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

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]

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

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 "Mauritanie : Télevision satellite" [Mauritania: satellite television]. Satexpat.com (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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