SECTOR 2 This enables wealthier citizens the opportunity to access foreign television and radio stations. The rebroadcasting of foreign programming through radio and television is not regulated by the State in Mali. As well as foreign newspapers and international, FM radio stations, three companies provide coded bouquets of rebroadcast foreign channels. The foreign radio programmes are either integrally or partially linked to public or private stations. The internet has seen great expansion recently with relative accessibility. With connection costs dropping, it is becoming more affordable. In Bamako, for example, one hour of connection at an internet café costs on average 300 FCFA (around 50 Euro cents) with an acceptable quality of connectivity. 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: 4.6 (2008 = 4.8 ; 2006 = 5.0) 2.3 Efforts are undertaken to increase the scope of circulation of the print media, particularly to rural communities. No visible effort is being undertaken to increase the distribution of national newspapers to the entire country, particularly rural areas and towns in the north, and the target of most print media remains the capital. Some media houses organise their distribution individually, rather than join forces with their counterparts and there is no organised e-mail distribution. One of the panellists notes: “In the absence of distribution circuits, each media house is fighting with the weapons it possesses to be where it can.” In some outlying areas, daily newspapers are published and distributed locally. Rural areas are supplied by the media in the local languages Kibaru, Kibaré and Xaabaré, while others with a higher print run and covering a wider linguistic 96 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MALI 2010