Television in Ethiopia explained

Television in Ethiopia was introduced in 1962 with the government owned ETV. Color television started in 1979 on an experiment basis with regular transmissions starting in 1984 to commemorate the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE).[1] Ethiopia got its first private television broadcaster in 2008 with EBS TV, a US based satellite TV channel mostly focused on infotainment.Until very recently there was only one private station with most of the stations being state owned. However, emphasis on liberalization of the TV market eventually led to a wave of privately owned stations coming about recent years. In 2014 the Oromo diaspora launched the one and only television; Oromia Media Network, based in US OMN. In 2016 and 2017, more private broadcasters such as the news centered ENN TV and others like LTV Ethiopia, Kana TV, EOTC TV all joined the market. Dimtsi Weyane and were launched at the end 2018. 7 million households in Ethiopia has at least one television set and about 55 percent of the population has access to the watch television in their homes.[2]

History

The national public broadcaster EBC (formerly ERTA) started broadcasting in 1962 as the first television station in Ethiopia. In the last couple of the decades the broadcaster had opened multiple regional stations and channels broadcasting in various languages.[3] Privatization of the television industry was a slow process with the first privately run broadcaster, EBS TV, launching in 2008. However, 2016 and 2017 saw a wave of private station entering the market including what became the most popular channel, Kana TV, to increase the total number of private station's in Ethiopia to 45.

In 2016 the government of Ethiopia announced it would be transition the country from analog to digital platform. The American company GatesAir won the contract for the project that will take 5–10 years to fully complete.[4]

TV stations

See also: List of Oromo-language television channels.

Government-owned television stations

StationsCategoryLanguage
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)General, news
Oromia Broadcasting Network (OBN) General, newsAfaan Oromoo
Amhara Media CorporationGeneral, newsAmharic
Addis TV General, newsAmharic, Afaan Oromoo, English
General, news
Harari TVGeneral, newsHarari, Afaan Oromoo
SRTVGeneral, newsSomali
Debub TV General, newsAmharic
Dire TVGeneral, newsAmharic, Afaan Oromoo, Somali language
Gambela TVGeneral, newsAmharic
Afar TVGeneral, newsAfar
Wolaita TV General,newsAmharic,English and Wolaitta
Benishangul Gumuz Media (BGM) General,newsBenishangul and Amharic

Digital cable services

ProviderCategoryLanguage
DStv (South Africa)GeneralAmharic, English
Webspirx IPTV (Ethiopia)General
CANAL+ (France)GeneralAmharic, English

Privately owned TV stations

StationCategoryLanguage
A Plus TVEntertainment
Kana TVGeneral EntertainmentAmharic
Nabad TVNews, EntertainmentSomali
LTV EthiopiaCultureAmharic
EBS TVNews and EntertainmentAmharic
YA TVNews and EntertainmentAmharic
ENN TVNewsAmharic
JTV EthiopiaNews and EntertainmentAmharic
Nahoo TVNews and entertainmentAmharic
Walta TVNewsAmharic
Fana TVNewsAmharic
Aleph TVGeneral entertainmentAmharic
Afrihealth TVHealthAmharic
ARTS TVNews EntertainmentAmharic
DW TVGeneral NewsTigrigna
Bisrat TVGeneral entertainment
Asham TVNews, entertainment
AHADU TVNews entertainmentAmharic
AsratGeneralNewsAmharic
ESATGeneral news Amharic
Balageru TVGeneral EntertainmentAmharic
News, entertainmentAmharic
Ye Ethiopia Lijoch TVChildren's channel Amharic
TV 9 EthioNews Entertainment Amharic
SMNGeneral NewsSidamian
General NewsTigrigna
OBS TVGeneral entertainment Afaan Oromoo
OMNNews EntertainmentAfaan Oromoo
FIBNews EntertainmentAfaan Oromoo
ONNPoliticsAfaan Oromoo
NBC ETHIOPIAEntertainment Amharic
Channel 29News and entertainment Tigrigna
Zee AlemIndian entertainment Amharic
Abol TVentertainmentAmharic
Hagerie TVNews and entertainmentAmharic
Yegna TVNews and entertainmentAmharic
Abbay Media TVNews and entertainmentAmharic and Afaan Oromo

Religious broadcasters

StationCategoryLanguage
Africa TV 1IslamAmharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrigna
IslamAmharic
Nuuralhudaa TVIslamAfaan Oromo
NesihaSasikumarTV HDIslam Amharic, Tigrigna, Afar, Somali, Silte, Guragigna, Hadiya, Afaan Oromo, Welene, Kebenna
Hamiltan TVIslamAfaan Oromo
As-Sunnah TVIslam Amharic, Harari, Silte
tvislaamaaIslam Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Tigrigna, English
Harima TvIslam Amharic
BST (Bilal Satellite Television)Islam Amharic
Minber TVIslamAmharic, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Somali
Daewa TvIslam Amharic
Yebereka Lejoch TvIslam Amharic
Nuur TVIslamAfaan Oromo
EOTC TVEthiopian OrthodoxAmharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
EOTC MKEthiopian OrthodoxAmharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
Aleph TVEthiopian Orthodox Amharic
OCNEthiopian OrthodoxAfaan Oromo
Christ Army TVProtestantAmharic
Bethel TVProtestant Amharic
Vision TVProtestant Amharic
JPS TVProtestantAmharic
JSL TVProtestantAmharic
Holy TVProtestant Amharic
CJ TVProtestant Amharic
Jesus TVProtestantAmharic
El Shaddai Television Network (ETN HD) ProtestantAmharic
Presence TVProtestant Amharic
Elhori TVProtestant Amharic
Elohi TVProtestant Amharic
MO'A TV HDProtestantAfaan Oromo
Arara TVProtestant Afaan Oromo
GMM TV ethiopiaProtestantAmharic
ProtestantAmharic
Christ MissionProtestantAmharic
Holy Sprit TVProtestantAmharic
Marcil TVProtestantAmharic
Evangelical TV HDProtestantAmharic
Glory TV ETHProtestantAmharic
Fover TVProtestantAmharic
WW TVProtestantAmharic
7 Spirit TVProtestantAmharic
Rehobot TV HDProtestantAmharic
CC TV EthiopiaProtestantAmharic
IFtiin TV ProtestantAmharic
LJ TV WorldwideProtestantAmharic
Hope Channel EthiopiaSeventh-Day Adventist (SDA)Afan Oromo,Amharic, Tigrigna

Weekly market share

Source: Kantar-Geopoll Media Measurement for Ethiopia (March 2017)[5]

RankChannelParent CompanyMarket Share
1Kana TVMoby Group34%
2EBC 1Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp.18%
3EBS TVEBS 16%
4JTV EthiopiaJTV10%
5ETV MeznagnaEthiopian Broadcasting Corp.5%
6Nahoo TVNahoo LLC4%
7CNNTurner 3%
8Ethiopian Government3%
9BBC AmharicBritish Government3%
10Other---4%

Top 10 programs (March 2017)

RankProgramChannelTV Rating
1Zalim Istanbul / ሽሚያ "Shimya"Kana TV15.2*
2Cennet'in Gözyaşları / ያልታበሰ እንባ "Yaltabese Emba" Kana TV14.6*
3Siyah Beyaz Aşk / ድርና ማግ "Dir Ena Mag"Kana TV14.0*
4Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir / ስበት "Sibet"Kana TV13.9*
5Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki / ማዕበል "Maebel"Kana TV13.6*
6
  1. Time
/ #ጊዜ "#Time"		Kana TV12.5*
7Kadın (TV series) / ያልተፈታ ህልም "Yaltefeta Hilm"Kana TV11.35*
8Kayıp / ፍርደኞቹ "Firdegnochu"Kana TV11.0*
9Seifu on EBS ሰይፉ በ ኢቢኤስ "Seifu On EBS"EBS TV10.96*
10Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation / "EBC News"EBC10.5*

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/pdf/AMDI/ethiopia/amdi_ethiopia6_television.pdf African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia
  2. News: TV Channels – Growing in Number, Less in Content. Jemaneh. Yohanes. 10 August 2017. All Africa.
  3. http://www.erta.gov.et/menubar/?category=menubar&type=aboutus Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency
  4. Web site: GatesAir Wins National Digital TV Transition Project in Ethiopia. 8 March 2016. GatesAir.
  5. Web site: Media Industry News. 20 March 2017. Kana Newsletter.

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