote community with respect.



Producing DPDM is dangerous (mostly due to crazy roads), costly (compared to a studio production) and complicated (dealing with local authorities and/or rebels), thus the crew of 6 needs to be smart and tough.The program has grown a large group of loyal viewers, which allows generating extra revenues by selling commercial slots around it. The weekly show is aired on both DVB TV and youtube.com/user/dvbdpdm.

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Fix it - this latest developed format by CMD in 2016 highlights local entrepreneurship; rural communities with a collective problem, show how they solve it by working together, often helped by local NGO’s and experts. With a generally failing government, this program shows how to build schools, fix water pipes and repair refugee camps etc, hoping to inspire viewers to get active themselves as well. While the content is produced independently, it can be considered ‘participative journalism’ as the presenter often helps local workers; the show is all about working together.

Fix it is a weekly 30 minute format, made by 2 travelling teams of 3 reporters, aired on DVB TV and youtube.com/DVBFixit.
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