Telecommunications in Western Sahara include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Morocco participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for its first and only time at the 1980 contest. Its selected song "Bitakat Hob", sung in Arabic and performed by Samira Bensaïd, placed second to last. The country has not returned to the contest since.
2M is a Moroccan free-to-air television network. It was established by the royal-owned conglomerate, ONA, before being sold to, in part, the Moroccan government. Of 2M, 45.3% is owned by Bank of Africa, while approximately 32.5% by the Moroccan government, Al Mada (12%), with the remaining shares being owned by Atlas Capital, (10.2%).
Mass media in Morocco includes newspapers, radio, television, and Internet.
Medi1 Radio is a Moroccan radio network. Medi 1 has an audience of around 23 million people. It is emitted from Nador transmitter on 171 kHz longwave, and via internet and satellite.
The National Company of Radio and Television is the public state-owned broadcaster of Morocco.
Animaux is a French pay television channel themed about animals.
Escales was a French television channel in the travelogue and world discovery genre. Currently, the TV station is owned by AB Sat SA and has a budget of 24 million euros, 100% from AB Groupe.
Al Maghribia channel is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 18 November 2004 by Morocco's Broadcasting and Television National Company.
Laayoune TV is a Moroccan public television channel in the area of the Southern Provinces. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV and Tamazight TV. The channel was established in November 2004, available on all digital platforms, the channel is based in Laâyoune. The channel offers a variety of programs in Moroccan Arabic and Hassaniya Arabic.
Tamazight TV, also known as Amazigh TV, is a Moroccan public television TV channel, and the first exclusively Tamazight television network. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV and Laayoune TV. After initial planning in 2006, the channel was launched on 6 January 2010. The channel's objective is to promote and preserve the Amazigh culture in Morocco and in the North Africa region. Programming is in Tachelhit, Tarifit and Central Atlas Tamazight.
Arryadia is a Moroccan public television sports channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 16 September 2006. Arryadia is the official broadcaster of the Moroccan league Botola.
Athaqafia is a Moroccan public television culture channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 28 February 2006.
Aflam TV is a Moroccan public national television movie channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 31 May 2008. It is broadcasting via DVB-T only.
Al Aoula ; formerly called RTM, is the first Moroccan public television channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The network broadcasts programming in Arabic, Tamazight, French and Spanish. Its headquarters are situated in Rabat.
Hadi TV is an International television channel with a Muslim religious focus, producing programs mainly focusing on the Twelver school of thought. It has been named after the name of 10th Imam Ali al-Hadi and duly called Hadi TV. It is first multilingual Islamic channel to broadcast programmes in more than 15 Languages including English, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, F.Dari, Hausa, Swahili, Pashto, Azeri, French, Turkish, Russian, Kurdi, Thai and Malay languages. The channel is serving a combination of edutainment and infotainment for the community around the world. Hadi TV is producing programs from Pakistan and other countries. In April 2017 telecasting of this channel was banned in Jammu and Kashmir, India by the Central Government of India.
Latifa Akherbach is a Moroccan politician and journalist. Between 2007 and 2012, she was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi.
Television in Morocco. Terrestrial television viewing was estimated at 20% of total television households in 2011. IPTV is offered by Maroc Telecom. Digital terrestrial television is gradually spreading, with 41 national and foreign channels. The national broadcaster SNRT aimed to complete digital switchover by 2015.
Medi 1 TV is a Moroccan free-to-air television channel launched in 2006. The channel broadcasts news content in Arabic and French.
SNRT Radio National is a Moroccan radio channel operated by the state-owned public-broadcasting organization SNRT and specializing in news, sports, talk programmes, and popular music, broadcast from Rabat called in Arabic AL-IDAA ALWATANIA MAGHREBIA mean Moroccan National Radio.
