Television in Ethiopia was introduced in 1964 with the government owned ETV. Color television was introduced in 1982 in order to commemorate the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE). Ethiopia got its first private channel in 2008 with EBS TV, a US based satellite TV channel mostly focused on infotainment.
Until very recently there was only one private channel with most of the channels being state owned. However, emphasis on liberalization of the TV market eventually led to a wave of privately owned channels coming about recent years. In 2016 several private channels including: Kana TV, Nahoo TV, JTV Ethiopia, and Walta TV started broadcasting via satellite to Ethiopia. In 2017 more private channels such as the news centered ENN TV and others like LTV Ethiopia, Fana TV, EOTC TV all joined the market. Others like Dimtse Woyane and Arki television are in works and will be launched in the upcoming years.
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History
The national public broadcaster EBC (formerly ETV) started broadcasting in 1964 as the first television channel in Ethiopia. In the last couple of the decades the broadcaster had opened multiple regional channels broadcasting in various languages. Privatization of the television industry was a slow process with the first privately run channel, EBS TV, launching in 2008. However, 2016 and 2017 saw a wave of private channels entering the market including what became the most popular channel, Kana TV, to increase the total number of private channels in Ethiopia to 13.
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.
Channels
Government-owned
Channels owned by the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC):
Private digital
Private satellite
Religious
Source: Kantar-Geopoll Media Measurement for Ethiopia (March, 2017)
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*Kantar-Geopoll Media Measurement for Ethiopia, 12.03.17 to 18.03.17 - (Adults 15+)
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