Palau TV station to fight foreign ownership restrictions | Pacific Beat

The bill is before the country's senate, and it includes a clause enforcing a ban on any foreign ownership of a media company.

Palau has only one media business with a majority of foreign ownership, Oceania Television Network, the majority of which is owned by US citizen Jeff Barabe and his partner.

But Mr Barabe says he has faced resistance from the Senate to allowing him to attend public hearings on the bill, or make submissions.

Presenter: Pacific Correspondent, Campbell Cooney

Speaker: Jeff Barabe, Part owner of Palau television station, Oceania TV