Mass media in Angola explained

The mass media in Angola is primarily controlled by Angola's dominant political party, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).

Journalism

The country's official news agency is the government-owned Angola Press Agency (ANGOP), founded in 1975, and formerly allied with the official news agency of the Soviet Union, the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS).^[1] "The press was nationalized in 1976."^[2]

Print

Angolan newspapers include:

• Agora^[3]
• Angolense
• O Apostolado^[4]
• A Capital
• Folha 8
• Jornal de Angola^[5]
• Novo Jornal
• O Pais
• Semanário Angolense^[6]

Telecommunications

See main article: Telecommunications in Angola.

Television and radio

TV Zimbo in a rival privately owned channel in Angola. On December 16, 2015, a new private TV station, Palanca TV, began broadcasting from the South African satellite subscription TV provider DStv.^[7]

See also

• Quem Quer Ser Milionário? (Angolan TV show)
• Telephone numbers in Angola

Bibliography

• Book: Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World . . 2004 . 1857431839 . Angola: Directory: the Press . 62+ .
• (Includes information about newspapers, radio, tv)
• New Global Flows of Capital in Media Industries after the 2008 Financial Crisis: The Angola–Portugal Relationship . Rita Figueiras . Nelson Ribeiro . . 18 . 4 . 508 . 10.1177/1940161213496583 . 2013 . 146997968 .
• Book: Toyin Falola. Toyin Falola. Daniel Jean-Jacques. Africa: an Encyclopedia of Culture and Society . 2015 . ABC-CLIO. 978-1-59884-666-9 . Angola: Media.

External links

• Web site: News (by country): Angola . . Africa South of the Sahara . Stanford University . USA . Annotated directory .

Notes and References

1. Book: Oyebade, Adebayo . Culture and Customs of Angola . . Westport, Connecticut . 2007 . 71–72 . 978-0-313-33147-3 . January 22, 2010 .
2. Encyclopedia: Angola: Media and Publishing. 10 June 2017 . Encyclopædia Britannica .
3. News: Angola Profile: Media . 10 June 2017 . . 11 April 2011 .
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-12-12 . dead . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20030314071039/http%3A//www.apostolado.info/ . 2003-03-14 .
5. News: Jornal de Angola. recipes. ink, cookbook. 2017-07-10.
6. Web site: semanarioangolense.net. www.semanarioangolense.net. en. 2017-07-10.
7. Web site: Palanca TV estreia na DStv . DSTV.com . 31 Dec 2015 . 2 Feb 2016 . pt.