Following extensive consultations including with MITTS Ltd, the Broadcasting Authority has just launched a new webpage designed to be more consumer friendly not only with regard to its design but also to its accessibility.

The Broadcasting Authority’s website was developed in 1999 with the introduction of the computerisation and its overhaul was long overdue especially due to expanding regulatory obligations and technological developments in web-design and upkeep.

The new design is based on two main areas: the public media consumer and the Broadcasting Authority’s licensed broadcasting stations.

Complaints by the general public on programme content can be sent directly to the Broadcasting Authority through its direct e-mail access facility while the links to the Broadcasting Authority’s licensed television broadcasting stations are accessible through its ‘Links’ page.

Accessibility by broadcasting stations, producers and independent media production houses is also facilitated through the index listed on the second page of the website where the contents are both in English and in Maltese.

New features implemented in the new website include a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ page which summarises the main functions of the Broadcasting Authority including the procedure to be followed by consumers having complaints on any content that is broadcast by local broadcasting stations.

The address for the BA website is http://www.ba-malta.org