JTV Ethiopia

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JTV Ethiopia
JTV Ethiopia logo.png
Country Ethiopia
NetworkTelevision network
Programming
Picture format 576i (HDTV), 16:9)
Ownership
Owner Yosef Gebre
History
Launched2016;7 years ago (2016)
Links
Website jtvethiopia.com

JTV Ethiopia is an Ethiopian free-to-air satellite television channel owned by Yosef Gebre, a journalist, singer and philanthropist who previously began his TV show in EBS TV before establishing his own channel. It is based in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S and launched in 2016 on Nilesat. [1] [2] In May 2020, the channel in its standard-definition (SD) television platform was officially closed as a result of poor revenue from each employee and the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the station for less advertising income. [3] However, the channel still exists in HD and is transmitted via Ethiosat.

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History

The channel was started and named after the singer and talk show host Yosef Gebre (known as Jossy) who previously hosted his talk show Jossy in Z House on EBS TV. [4] After an alleged dispute with EBS TV in 2014,[ citation needed ] Yosef took his talk show off the channel and started his own channel which later became JTV Ethiopia. The channel had correspondents and studios in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[ citation needed ] The channel obtained a license to broadcast in Ethiopia in 2018. [5]

On May 4, 2020, JTV Ethiopia has officially shutdown its SD platform for cases of low advertising revenue, and degradation salary payments for each employee caused by widespread of COVID-19 impact in Ethiopia. The General Manager of the station has said the station could only pay half of employees wages, and the distribution had been abolished for 5 days. Complains and FAQs are raised by its staff members of the shutdown. One of the staff member suggested "But to higher the risk, we are working with 20 staff, with the majority of the organization working hardly. Just like so many people are now being asked to do." [3] However, JTV Ethiopia is managed to retain its transmission on HD and now transmits on Ethiosat.

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References

  1. Yoseph, Nardos (Aug 2, 2016). "New Channels Abundance Increases Competition for TV Ad Revenues". Addis Fortune.
  2. "About Us". JTV Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  3. 1 2 Addis, Ayele (2020-05-04). "Corona Virus Disrupted TV stations in Ethiopia". Africa News Channel. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  4. Makonnen, Meherete-Selassie (August 22, 2015). "Leza Award Nominees Revealed". All Africa.
  5. HAILEMARIAM, BERHANE (April 15, 2018). "Nahoo, EBS Secure Local Licenses Ending Debate". Addis Fortune.