TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: Don Bosco College, Panjim launched its educational TV channel ‘dbtv’ at the hands of Fr Ian Figueiredo, Provincial of Panjim province on December 5, at the terrace hall of Don Bosco College, in the presence of Fr Wilfred Fernandes, Manager DBC and Dr Marie Raj, Principal of the college.
Speaking on the occasion Fr Ian said that the channel was an extension of Don Bosco’s principles. “If in the past Don Bosco used the communication tools of speaking and writing, as well as theatre, to get across to his students, today we have the privilege of the TV channel as a source of communication,” he pointed out. He later declared the channel launched for broadcast. Fr Wilfred congratulated the core dbtv team for their efforts and urged students to make the best of the available opportunities.
The channel is available on channel no 83 on the cable TV network. A live telecast of a documentary on the life of Don Bosco followed by a program on astronomy and science was telecast by the mass media students.
The ‘dbtv’ core team comprises Shamir Diniz, creative head, Seby D’Souza, technical head, Sandesh Dhargalkar, Video journalist and Afiza Viegas, PR assistant. Lorraine Fernandes, faculty, dept of mass media hosted the programme and Janhavi Savaikar, faculty mass media, proposed a vote of thanks.
