Television Maldives

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Television Maldives
TVM Maldives (2012).svg
Logo since 2013
Country Maldives
Broadcast area Maldives, South Asia
StationsPSM News
Headquarters Malé, Maldives
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format480i SD
720i HD
1080i Full HD
2160i 4K UHD
Ownership
OwnerPublic Service Media
Key peopleZeena Zahir
Sister channels PSM News
Munnaaru TV
YES TV
Maldives TV
Dhivehi Raajjeyge Adu
Dhivehi FM
Dheenuge Adu
TVM Qur'an
History
LaunchedMarch 29, 1978
(46 years ago)
Founder Ibrahim Nasir
Former namesMNBC One (2010–2012)
Links
Website psmnews.mv

Television Maldives (TVM) is the public service broadcasting TV channel of the Maldives. It was formed on March 29, 1978.

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History

The station started broadcasting on March 29, 1978 to a very limited audience, 90 television sets around the capital Male. [1] The station broadcast on VHF channel 7 with an ERP of 1KW. [2] In 1994, a second channel, TVM Plus, started broadcasting, which relied upon subscriptions. By the 2000s, the Maldives had more than 60,000 television sets and TVM Plus was available in close to 2,000 households. [3] Until the launch of DhiTV in 2008, TVM held a virtual monopoly on local television. During the monopoly, TVM was known for its lack of quality, frequent censorship of pirated foreign content and incoherences caused from such censorship practices, as well as its views in favor of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Local productions were praised for their quality. [4]

In 2009, the management of Television Maldives (TVM) and national radio, Dhivehiraajjeyge Adu was handed over to newly formed Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC). Following this, in 2010, TVM was rebranded as MNBC One, and Dhivehiraajjeyge Adu [Voice of Maldives] was renamed as Raajje Radio. Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) recently rebranded the name of Television Maldives (TVM) to "MNBC One." Under the rebranding process, the company also changed the name of Voice of Maldives (VOM) to "Raajje Radio." The move came days after Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) formed under Maldives Broadcasting Corporation Act announced that all the assets, employees, and land used by state media organisations belong to the company and MNBC was using the assets against law. Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) filed a lawsuit in Civil Court against Finance Ministry to procure assets, money, and employees of Television Maldives (TVM) and Voice of Maldives (VOM), at then rebranded to MNBC One and Raajje Radio.

In late 2009, MNBC launched "Youth TV", a half-day television channel that airs in the evening. This channel is aimed at the teens and youth of the Maldives. The channel is no longer airing.

After the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed, a group of police officers with many from public have taken the MNBC Station on a court order. Soon after VTV feed was aired on the frequency. Later that day the Channel was renamed to TVM, although the radio channel kept the Raajje Radio name.

As of 8 February 2012, the station became a public service broadcaster, under the umbrella of Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). [5] In December 2012, the Intelligence Bureau of India flagged Television Maldives as a "hate channel" allegedly broadcasting anti-India programming. It was one of the twenty-four "illegal" channels to have been flagged. [6]

On 30 March 2015, a bill was sent to the People’s Majlis to dissolve MBC and establish a new company to run state media, named Public Service Media or PSM for short. One of the purposes of PSM stated in the bill is to develop and sustain under expense of state budget new media, broadcasting devices, print media and all other technologies that provide news, information, awareness and entertainment. And also remaining as national media that is impartial to influence with editorial independence with nationwide coverage under the common regulations and policies within the law. [7]

On 28 April 2015, President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom ratified the Public Service Media Bill, making PSM the official state media company. Following the ratification, seven individuals were nominated to the Public Service Media Governing Board by the president on 29 April 2015. [8]

Channels

Television Maldives has 6 television channels and 3 radio channels:[ citation needed ]

Television
Radio

Events

The following events are broadcast by Television Maldives:[ citation needed ]

Football
International

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References

  1. ↑ "Maldives' big day". The Straits Times. 31 March 1978. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Gunaratne, Shelton A., ed. (July 27, 2000). Handbook of the Media in Asia. SAGE Publications. ISBN   9780761994275.[ page needed ]
  3. ↑ "Television Maldives". Department of Information. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "TVM Haze". The Works of Hani Amir. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "President makes the Maldives Broadcasting Corporation as state broadcaster". The President's Office . 8 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Sharma, Pratul (6 December 2012). "MHA glare on hate channels: Govt puts on notice 24 foreign TV channels showing anti-India content after intel alert". India Today . Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  7. ↑ Aruma, Fathimath (30 March 2015). "MBC to be dissolved, new state media company put in place". Haveeru Daily . Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "President ratifies Public Service Media Bill". The President's Office . 28 April 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

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