Media of Eumoritown
Printed media[edit | edit source]
Printed media exists through a council-owned newspaper, The Eumoritonian Star, first published in 1938. The newspaper is published three times a week: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and has about sixteen pages on average. Owing to the size of the island in terms of population, there is no need for another newspaper. It tries so hard to avoid publishing stories of a more tabloidy nature.
A monthly magazine, The Islanders, is also published by the council. Newspapers from Flarland and the Henleys are shipped by air and sea every morning, though they are published at a slightly higher price due to shipping costs.
Radio[edit | edit source]
From 1956 to 1991, the Eumoritonian Broadcasting Corporation had a monopoly in radio broadcasts. Eco-Paradise FM first started in 1991 as a community station but failed and got a regular license in 1996.
These days Eumorimedia controlls three radio stations and Eco-Paradise two. IBC Eumoritown, when it became a separate business in 2004, started operating satellite relays of their Wembley services. Radio 1 operates on the former AM-FM frequencies of Radio Eumoritown.
Broadcasts from the Voice of Flarland can also be received on AM, FM and television. Eumorimedia also relays the NBS World Service since 2004 and has a tiny office for its local correspondent who also oversees the broadcast of it and NBS World News. Eco-Paradise relays Radio National by satellite over to the FM transmitters since 2009.
There is also a community service station, South Coast Radio, broadcasting on a low-powered transmitter (technically making its reception difficult in Crown Harbor in the northern part).
Television[edit | edit source]
Main article: Television in Eumoritown
The introduction of television led to the shutdown of the island's local movie theater, The Eumoritonian Picture Show within years of its launch.
The television service started in 1985 under the auspices of the EBC. Satellite relays of Flarland Television International (now Flarland TV) arrived in 1994. The local monopoly was broken in January 2001 when Eco-Paradise Television started offering three new channels: Eco-Paradise TV itself, IBC relays and NBS World. Eco-Paradise Television became a success due to its democratic stance in becoming the first media outlet to allow political discussions. In 2005, Eco-Paradise sold the IBC license to IBC and rights to relay NBS World were given to EBC.
Currently Eumorimedia controlls two television channels, Eco-Paradise also has two channels, IBC relays the main channel with local content and the IBC News channel. Pay television is forbidden "for the safety of the Eumoritonian population". The reason why Eco-Paradise operates a sports channel featuring events normally seen on pay-TV operations is because "the lack pf pay television really helps". Some events are currently negotiated with Eleven Sports.
An overview of the ETA TV platform is as follows:
| EPG No. | Channel name | Notes | Owner/parent company | Broadcast hours | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eumorimedia One | Eumorimedia | 06:00-00:00 | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 11 | Eumorimedia HD | Eumorimedia | 12:00-00:00 | 1080i HDTV |
Telecommunications[edit | edit source]
The FTC-owned Eumoritonian Telecommunications Authority is responsible for telephone and internet. GSM was trialled in 1995, successfully. In late 1995, Eumoritown started internet trials. Slow speeds prevailed until late 2006, when broadband was introduced. The 4G network started in the summer of 2011.
Despite technological advancements, half of Eumoritown's population doesn't use the internet. Penetration of smartphones is still low, at around 20%.
