Grupo de Média Nacional

Grupo de Média Nacional (GMN) is an East Timorese media conglomerate headquartered in Dili, the national capital, at Rua D. Boaventura 8. It is one of the country's principal private media groups, bringing together print, radio and television assets under a single corporate umbrella. Its portfolio includes the weekly newspaper Jornal Nacional-Semanário (commonly shortened to Semanário) and the daily Jornal Nacional-Diário (Diário Nacional), as well as the television channel GMN TV and the radio station Nacional FM, both of which were added in early 2017. The group's print titles are published in Portuguese, Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia, reflecting the multilingual readership of Timor-Leste. The Semanário, which has been published since 2003, has a weekly circulation of about 1,500 copies and focuses on interviews and the week's main topics. The Diário Nacional, published since 2005, appears Monday to Friday with a weekly circulation of about 5,000 copies and covers national and international events. Both are sold in Dili and the surrounding municipalities. On the broadcast side, Nacional FM transmits 24 hours a day on FM 101.1 MHz and can also be received in parts of Southeast Asia and Australia. Its programming mixes national and international news with in-house entertainment productions and music, broadcast in Tetum and Portuguese. GMN TV broadcasts 24 hours a day over the air on 591 MHz and, via the Telkom 1 communications satellite on 3768 MHz, reaches across Southeast Asia and parts of southern China, northern Australia, New Caledonia and western India. Its programming includes information, news and entertainment shows, both domestic and international, dubbed or subtitled in Tetum and Portuguese, alongside self-produced live broadcasts. Jorge Serrano is president of the television station. GMN's online and social media presence is maintained in Portuguese, Tetum, Indonesian and English, targeting not only its usual domestic customers but also English-speaking residents of Timor-Leste and the East Timorese diaspora. The group is a notable example of a domestic media house that has expanded from print into nationwide and regional broadcasting in one of Asia's youngest nations.

Grupo de Média Nacional (GMN) is a media company from Timor-Leste, headquartered in the capital Dili at Rua D. Boaventura 8. The group's history is closely tied to the development of independent media in one of the world's youngest nations. Its oldest title, the weekly Jornal Nacional-Semanário (Semanário), has been published since 2003, in the early years of Timor-Leste's independence. The daily Jornal Nacional-Diário (Diário Nacional) followed in 2005, appearing Monday to Friday. Both newspapers are published in Portuguese, Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia and are sold in Dili and the surrounding municipalities, serving the local population as well as Portuguese and Indonesian residents of Timor-Leste. In early 2017 the group expanded significantly into broadcasting, adding the television channel GMN TV and the radio station Nacional FM, both of which can be received nationwide and via satellite. Nacional FM broadcasts 24 hours a day on FM 101.1 MHz and can also be picked up in parts of Southeast Asia and Australia, mixing national and international news with in-house entertainment productions and music in Tetum and Portuguese. GMN TV broadcasts 24 hours a day over the air on 591 MHz and, via the Telkom 1 communications satellite on 3768 MHz, reaches across Southeast Asia and parts of southern China, northern Australia, New Caledonia and western India. Its programming includes information, news and entertainment shows, both domestic and international, dubbed or subtitled in Tetum and Portuguese, as well as self-produced live broadcasts. Jorge Serrano serves as president of the television station. GMN's online and social media presence is maintained in Portuguese, Tetum, Indonesian and English and is continuously updated, targeting its usual customers as well as English-speaking users in Timor-Leste and the East Timorese diaspora. In 2019 the group attracted public attention when GMN TV had to cancel the broadcast of an interview with Eurico Guterres, a leading figure of the pro-Indonesian militias during the 1999 violence, after large protests against the announcement on social networks. The group remains an active private media conglomerate in Timor-Leste.

• 2019

  GMN TV cancels broadcast of an interview with Eurico Guterres after social media protests.

• 2017

  GMN adds television channel GMN TV and radio station Nacional FM.

• 2005

  Daily newspaper Jornal Nacional-Diário begins publication.

• 2003

  Weekly newspaper Jornal Nacional-Semanário begins publication.

One of Timor-Leste's leading private media groups, offering multilingual print, radio and television coverage domestically and across parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

• Jornal Nacional-Semanário

  Weekly newspaper published since 2003, with a weekly circulation of about 1,500 copies, focusing on interviews and the week's topics.

• Jornal Nacional-Diário

  Daily newspaper published since 2005, appearing Monday to Friday with a weekly circulation of about 5,000 copies, covering national and international events.

• GMN TV

  Television channel broadcasting 24 hours a day on 591 MHz and via the Telkom 1 satellite, with news, information and entertainment programming in Tetum and Portuguese.

• Nacional FM

  Radio station broadcasting 24 hours a day on FM 101.1 MHz, with national and international news, entertainment and music in Tetum and Portuguese.

1. 1Grupo de Média Nacional – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Grupo de Média Nacional – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3GMN TV official websitegmntv.tl