Television in Mauritania

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Television in Mauritania was introduced in 1980 with experimental broadcasts, with regular broadcasts starting in 1982. [1]

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Télédiffusion de Mauritanie offers private and public channels through satellite television in the Arabsat satellites Badr-4 and Arabsat-5C. [2] There is also easy access to pan-Arab and European satellite television. [3]

History

Television in Mauritania started as a project in 1980, with regular broadcasts starting with the Office of Radio and Television of Mauritania (ORTM) in 1982, broadcasting news bulletins and other programming. [1] On 10 July 1984, television in Mauritania as a whole began to appear as autonomous due to Iraqi aid, as it began broadcasting from its own studios, independent from its radio counterpart. [1] [4]

Mass media in Mauritania was a state monopoly until a law liberalising the audiovisual space in the country passed in the National Assembly on 2 July 2010, with the first private media being authorised by the High Authority for Press and Audiovisual (HAPA) on 23 August 2011. [5]

Main channels

This is a list of TV channels based in Mauritania. [2]

ChannelCategoryOwned byLaunchedHD
El Mouritaniya Generalistic Television of Mauritania 10 July 1984Yes
El Mouritaniya 2 Generalistic Television of Mauritania 13 October 2007No
El Mahadra Religious programmingRadio Mauritania2 March 2014 [6] Yes
Arriadia Sports programming Television of Mauritania 28 November 2017No
Athagavia Cultural programming Television of Mauritania 1 December 2017No
Al Barlemania Parliament Television of Mauritania/National Assembly 1 May 2019 [7] No
El Mourabitoun GeneralisticEl Mourabitoun24 August 2011 [5] No
Sahel TV GeneralisticSahel TV24 August 2011 [5] Yes
Chinguit TV GeneralisticChinguit TV24 August 2011 [5] No
El Wataniya GeneralisticEl Wataniya TV24 August 2011 [5] No
DAVA TV GeneralisticDAVA TV1 January 2021 [7] No
El Medina TV GeneralisticEl Medina TV3 December 2021 [7] Yes
El Oussra TV Family programmingMinister of Social Action, Children and Families9 March 2023 [7] Yes
Ghimem TV GeneralisticIndependent Channel of Mauritania12 May 2024 [7] Yes
Sahara 24 News programmingSaharaMedias10 June 2024 [7] Yes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "عن المؤسسة" [About the enterprise]. TV de Mauritanie (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Diffusion TV" [TV broadcast]. Télédiffusion de Mauritanie (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mauritania profile – Media – BBC News". BBC News . 19 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Télévision de Mauritanie" [Television of Mauritania]. TV de Mauritanie (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Le paysage audiovisuel s'ouvre en Mauritanie" [The audiovisual landscape is opening up in Mauritania]. Radio France International (in French). 24 August 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Le Président de la République lance la 1ère chaine de radio TV " La Mahadra " du Saint Coran" [The President of the Republic launches the 1st radio TV channel "The Mahadra" of the Holy Quran]. Kassataya (in French). 2 March 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mauritanie : Télevision satellite" [Mauritania: satellite television]. Satexpat.com (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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