The Catholic Bishops have finally endorsed the ZEC Communication department’s strategic plan which among other things effectively turns the department into an agency to now called the Catholic Media Services. The Bishops also gave their assent to the Yatsani TV Production studios’ three year strategic plan. Yatsani TV studios, which is has always been a sub-department of the ZEC Communication department will now be called CMS-TV, which stands for Catholic Media Services TV. The shift from a mere department to Catholic Media Services is in fact an acknowledgement of the many media services the Catholic Church is engaged in. The new vision of the Catholic Media Services seeks to be of coherent service to the Zambia Episcopal Conference, Dioceses in Zambia, the Zambian public and in particular the Catholic Church at large.
Fr. Paul Samasumo
Our dream is that that eventually, the Catholic Media Services (CMS) will offer various services to dioceses, community radio stations and other Catholic media. The newly named CMS-TV Production studios (formerly Yatsani) deal in professional video and audio productions. The studio was established in 1992 as an autonomous yet not completely independent entity of the Zambia Episcopal Conference. In part, the change from Yatsani TV to CMS-TV was made, in part, to avoid the constant confusion that often arose between Yatsani TV and Yatsani radio. In the end, it was decided to bequeath the name to the radio, which is under the management of the Archdiocese of Lusaka while CMS-TV is a national entity that belongs to the national body, the Zambia Episcopal Conference. Fr Paul Samasumo’s title has also changed from Communication Secretary to Executive Director for CMS. Read more>>
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