St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services - St Helena's News - Week 1 (17/04/15)

South Atlantic Media Services (SAMS) have together with Vision Media started the production of weekly news round-up of events happening on the remote Island of St Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean. The Island who's population is around 4000 people has a long and varied history, however life did not stop when Napoleon died. See for your self.

South Atlantic Media Services or SAMS for short is one of the Islands main suppliers of News and already produces two local radio stations and a weekly Newspaper. all available on their website.

Vision Media Ltd is a locally run video production company on St Helena. The one man company (Richard Moors) has produced a variety of videos ranging from private commissions to commercials and events coverage and now together with SAMS he is producing the Islands first ever weekly news program.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Saint Helena is a tropical island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4000 km east of Rio de Janeiro. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,255 (2008 census). It was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople.
The island was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. One of the most remote islands in the world, it was for centuries an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War.
Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation, and attempts to boost rainfall artificially. This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualization of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism.
Saint Helena is Britain's second oldest remaining British Overseas Territory, after Bermuda.