Television in Ethiopia

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Television in Ethiopia was introduced in 1962 with the government owned ETV. Color television started in 1979 on an experiment basis with regular transmissions starting in 1984 to commemorate the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE). [1] Ethiopia got its first private television broadcaster in 2008 with EBS TV, a US based satellite TV channel mostly focused on infotainment.

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The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation headquarter in 2008 Ethiopian Television.JPG
The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation headquarter in 2008

Until very recently there was only one private station with most of the stations being state owned. However, emphasis on liberalization of the TV market eventually led to a wave of privately owned stations coming about recent years. In 2014 the Oromo diaspora launched the one and only television; Oromia Media Network, based in US OMN. In 2016 and 2017, more private broadcasters such as the news centered ENN TV and others like LTV Ethiopia, Kana TV, EOTC TV all joined the market. Dimtsi Weyane and were launched at the end 2018. 7 million households in Ethiopia has at least one television set and about 55 percent of the population has access to the watch television in their homes. [2]

History

The national public broadcaster EBC (formerly ERTA) started broadcasting in 1962 as the first television station in Ethiopia. In the last couple of the decades the broadcaster had opened multiple regional stations and channels broadcasting in various languages. [3] Privatization of the television industry was a slow process with the first privately run broadcaster, EBS TV, launching in 2008. However, 2016 and 2017 saw a wave of private station entering the market including what became the most popular channel, Kana TV, to increase the total number of private station's in Ethiopia to 45. [2]

In 2016 the government of Ethiopia announced it would be transition the country from analog to digital platform. The American company GatesAir won the contract for the project that will take 5–10 years to fully complete. [4]

TV stations

Government-owned television stations

StationsCategoryLanguage
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)General, news Amharic
Oromia Broadcasting Network (OBN)General, news Afaan Oromoo
Amhara Media Corporation General, news Amharic
Addis TVGeneral, news Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, English
Tigrai Tv General, news Tigrigna, Amharic, Oromo, Qafar, Saho, Kunama, Arabic and English
Harari TVGeneral, news Harari, Afaan Oromoo
SRTVGeneral, news Somali
Debub TVGeneral, news Amharic
Dire TVGeneral, news Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Somali language
Gambela TVGeneral, news Amharic
Afar TVGeneral, news Afar
Wolaita TVGeneral,news Amharic,English and Wolaitta
Benishangul Gumuz Media (BGM)General,newsBenishangul and Amharic

Digital cable services

ProviderCategoryLanguage
DStv (South Africa)General Amharic, English
Webspirx IPTV (Ethiopia)General Amharic
CANAL+ (France)General Amharic, English

Privately owned TV stations

StationCategoryLanguage
A Plus TV Entertainment Amharic
Kana TV General Entertainment Amharic
Nabad TV News, Entertainment Somali
LTV Ethiopia Culture Amharic
EBS TV News and Entertainment Amharic
YA TV News and Entertainment Amharic
ENN TV News Amharic
JTV Ethiopia News and Entertainment Amharic
Nahoo TV News and entertainment Amharic
Walta TV News Amharic
Fana TV News Amharic
Aleph TV General entertainment Amharic
Afrihealth TVHealth Amharic
ARTS TV News

Entertainment

Amharic
DW TV General

News

Tigrigna
Bisrat TV General entertainment Amharic
Asham TV News, entertainment Amharic
AHADU TV News entertainment Amharic
Asrat General

News

Amharic
ESAT General news Amharic
Balageru TVGeneral Entertainment Amharic
ABN TV News, entertainment Amharic
Ye Ethiopia Lijoch TV Children's channel Amharic
TV 9 Ethio News Entertainment Amharic
SMN General News Sidamian
TMH TV General News Tigrigna
OBS TV General entertainment Afaan Oromoo
OMN News Entertainment Afaan Oromoo
FIB News Entertainment Afaan Oromoo
ONN Politics Afaan Oromoo
NBC ETHIOPIA Entertainment Amharic
Channel 29 News and entertainment Tigrigna
Zee AlemIndian entertainment Amharic
Abol TVentertainment Amharic
Hagerie TVNews and entertainment Amharic
Yegna TVNews and entertainment Amharic
Abbay Media TVNews and entertainment Amharic and Afaan Oromo

Religious broadcasters

StationCategoryLanguage
Africa TV 1 Islam Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrigna
Zawya TV Islam Amharic
Nuuralhudaa TV Islam Afaan Oromo
NesihaSasikumarTV HD Islam Amharic, Tigrigna, Afar, Somali, Silte, Guragigna, Hadiya, Afaan Oromo, Welene, Kebenna
Hamiltan TV Islam Afaan Oromo
As-Sunnah TV Islam Amharic, Harari, Silte
tvislaamaa Islam Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Tigrigna, English
Harima Tv Islam Amharic
BST (Bilal Satellite Television)Islam Amharic
Minber TV Islam Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Somali
Daewa Tv Islam Amharic
Yebereka Lejoch Tv Islam Amharic
Nuur TV Islam Afaan Oromo
EOTC TV Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
EOTC MK Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
Aleph TV Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic
OCNEthiopian Orthodox Afaan Oromo
Christ Army TV Protestant Amharic
Bethel TV Protestant Amharic
Vision TVProtestant Amharic
JPS TVProtestant Amharic
JSL TVProtestant Amharic
Holy TV Protestant Amharic
CJ TV Protestant Amharic
Jesus TV Protestant Amharic
El Shaddai Television Network (ETN HD)Protestant Amharic
Presence TV Protestant Amharic
Elhori TV Protestant Amharic
Elohi TV Protestant Amharic
MO'A TV HD Protestant Afaan Oromo
Arara TV Protestant Afaan Oromo
GMM TV ethiopia Protestant Amharic
Anointing TV Protestant Amharic
Christ Mission Protestant Amharic
Holy Sprit TV Protestant Amharic
Marcil TV Protestant Amharic
Evangelical TV HDProtestant Amharic
Glory TV ETH Protestant Amharic
Fover TV Protestant Amharic
WW TV Protestant Amharic
7 Spirit TV Protestant Amharic
Rehobot TV HD Protestant Amharic
CC TV EthiopiaProtestant Amharic
IFtiin TVProtestant Amharic
LJ TV WorldwideProtestant Amharic
Hope Channel EthiopiaSeventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Afan Oromo,Amharic, Tigrigna

Weekly market share

Source: Kantar-Geopoll Media Measurement for Ethiopia (March 2017) [5]

RankChannelParent CompanyMarket Share
1 Kana TV Moby Group34%
2 EBC 1 Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp.18%
3 EBS TV EBS16%
4 JTV Ethiopia JTV10%
5 ETV Meznagna Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp.5%
6 Nahoo TV Nahoo LLC4%
7 CNN Turner3%
8 Ethiopia today Ethiopian Government3%
9 BBC Amharic British Government3%
10Other---4%

Top 10 programs (March 2017)

RankProgramChannelTV Rating
1 Zalim Istanbul / ሽሚያ "Shimya"Kana TV15.2*
2 Cennet'in Gözyaşları / ያልታበሰ እንባ "Yaltabese Emba"Kana TV14.6*
3 Siyah Beyaz Aşk / ድርና ማግ "Dir Ena Mag"Kana TV14.0*
4 Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir / ስበት "Sibet"Kana TV13.9*
5 Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki / ማዕበል "Maebel"Kana TV13.6*
6 #Time / #ጊዜ "#Time"Kana TV12.5*
7 Kadın (TV series) / ያልተፈታ ህልም "Yaltefeta Hilm"Kana TV11.35*
8 Kayıp / ፍርደኞቹ "Firdegnochu"Kana TV11.0*
9 Seifu on EBS ሰይፉ በ ኢቢኤስ "Seifu On EBS"EBS TV10.96*
10 Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation / "EBC News"EBC10.5*

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