The story
In July 1992, DVB began broadcasting programming into Burma from studios in Oslo, Norway and transmitting via shortwave radio from the Norwegian Kvitsøy Tower transmitter. Now the broadcast is sent via satellite and free-to-air digital TV.
On 28 May 2005, DVB expanded its programming and began satellite television broadcasts into the country. The organization stated that it hoped to reach some ten million Burmese through this new effort (which it claims is the first free and independent Burmese language television channel), which was funded in part by non-governmental organizations such as Free Voice of the Netherlands, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Freedom of Expression Foundation.
In 2012, DVB started multimedia operations inside Myanmar openly, running a branch office with its former underground VJs. On 24 March 2018, DVB started broadcasting on digital terrestrial television on MRTV DVB-T2 multiplex system.
After the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the Burmese military junta began systematically cracking down on freedom of speech within the country. On 8 March, DVB—along with four other networks (Myanmar Now, Mizzima News, Khit Thit Media, and 7Day News)—was banned by the junta. The arrests and torture of journalists is an ongoing theme of Burma's 2021 military coup. Thus far, five DVB staff have been detained or arrested following violent abductions carried out by the Burmese military.
In the first half of 2021, the police in Thailand arrested three journalists. They faced the charge of illegal entry into Thailand.
From Wikipedia’s article on Democratic Voice of Burma, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4