Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Availability | Worldwide |
| Founded | Radio: 1935 Television: 1962[1] |
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Licence area | Africa |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Area | Ethiopia |
| Owner | Ethiopian government |
Launch date | 2 November 1964[2] |
Former names |
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Official website | www |
The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), now rebranded as ETV (stylized in all lowercase), is an Ethiopian government-owned public service broadcaster. It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is the country's oldest and largest broadcaster.
EBC was established by order of Emperor Haile Selassie and initially operated by Thomson, a British firm. It is fully owned by the Ethiopian government. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment. The majority of the programming is broadcast in Amharic, one of the six official languages of Ethiopia.[3] Some news segments are broadcast in other languages, such as Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Qafaraf, Harari and English.[4]
EBC has entertainment programs like Ethiopian Idol, which features similar content to American talent show American Idol. In recent years, ETV has transmitted a few matches a week from European Football Leagues (Spanish La Liga and English Premier League), plus some international matches. EBC transmits its programmes on 4 satellite stations.
History[]
Ethiopian Television was initially established during Haile Selassie reign era in 1962 with assistance from the British firm, Thomson. Regular transmission began on 2 November 1964. It was created to highlight the Organization of African Unity (OAU) meeting that took place in Addis Ababa that same year. Color television started on a experimental basis in 1979, with regular colour transmissions beginning in 1984 in commemoration of the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE).[5] The current structure and goals of were established 1987 with Proclamation 114/87.[4] In 2014, the channel changed its name from ETV to EBC, also changing its logo in the process. In 2015, EBC and other regional channels upgraded their news studios with more modern equipment. In March 2018, EBC's logo was transferred to etv and made a new transmission of frequency and sister's channel contents and it is now broadcasting on Ethiosat and Nilesat.
TV channels[]
ETV News HD[]
ETV News (etv ዜና) is the main news channel with 24 hours coverage, with content on culture, politics, documentaries, and economy. Broadcast mostly in Amharic with the exception of some news segments which are broadcast in other languages. ETV News (etv ዜና) is the main news channel with 24 hours coverage, with content on culture, politics, documentaries, and economy. Broadcast mostly in Amharic with the exception of some news segments which are broadcast in other languages.
ETV Languages HD[]
ETV Languages is a channel which focuses on news in the varied languages of Ethiopia along with 3 international languages.
ETV Entertainment HD[]
ETV Entertainment (ETV መዝናኛ) is a channel which focuses on dramas, as well as lifestyle programming. The channel is most known for broadcasting Ethiopian first family sitcom, Betoch. This channel also airs a lot of popular foreign content including soap operas and Hollywood films.
ETV Sport[]
ETV Sport only focuses on sport related activities like English Premiere League, European leagues, Ethiopian Premiere Leagues and many other sports game in the world. and
ETV East HD[]
ETV East is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in eastern parts of Ethiopia.
ETV West HD[]
ETV West is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in western parts of Ethiopia.
ETV North HD[]
ETV North is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in northern parts of Ethiopia.
ETV South HD[]
ETV South is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in southern parts of Ethiopia.
ETV representative HD[]
ETV representative is a channel that focuses on Parliament news and other live stream.
Radio stations[]
- Fana FM 90.0
- Awash FM 90.7
- Debub FM 91.6
- Ethiopian National Radio 93.1
- Ahadu FM 94.3
- FM Addis 97.1
- Civil Services FM 100.5
- Bisrat FM 101.1
- Sheger FM 102.1
- Tsedey FM 102.9
- EBC FM 104.7
- Ethio FM 107.8
jimma fana fm 98.1
Facebook page hacking[]
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation's official Facebook page was hacked and deleted on 4 October 2021.[6][7] It also ensued losing 2 million followers. The Ministry of Technologies said that they are working to restore the page. EBC later restored its Facebook account within weeks.[8]
Other subsidiary media organizations[]
- OBN (Oromiyaa Broadcast Network) HD
- Addis TV HD
- Amhara TV HD
- Tigray TV HD
- Somali TV
- Dire TV
- Debub TV HD
- Harar TV
- Afar TV
References[]
- ^ "EBC Zena about". Facebook. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "Political History of Ethiopian Broadcast Media (1931- 2 2020) in the Case of Ethiopian Broadcast Corporation 3 (EBC) Development Review". 22. 2021-08-19: 5. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Shaban, Abdurahman. "One to five: Ethiopia gets four new federal working languages". Africa News.
- ^ a b Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, ERTA website (accessed 24 May 2009)
- ^ African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia, p. 20 (accessed 24 May 2009)
- ^ "Ethiopian News Agency". Facebook. October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "EBC Hacked". The Low Ethiopian Reports. October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation". Facebook. November 6, 2021.
External links[]
- Television in Ethiopia
- Television channels in Ethiopia
- Television networks
- Television channels and stations established in 1962
- Radio stations established in 1935
- Publicly funded broadcasters