When the government recently tried to stop local radio stations from rebroadcasting Khmer language foreign programmes (from the likes of Radio Free Asia), it was a thinly veiled attempt to take Mr Kem Sokha off the air.
But the shift to rebroadcasting on local FM channels exposes foreign broadcasters (and the stations who carry them) to more subtle pressure.
In addition to rebroadcasting various over-the-air and cable television shows, Joost offers some feature films.
EVACUATION In 2005, Al Jazeera aired a typically heavy-handed piece about the American evacuation from Saigon, in April , 1975 rebroadcasting the famous footage of children and old people being pushed back by marines from the Embassy gates, and kicked or punched as they tried to climb onto helicopters.
Long talk story about radio hams of the International Amateur Radio Union which has been broadcasting and rebroadcasting information about activities of the various United Nations agencies in order to spread enlightenment around the globe.
For the record, the ninth season of "American Idol" begins on Jan . 12(Fox, 8 p.m ., the same night that TNT begins rebroadcasting "Southland" (10 p.m ., the Los Angeles police drama whose run was summarily cut short by NBC.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Ivi TV, an ambitious online video start-up, must stop rebroadcasting signals of local television stations on the Internet, dealing a major setback to the company.
ITV will be rebroadcasting the American "X Factor," so British viewers will at least be able to see Mr. Cowell on that program.
I couldn't tell him that later that afternoon, "This American Life" would be rebroadcasting an episode with a reading I did years ago from my first memoir, "Slow Motion".
Link TV is in the midst of rebroadcasting Season 1 (Episode 5 will be shown on Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times; the finale is on Nov. 18) and is planning a marathon of Seasons 1 and 2 over Thanksgiving weekend, so it's not too soon to start figuring out how best to watch it.
Starting next Monday, TeenNick, part of the Nickelodeon family of cable channels for children, will start rebroadcasting old series from the 1990s that are considered classics by young adults.
