GIS Moves Forward with Cable Broadcast

by Nathalie Jolie

June 5, 2001 - The Government Information Service is looking to improve its public broadcast service to the nation with its second trial run on the National Television Network, cable Channel 2 today.

Highpoints of the four hour broadcast which runs from 6 to 10 p.m. include news in Creole and English, a short film produced by Banyan and directed by Derek Walcott, and a feature produced by the Folk Research Centre on the role of women in craft in Choiseul.

“Today we thought it essential to do a second trial run because some of the systems we had in place didn’t work during the first trial run,” Director of Information Embert Charles said. Mr. Charles attributes the problems to the capacity of coordination inside the GIS.  “The second trial run would attempt to address and resolve most of the issues and it seems we are on track,” Charles said.

“The GIS is trying to let the public know that in the dissemination of government information it has more control. In the past we had little control of the timing as well as the volume of information which is broadcast by the other television stations because of their own constraints and demands internally,” Charles said.

The Government Information Service is also seeking to provide alternative local programming to the general public. Viewers can also expect GIS produced features highlighting the achievement of government and public service agencies. A repeat of the day’s broadcast will be aired on Sunday June 10, 2001 from 6 to 10 p.m.

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