Fana TV

Fana TV

Country	Ethiopia
Network	Cable television network
Programming
Language(s)	Amharic
Picture format	1080p (HDTV) & 576i (SDTV), 16:9)
Ownership
Owner	Fana Broadcasting Corporate
History
Launched	July 2017; 4 years ago (2017-07)
Former names	FBC TV
Links
Website	www.fanabc.com
Availability
Satellite
Ethiosat (Position: 53.7°E)	Frequency: 11105 Polarity: H SR: 45000 FEC: Auto Beam: Ku Band MENA System: HD/SD
DStv	Channel 366

Fana TV is an Ethiopian satellite television network owned by Fana Broadcasting Corporate, which is a state-owned company. Launched in 2017, the network is based in Ethiopia and broadcasts programming in Amharic. It has its studios located at the headquarters of Fana Broadcasting Corporate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.^[1] In recent years, the channel stretched its network with number of news correspondents across the nation.

History[]

Test trasmission was commenced with HD in July 2017 with only broadcasting music videos. Fana TV began broadcasting regular programmes months later via Eutelsat and Ethiosat. Throughout the trasmission, Fana garnered public attention and growing market shares during 2018. Serial dramas and reality shows are prominent from past years and increasing the number of news correspondents across Ethiopia, becoming the current mostly watched television channel in recent years.^[2]

Platforms[]

Fana TV was initially made available through Ethiosat in late 2017. In March 2018, Fana TV signed an agreement with South African Digital Satellite Television (DStv) to make the channel more widely available throughout Africa and local internet provider called Websprix launched the first IPTV in Ethiopia which Fana TV started broadcasting.^[3]

Programming[]

News[]

• Fana 90 (ፋና 90)
• Fana Zena (ፋና ዜና)
• Fana Kelemat (ፋና ቀለማት)
• Alem Shemach (ዓለም ሸማች)

Entertainment[]

• Tibeb Befana (ጥበብ በፋና)
• Geordana’s Kichen Show (ጆርዳና ኩሽና ሾው)
• Fana Lamrot (ፋና ላምሮት)

Drama/Sitcoms[]

• Tireta (ትርታ)
• Min Letazez (ምን ልታዘዝ?)
• Zetenegnaw Shi (ዘጠነኛው ሺህ)
• Survivor

References[]