When Cable TV Came to Bhutan | Bhutan: The Last Place (full documentary) | FRONTLINE/World

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In 1999, Bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom that had remained isolated in the Himalayan mountains for centuries, became the last country in the world to legalize TV.

In the years that followed, Bhutan opened itself to what some critics called “an electronic invasion” — cable television. In this FRONTLINE/World short documentary that aired in 2002, reporters Alexis Bloom and Tshewang Dendup explored the differing reactions to the advent of cable TV in the Buddhist kingdom, including the perspective of a co-owner of a cable service company, who said, “We always have to move forward.”

“Bhutan: The Last Place” was produced by Alexis Bloom, who was also the videographer. The co-producer and videographer was Tshewang Dendup. The founder and executive producer of FRONTLINE was David Fanning.

We are making episodes from FRONTLINE/World’s archive newly available here on YouTube and on pbs.org as part of an effort to make our past reporting widely accessible.

Originally developed by FRONTLINE producers in conjunction with public television stations KQED San Francisco and WGBH Boston, FRONTLINE/World launched in 2002 as a national public TV series that turned its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures rarely seen on American television. The series completed its final broadcast season in 2010."