Television in Mauritania was introduced in 1980 with experimental broadcasts, with regular broadcasts starting in 1982. [1]
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]
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]
This is a list of TV channels based in Mauritania. [2]
Channel | Category | Owned by | Launched | HD |
---|---|---|---|---|
El Mouritaniya | Generalistic | Television of Mauritania | 10 July 1984 | Yes |
El Mouritaniya 2 | Generalistic | Television of Mauritania | No | |
El Mahadra | Religious programming | Television of Mauritania | 2 March 2014 [6] | No |
Arriadia | Sports programming | Television of Mauritania | 28 November 2017 | No |
Athagavia | Cultural programming | Television of Mauritania | No | |
Al Barlemania | Parliament | Television of Mauritania/National Assembly | 1 May 2019 [7] | No |
El Mourabitoun | Generalistic | El Mourabitoun | 24 August 2011 [5] | No |
Sahel TV | Generalistic | Sahel TV | 24 August 2011 [5] | No |
Chinguit TV | Generalistic | Chinguit TV | 24 August 2011 [5] | No |
El Wataniya | Generalistic | El Wataniya | 24 August 2011 [5] | No |
DAVA TV | Generalistic | DAVA TV | 1 January 2021 [7] | No |
El Medina TV | Generalistic | El Medina TV | 3 December 2021 [7] | Yes |
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