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, Qubee TV Is An Entertainment, Educational and News Media Established 2023 With A Great Vision To Be The Best In Ethiopia And East Africa, 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
1 Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)General, news Amharic
2 Oromia Broadcasting Network General, news Oromo
3 Amhara Media Corporation General, news Amharic
4Addis TVGeneral, news Amharic, English
5 Tigrai Tv General, news Tigrigna, Amharic, Oromo, Qafar, Saho, Kunama, Arabic and English
6Harari TVGeneral, news Harari
7SRTVGeneral, news Somali
8Debub TVGeneral, news Amharic
9Dire TVGeneral, news Amharic, Somali language
10Gambela TVGeneral, news Amharic
11Wolaita TVGeneral,news Amharic, and Wolaitta
12Gamo TVGeneral,news Gamo and Amharic
13Afar TVGeneral, news Afar and Amharic
14Keffa TVGeneral, news Kafa and Amharic
15Kembata TVGeneral, news Kambaata and Amharic
16Hadiya TVGeneral,news Hadiyya and Amharic
17Benishangul 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
1 Channel 1 News & EntertainmentAmharic
2 A Plus TV Entertainment Amharic
3 Kana TV General Entertainment Amharic
4 Nabad TV News, Entertainment Somali
5 LTV Ethiopia Culture Amharic
6 EBS TV News and Entertainment Amharic
7 YA TV News and Entertainment Amharic
8 ENN TV News Amharic
9 JTV Ethiopia News and Entertainment Amharic
10 Nahoo TV News and entertainment Amharic
11 Walta TV News Amharic
12 Fana TV News Amharic
13 Aleph TV General entertainment Amharic
14Afrihealth TVHealth Amharic
15 ARTS TV News

Entertainment

Amharic
16 DW TV General

News

Tigrigna
17 Bisrat TV General entertainment Amharic
18 Asham TV News, entertainment Amharic
19 AHADU TV News entertainment Amharic
20 Asrat General

News

Amharic
21 ESAT General news Amharic
22Balageru TVGeneral Entertainment Amharic
23 ABN TV News, entertainment Amharic
24 Ye Ethiopia Lijoch TV Children's channel Amharic
25 TV 9 Ethio News Entertainment Amharic
26 SBC General News Sidamian
27 TMH TV General News Tigrigna
28 OBS TV General entertainment Afaan Oromoo
29 Qubee TV News, Educational and entertainment Afaan Oromoo
30 OMN News Entertainment Afaan Oromoo
31 FIB News Entertainment Afaan Oromoo
32 ONN Politics Afaan Oromoo
33 NBC ETHIOPIA Entertainment Amharic
34 Channel 29 News and entertainment Tigrigna
35Zee AlemIndian entertainment Amharic
36Abol TVentertainment Amharic
37Hagerie TVNews and entertainment Amharic
38Yegna TVNews and entertainment Amharic
39Abbay Media TVNews and entertainment Amharic and Afaan Oromo

Religious broadcasters

#StationCategoryLanguage
1 Africa TV 1 Islam Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrigna
2 Zawya TV Islam Amharic
3 Nuuralhudaa TV Islam Afaan Oromo
4 NesihaSasikumarTV HD Islam Amharic, Tigrigna, Afar, Somali, Silte, Guragigna, Hadiya, Afaan Oromo, Welene, Kebenna
5 Hamiltan TV Islam Afaan Oromo
6 As-Sunnah TV Islam Amharic, Harari, Silte
7 tvislaamaa Islam Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Tigrigna, English
8 Harima Tv Islam Amharic
9 BST (Bilal Satellite Television)Islam Amharic
10 Minber TV Islam Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Somali
11 Daewa Tv Islam Amharic
12 Yebereka Lejoch Tv Islam Amharic
13 Nuur TV Islam Afaan Oromo
14 EOTC TV Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
15 EOTC MK Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
16 Aleph TV Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic
17OCNEthiopian Orthodox Afaan Oromo
18 Christ Army TV Protestant Amharic
19 Bethel TV Protestant Amharic
20Vision TVProtestant Amharic
21JPS TVProtestant Amharic
22JSL TVProtestant Amharic
23 Holy TV Protestant Amharic
24 CJ TV Protestant Amharic
25 Jesus TV Protestant Amharic
26 El Shaddai Television Network (ETN HD)Protestant Amharic
27 Presence TV Protestant Amharic
28 Elhori TV Protestant Amharic
29 Elohi TV Protestant Amharic
30 MO'A TV HD Protestant Afaan Oromo
31 Arara TV Protestant Afaan Oromo
32 GMM TV ethiopia Protestant Amharic
33 Anointing TV Protestant Amharic
34 Christ Mission Protestant Amharic
35 Holy Sprit TV Protestant Amharic
36 Marcil TV Protestant Amharic
37 Evangelical TV HDProtestant Amharic
38 Glory TV ETH Protestant Amharic
39 Fover TV Protestant Amharic
40 WW TV Protestant Amharic
41 7 Spirit TV Protestant Amharic
42 Rehobot TV HD Protestant Amharic
43CC TV EthiopiaProtestant Amharic
44IFtiin TVProtestant Amharic
45LJ TV WorldwideProtestant Amharic
46Hope 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*

See also

References

  1. African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia, p. 20 (accessed 24 May 2009)
  2. 1 2 Jemaneh, Yohanes (10 August 2017). "TV Channels – Growing in Number, Less in Content". All Africa.
  3. Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency Archived 30 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine , ERTA website (accessed 24 May 2009)
  4. "GatesAir Wins National Digital TV Transition Project in Ethiopia". GatesAir. 8 March 2016.
  5. "Media Industry News". Kana Newsletter. 20 March 2017.