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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]
History
[edit]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. In the same year (1984), the channel switched to color broadcasting. [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
[edit]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 | 13 October 2007 | No |
| El Mahadra | Religious programming | Radio Mauritania | 2 March 2014[6] | Yes |
| Arriadia | Sports programming | Television of Mauritania | 28 November 2017 | No |
| Athagavia | Cultural programming | Television of Mauritania | 1 December 2017 | 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] | Yes |
| Chinguit TV | Generalistic | Chinguit TV | 24 August 2011[5] | No |
| El Wataniya | Generalistic | El Wataniya TV | 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 |
| El Oussra TV | Family programming | Minister of Social Action, Children and Families | 9 March 2023[7] | Yes |
| Ghimem TV | Generalistic | Independent Channel of Mauritania | 12 May 2024[7] | Yes |
| Sahara 24 | News programming | SaharaMedias | 10 June 2024[7] | Yes |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "عن المؤسسة" [About the enterprise]. TV de Mauritanie (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- 1 2 "Diffusion TV" [TV broadcast]. Télédiffusion de Mauritanie (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Mauritania profile – Media – BBC News". BBC News. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Télévision de Mauritanie" [Television of Mauritania]. TV de Mauritanie (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- 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.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mauritanie : Télevision satellite" [Mauritania: satellite television]. Satexpat.com (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2022.