Transporte, Multiplexação e Transmissão is a company with joint Mozambican and Chinese capitals that exploites the Mozambican digital terrestrial television network. Its shareholders are Televisão de Moçambique and Rádio Moçambique, both companies owned by the Mozambican state, Chinese company StarTimes (already present in the country on satellite) and Hantex International Co. Ltd., a company registered in Mauritius.
TMT offers a hybrid system, featuring a free-to-air package of channels and a subscription package. The channels in the latter are provided by StarTimes.
History Mozambique adopted the DVB-T2 standard in December 2010.PR lança transmissão da TV digital em Moçambique, INCM, 8 October 2020, retrieved 30 May 2026 TMT was formed for this purpose in 2015.Evolução da televisão em Moçambique: Crescimento exponencial gera cada vez mais conteúdo local, Revista Tempo, 22 November 2023, retrieved 30 May 2026 On 27 February 2017, the government received a US$156 million loan from Exim Bank.Misa Moçambique estranha financiamento público a TMT para Migração Digital, O País, 14 February 2022, retrieved 30 May 2026
The TMT platform was formally launched on 8 October 2020 by president Filipe Nyusi and its decoders were already available on the market, with a free package of 16 channels and a subscription package with international channels. On 17 February 2021, Fred Jossias' A Tua TV launched on the free package.A Televisão de Fred Jossias já está disponível na TMT, Moz Entretenimento, 18 February 2021, retrieved 30 May 2026]
Criticism In September 2021, when the analog signals were being switched off in Maputo, the first complaints from TMT subscribers emerged, where they reported that their decoders did not work.Já começou a dor de cabeça com descodificadores da TMT..., O País, 23 September 2021, retrieved 30 May 2026] Celestino Joanguete, in his book “A Migração Para a Televisão Digital em Moçambique: Processo, Modelo de Negócios e Conflitos”, noted that TMT's business model evolved from being a public service to a commercial one, and defended the public model for the service to be used for all consumers.Pesquisador diz que TMT pode estar a transformar serviço público em negócio, 2 October 2021, retrieved 30 May 2026
On 13 August 2024, TMT removed STV from its line-up, which Grupo SOICO referred to as being from "higher orders".“Ordem Superior” Remove STV da Grelha de Canais da TMT – refere o Grupo SOICO, Moz Entretenimento, 13 August 2024, retrieved 30 May 2026 After an intervention from MISA Mozambique, STV returned on 16 August.Depois da intervenção do MISA: STV volta à TMT, Ngani, 19 August 2024, retrieved 30 May 2026
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