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Mass media in Tanzania includes print, radio, television, and the Internet. The "Tanzania Communications Regulatory Act" of 2003 created the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, which oversees broadcast licensing. [1] The Media Council of Tanzania began in 1995. [1]
"State TV Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation known as TBC launched in 2001, several years after the first private station. [2]
Current TV networks and stations include:
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