Baba TV Uganda explained

Baba TV Uganda
Type:Broadcasting News,Topical discussions,Entertainment,Drama series,Movies
Country:Uganda
Headquarters:Baba TV Complex, Plot 22, Ntinda-Kisaasi Rd
Language:Lusoga, Luganda, English
Picture Format:HDTV 1080i
Owner:Balyeku Moses Grace
Parent:Baba Media Group (BMG)
Sister Channels:87.7 Baba FM
Availability Note:Baba TV is available to watch on all digital platforms
Online Serv 2:YouTube
Online Chan 2:https://www.youtube.com/c/BabaTvUganda

Baba TV (short for Basoga Baino Television) is a television channel in Uganda with viewership primarily concentrated in the country's eastern and central regions. It maintains studios in Jinja City and Kampala. It airs programming in Lusoga, Luganda, and English.

History

Baba TV began broadcasting in August 2017 and is owned by Balyeku Moses Grace,[1] former member of Parliament for Jinja West.[2]

In 2019, Baba TV launched on DStv in Uganda.[3] [4] [5] The station was launched on GOtv, the only digital platform that did not include it, in 2021.[6] [7]

On 27 July 2020, 2020, journalist Basajja Mivule,[8] [9] who hosted the political talk show Fumitiriza (Reflect) on Baba TV, was arrested at the Kampala studios; it was noted that he was critical of President Yoweri Museveni.[10] Mivule was later suspended from the station.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 January 2021 . I’ll create more jobs, wireless for Jinja-Balyeku . 7 April 2022 . Monitor . en.
  2. Web site: 18 August 2017 . BABA TV is here! Jinja gets another TV station . 16 March 2022 . Skizar . en-US.
  3. Web site: Lyatuu . Justus . BABA TV launches on DStv Uganda platform . 16 March 2022 . The Observer - Uganda . en-gb.
  4. Web site: BABA TV launched on DSTV in Uganda . 16 March 2022 . Africa Business Communities . en.
  5. Web site: 15 August 2019 . Baba TV now on DSTV . 16 March 2022 . THE SECOND OPINION . en-US.
  6. Web site: Reporter . Javira Ssebwami . 27 November 2021 . MultiChoice Uganda bows to public demand, lunches Baba TV on GOtv . 16 March 2022 . UGStandard . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 25 November 2021 . PICTORIAL; Glamour as Baba TV is Launched On GoTV Digital Platform - . 7 April 2022 . en-US.
  8. Web site: 27 July 2020 . Ugandan TV host Basajja Mivula arrested . 7 April 2022 . International Press Institute . en-US.
  9. Web site: 30 July 2020 . TV presenter held on sectarianism charges . 7 April 2022 . Monitor . en.
  10. News: 27 July 2020 . Police arrest journalist Basajja Mivule at Baba TV studios in Ntinda . en-GB . Watchdog Uganda . 16 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Ainembabazi . Ritah . 3 August 2020 . Basajja Mivule Suspended From Baba TV, Apologises For His Sectarian Utterances . 7 April 2022 . SML News Uganda . en-US.

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