Former Scottish Broadcasting Commission chairman Blair Jenkins earlier described the channel as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity".

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Julian Maka'a, a well known journalist from the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Commission (SIBC) spearheaded the organisation of the training for MASI.

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The Scottish Broadcasting Commission showed how that question has been superseded by the spread of digital channels, with the audience fracturing into niches, offering new opportunities for much more than an hour of news.

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Mr Kavan admits he once misled an inquiry set up by Britain's Broadcasting Complaints Commission after a television documentary had accused him of putting fellow dissidents at risk.

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Many Canadians are now calling for a review of the commission's role and of broadcasting law.

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Already in December Sedat Nuri Kayis, chairman of the state broadcasting watchdog, had revealed to a parliamentary commission that the large media holdings repeatedly break laws that ban groups with more than a 10% stake in radio and television stations from competing in government tenders.

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He said he was "comfortable" the combined broadcasting, distribution and production operations would stand up to scrutiny by the competition authorities and Independent Television Commission.

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The commission said a number of areas had been flagged up for further consideration, including whether issues including broadcasting, firearms, energy policy and the misuse of drugs should be overseen by Westminster or Holyrood.

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Professor Gundara is a founding member of the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT), and Vice-Chairman of the Board of IBT and was a Commissioner of the Commission for Racial Equality before its closure in August 2007.

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