Baba TV Uganda

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Baba TV Uganda
Baba Tv Logo png.png
TypeBroadcasting News,Topical discussions,Entertainment,Drama series,Movies
CountryUganda
HeadquartersBaba TV Complex, Plot 22, Ntinda-Kisaasi Rd
Programming
Language(s)Lusoga, Luganda, English
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Ownership
OwnerBalyeku Moses Grace
ParentBaba Media Group (BMG)
Sister channels87.7 Baba FM
History
Launched17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)
Links
Webcast www.babatv.co.ug/live
Website www.babatv.co.ug

Baba TV (short for Basoga Baino Television) is a television channel in Uganda with viewership primarily concentrated in the country's eastern and central regions. It maintains studios in Jinja City and Kampala. It airs programming in Lusoga, Luganda, and English.

History

Baba TV began broadcasting in August 2017 and is owned by Balyeku Moses Grace , [1] former member of Parliament for Jinja West. [2]

In 2019, Baba TV launched on DStv in Uganda. [3] [4] [5] The station was launched on GOtv, the only digital platform that did not include it, in 2021. [6] [7]

On 27 July 2020, 2020, journalist Basajja Mivule, [8] [9] who hosted the political talk show Fumitiriza (Reflect) on Baba TV, was arrested at the Kampala studios; it was noted that he was critical of President Yoweri Museveni. [10] Mivule was later suspended from the station. [11]

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References

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