Television in Mauritania was introduced in 1980 with experimental broadcasts, with regular broadcasts starting in 1982.
Télédiffusion de Mauritanie offers private and public channels through satellite television in the Arabsat satellites Badr-4 and Arabsat-5C. There is also easy access to pan-Arab and European satellite television.
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. 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.
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.
Main channels This is a list of TV channels based in Mauritania. Channel Category Owned by Launched HD El Mouritaniya Generalistic Television of Mauritania 10 July 1984 El Mouritaniya 2 Generalistic Television of Mauritania 13 October 2007 El Mahadra Religious programming Radio Mauritania 2 March 2014 Arriadia Sports programming Television of Mauritania 28 November 2017 Athagavia Cultural programming Television of Mauritania 1 December 2017 Al Barlemania Parliament Television of Mauritania/National Assembly 1 May 2019 El Mourabitoun Generalistic El Mourabitoun 24 August 2011 Sahel TV Generalistic Sahel TV 24 August 2011 Chinguit TV Generalistic Chinguit TV 24 August 2011 El Wataniya Generalistic El Wataniya TV 24 August 2011 DAVA TV Generalistic DAVA TV 1 January 2021 El Medina TV Generalistic El Medina TV 3 December 2021 El Oussra TV Family programming Minister of Social Action, Children and Families 9 March 2023 Ghimem TV Generalistic Independent Channel of Mauritania 12 May 2024 Sahara 24 News programming SaharaMedias 10 June 2024
See also Media of Mauritania Telecommunications in Mauritania
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