Kathmandu: Ms. Sophie Le’ Bars, the Asia division chief of the Canal Francaise International paid a courtesy call on the chief editor of the Telegraph Weekly last week at its office in Dillibazar, Kathmandu.
CFI is a popular French company that buys informative, educative television good programs and sells to those television companies who wish to entertain their audience with quality programs.
During the talks with the chief editor of this weekly, Ms.Sophie dwelt at length the process on how to come in contact with the CFI and the procedures to be later acquired for receiving the programs of the CFI to be used by the local television that buys their programs.
“We also work on exchange basis”, added Ms.Sophie.
According to her, Nepal Television exhibited interest in having some of the good programs from the CFI for its use in Nepal.
During her four days trip in Nepal, she met some of the media men and persons who were incharge of private television channels currently operating in Nepal.
According to Ms.Sophie, the CFI were a French TV programs provider direct to the TV stations; a free daily package delivered by satellite; a full digital telecasting and possessed a daily programming dedicated to 127 terrestrial domestic TVs in 76 countries the world over.
“The CFI telecasts 15,000 hours annually and 27,000 hours are being rebroadcast by the affiliate TVs around the world”‘, revealed Ms.Sophie.
A reception was thrown by the weekly in her honor, which was attended by few Nepali media men.
AF reception
Kathmandu: The Asia Foundation, Nepal office threw a reception in honor of the visiting members of the Foundation’s strategic planning team last week.
The team members included Dr. Gordon Hein, Vice President for programs; Dr. William Cole, Director looking after Governance and Law; Dr. Franck Wiebe, Chief Economist and Director for Economic Reform and Development and Ms. Zhang Ye, Director for China Country Program.
The team has already left Kathmandu.