Fana TV is an Ethiopian
satellite television network owned by
Fana Broadcasting Corporate
Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C. (FBC) is a state-owned mass media company operating in Ethiopia. Launched in 1994 it focuses mostly on political, social and economical reports about Ethiopia. It operates radio and television stations within Ethi ...
, which is a state-owned company. Launched in September 2017, the network is based in Ethiopia and broadcasts programming 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 ...
. It has its studios located at the headquarters of Fana Broadcasting Corporate in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In recent years, the channel stretched its network with number of
news correspondents across the nation.
History
In 2014, Fana Broadcasting Corporate conducted worldwide
procurement with provision of lot, to complete modern, high-definition television. Telmaco was one of participant to the tender that proposed to offer specialized in system-integrator. In June 2015, Telmaco was awarded after long technical negotiation to LOT-2 design and successfully designed to operate the station.
Test transmission was commenced with
HD in July 2017 with only broadcasting music videos. Fana TV began broadcasting regular programmes in September
via Eutelsat and Ethiosat. Throughout the transmission, Fana garnered public attention and growing
market share
Market share is the percentage of the total revenue or sales in a market that a company's business makes up. For example, if there are 50,000 units sold per year in a given industry, a company whose sales were 5,000 of those units would have a ...
s 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.
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.
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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)
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Survivor
Survivor(s) may refer to:
Actual survivors
*
*Last survivors of historical events
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* Survivors, characters in the 1997 ''KKnD'' video-game series
* ''The Survivors'', or the ''New Survivors Found ...
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References
Television channels in Ethiopia
Television channels and stations established in 2017
Satellite television