The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), now rebranded as ETV (stylized in all lowercase), is an
Ethiopian government
The government of Ethiopia () is the federal government of Ethiopia. It is structured in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. T ...
-owned
public service broadcaster
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
. It is headquartered in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
,
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, and is the country's oldest and largest broadcaster.
EBC was established by order of Emperor
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...
and initially operated by Thomson, a British firm. It is fully owned by the Ethiopian government. Its programming includes news,
sport
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, music and other entertainment. The majority of the programming is broadcast in
Amharic
Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...
, one of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
Some news segments are broadcast in other languages, such as
Oromo,
Somali,
Tigrinya
(; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions.
History and literatur ...
,
Afar,
Gurage
The Gurage (, Gurage: ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.G. W. E. Huntingford, "William A. Shack: The Gurage: a people of the ensete culture" They inhabit the Gurage Zone, a fertile, semi-mountainous region in ce ...
, and English.
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, ERTA website (accessed 24 May 2009)
EBC has entertainment programs like ''Ethiopian Idol'', which features similar content to American talent show ''
American Idol
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''. In recent years, ETV has transmitted a few matches a week from European Football Leagues (
Spanish La Liga
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and
English Premier League
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), 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
The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; french: Organisation de l'unité africaine, OUA) was an intergovernmental organization established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 32 signatory governments. One of the main heads for OAU's ...
(OAU) meeting that took place in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
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
The Workers' Party of Ethiopia ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ, Ye'Ityopia Serategnoch Parti, WPE) was a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991 led by General Secretary Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Wo ...
(WPE). The current structure and goals of were established 1987 with Proclamation 114/87.
[ In 1995 ERTA(Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency) was created in as the result of the merge between the Ethiopian Radio and the ETV (Ethiopian Television). 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.
During the ]2022 FIFA World Cup
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, FIFA
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accused EBC of pirating a large number of matches and threatened to permanently withdraw its broadcasting rights. EBC claimed that it was granted the broadcasting rights for all matches, while FIFA claimed it gave a warning before.
Facebook page hacking incident
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation's official Facebook page was hacked and deleted on 4 October 2021. 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.
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.
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 broadcasting sport matches and highlights on English Premiere League, European leagues, Ethiopian premiere league and other international sport tournament's.
ETV representative
ETV representative was a channel that focuses on Parliament news and other live stream.(Closed)
ETV Afan Oromo
ETV afan oromo is a channel that focuese on news sports and entertainment in afaan oromoo language.
ETV Yelijochalem
ETV Yelijochalem is a channel that foucese on children program.
Logos
File:EBC experimental logo.png, Experimental logo
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
Other subsidiary media organizations
* OBN (Oromiyaa Broadcast Network)
* Addis TV
* Amhara TV
* Tigray TV
* Somali TV
* Dire TV
* Debub TV
* Harar TV
* Afar TV
References
External links
*{{official website
Ethiopian Media Authority
Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency
Ethiopian Live TV - EBC
Television in Ethiopia
Television channels in Ethiopia
Television networks
Television channels and stations established in 1962
Radio stations established in 1935
Publicly funded broadcasters