SECTOR 2

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) broadcast throughout the country via the
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation. RFI is broadcast on one frequency throughout
the country.

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score: 			

3.5 (2008 = 4.5)

2.3
Efforts are undertaken to increase the scope
of circulation of the print media, particularly to rural
communities.
As Mauritius is a small island, distribution of newspapers is easy and all the leading
newspapers are available everywhere in the country, including on the outlying
island of Rodrigues. L’Express and Le Mauricien have introduced weekly pages
for each region (North, East, South, West, Rodrigues) to serve local communities
better and to increase circulation.
The larger, established mainstream media houses have use distributors who are
able to access at least a thousand points of sale.
Smaller media houses are financially inhibited from using these distributors, even
as they compete with the larger and better resourced media houses. Furthermore,
when concessions are made, they always favour the more established papers.
Smaller publications coming out on the same day as their larger competitors stand
very little chance of getting on the news stand that day. In addition, the distributors
take advantage of this situation by charging substantially higher distribution fees;
so the smaller newspapers find it difficult to gain a substantial share of the market
even though they carry substantive and high quality content.

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