Television in the Maldives

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Television was introduced in the Maldives on March 29, 1978, being picked up by an audience of 90 television sets in Male, the national capital. [1] Until 2008, the Maldives only had Television Maldives as its national broadcaster.

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Future TV, the first private television channel, launched on June 6, 2008, followed by DhiTV on July 1 and VTV on September 5. The introduction of private television came after restrictions on independent media in the country were lifted. [2]

Channels

NameOwnerLaunchedInformationReference(s)
TVM PSM29 March 1978Oldest TV channel in the Maldives. [1]
Maldives TV PSM2006International channel with strong emphasis on tourism.
YES PSM8 March 2016Youth channel.
Munnaaru TV PSM29 December 2016Islamic channel. [3]
PSM News PSM3 May 2017News channel. [4]
TVM Qur'an PSM29 March 2023Quranic channel. [5]
VTV VMEDIA5 September 2008 [2]
Raajje TV 15 December 2010
Sun Siyam TV Sun Siyam Media15 February 2023 [6]

Defunct channels

NameOwnerLaunchedClosedInformationReference(s)
TVM PlusPSM29 March 1978unknownSubscription service. [7]
Future TVunknown5 June 2008unknownFirst private television station. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Maldives' big day". The Straits Times. 31 March 1978. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "EU Election Expert Mission to the Maldives" (pdf). European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Maldives launches Islamic TV channel 'Munnaaru'". Avas. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "PSM News: Seven years of reliable reporting". PSM News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "PSM launches TVM Quran Channel". PSM news . 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Mohamed, Naizak (15 February 2023). "New local TV channel, SSTV, launched". Sun. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Television Maldives". Department of Information. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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