EMTV Online

Papua New Guinea's first commercial television station, on air since 1987, with EMTV Online as its national news website. Broadcasting from Port Moresby, EMTV is operated by Media Niugini under state-owned Kumul Telikom holdings, and its evening national news remains one of the country's most-watched television bulletins.

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EMTV Online at a glance

Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: Melanesia · Oceania
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups EMTV Online

Crosswire groups EMTV Online as Centrist for comparisons within Papua New Guinea's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where EMTV Online sits in Papua New Guinea's press

EMTV Online is one of 4 outlets tracked in Papua New Guinea and the only television news channel tracked there. By outlets tracked, Papua New Guinea ranks third of the 8 countries on Crosswire's Oceania hub, which lists 32 outlets in all.

Across Oceania, Crosswire tracks 3 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to EMTV Online outside Papua New Guinea, starting with Melanesia, are Sky News Australia (Australia) and 1News (New Zealand). Opening one of them beside EMTV Online is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.