SECTOR 2 The media landscape, including new media, is characterised by diversity, independence and sustainability 2.1 A wide range of sources of information (print, broadcasting, internet) is available and affordable to citizens. The price of newspapers varies between 100 MGA (0,05 USD) and 600 MGA (0,28 USD), with some being distributed free of charge. About fifteen newspapers are available on newsstands. The most widely read and most affordable are generally the Malagasy language papers such as the dailies Taratra, Ao Raha and Gazetiko, selling for 200 MGA (0,09 USD) a copy. These papers have a declared average print run of 30,000 copies, although, in the absence of an independent monitoring body, these figures are probably inflated. No paper has yet exceeded a print run of 50,000 copies a day. Newspapers are generally available in Antananarivo, where most are printed. They reach other cities outside of the capital with a delay of several hours and sometimes several days. Most are not available in rural and remote areas. Given the low purchasing power of most Malagasy citizens, newspapers are not easily affordable. They are also not always available, since their distribution is largely dependent on transport by road and hence the quality of road networks. There are 256 radio stations on the island. Eight private television channels broadcast in Antananarivo and two to three channels in other large cities. The national radio and television stations (RNM/TVM) are the only ones legally authorised to broadcast all over the country. The Ministry of Communications has recently hinted that the new Communication Code will allow private channels to broadcast nationally as of 2011. In practice and given their existing technical capacity, RNM and TVM do not cover the whole of Madagascar. It is virtually impossible for people to access the two public channels in remote or isolated areas even if the signal is available via satellite. The number of households with internet access in Antananarivo is on the increase and there are many Internet cafés. The minimum cost per minute is 15 MGA (0,007 USD) in the capital and this can go up to 100 MGA (0.05 USD) in other towns. After the optical fibre cable has been laid private mobile telephone companies are attempting to make broadband connection available. For the time 88 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MADAGASCAR 2010