Horn Cable TV (HCTV) is a Somali

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-based private

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Overview

Founded in 2003, Horn Cable TV broadcasts in Somali from its headquarters in

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...

, the capital of

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. The station also has studios in

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...

and

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, among other areas. Horn Cable TV is owned by Farhan Haji Ali, a young Hargeisa-based Somali entrepreneur who is also the owner of the FAACO. The station generates revenue from advertising.

Programs

Horn Cable TV broadcasts around-the-clock across

and

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. Through satellite, its transmissions also reach other parts of the continent,

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, and areas in

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. The station is also available as a live webstream. HCTV's programming covers a wide range of genres. Among these are news and current affairs, business, politics, drama, music and religious programs.

Staff

Horn Cable Television has a staff of around 90 ground reporters, who are stationed throughout the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

region and nearby areas. Around 60 journalists are based at the station's headquarters, with additional personnel of 7 in Mogadishu.

Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar Sheikh Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar ( so, Maxamuud Sheekh Dalmar, ar, محمود الشيخ ضالمار) is a Somali journalist and Islamic scholar. He worked for many years with a variety of Somali media outlets as well as the BBC's Somali service ...

serves as a radio and television producer for the channel. Additionally, Hamdi Hussein is the Director of its Mogadishu branch.

Memberships

Horn Cable TV is member of the

National Union of Somali Journalists The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) was set up in August 2002 as an association called Somali Journalists Network (SOJON) to promote and protect freedom of the press and the interests of journalists after the former Transitional Nat ...

(NUSOJ).

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