Media of Tanzania

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Media of Tanzania includes print, radio, television, and the Internet. The "Tanzania Communications Regulatory Act" of 2003 created the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, which oversees broadcast licensing. [1] The Media Council of Tanzania began in 1995. [1]

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Publications

Radio

See also: List of radio stations in Africa: Tanzania

Television

"State TV Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation known as TBC launched in 2001, several years after the first private station. [2] [2]

Current TV networks and stations include:

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References

  1. 1 2 Freedom House 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Tanzania Profile: Media". BBC News . Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Listen to Mtaa wa Pili on Choice FM on TuneIn". Tunein.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Tanzania: Media and Publishing". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kwanza TV - Ni Yako". Kwanzatv.co.tz. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Falola 2015.

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