October 7, 2009

NEWS / CHILDREN'S TV: Magic Journey - Children's TV travels from Kyrgyzstan to Turkey

October2009 - Kyrgyzstan/Turkey

In spring 2009, a delegation from the Turkish Radio and Television station "AVAZ", a newly-established branch of TRT, visited the National Television and Radio Corporation in Kyrgyzstan to pick up TV programmes which would be aired on TRT AVAZ.

The "Magic Journey" was one of the few programmes selected by TRT. The first 50 episodes (15 min each) from the second season have been subtitled into Turkish and have been broadcast every Friday on TRT Avaz from July 2009. Two months later TRT Avaz called their Kyrgyz counterparts and requested more episodes of the Magic Journey and "Meena". "Meena" was produced by UNICEF offices in East Asia to promote girls rights. The UNICEF country office in Kyrgyzstan dubbed "Meena" into Russian and Kyrgyz in 2008 and aired it several times on National and regional TV stations.

The fact that TRT has requested more episodes of the Magic Journey speaksvolumes about its success on TRT AVAZ. In return, the Kyrgyz National Broadcaster will be able to send its staff to Turkey to learn more about the development and production of children TV programmes on TRT free of charge. At present, the President of the Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Corporation and the Head of the Children's and Youth Programmes are visiting TRT in Turkey to formalize the partnership around the exchange of TV programmes and professional staff training.

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