Medi1 TV (formerly Medi 1 Sat) is a Moroccan free-to-air TV channel, launched in 2006. The channel broadcasts bilingually in

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and French, nationally via terrestrial television and internationally via satellite.

History

Medi1 TV was first launched on 1 December 2006 under the name Medi 1 Sat, broadcasting exclusively on satellite, and was co-jointly owned by public Moroccan and French investors. The channel's launch schedule consisted mainly of news programming focusing on Morocco and

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-related affairs. In 2009, the French investors sold their shares, which were then acquired by the Moroccan state-owned financial institution

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(CDG), effectively making the channel entirely Moroccan-owned. Abbas Azzouzi was appointed by the Board of Directors as the new CEO in 2010, succeeding its founder Pierre Casalta, who had previously directed its sister network

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. On 30 October 2010, Medi 1 Sat adopted its current name Medi 1 TV, and introduced a new

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schedule which included entertainment, debates, investigation, youth, news & sport, and documentaries, in addition to entering the terrestrial Moroccan TV market. The channel projected to cover 74% of national territory by the end of November. In 2014, Medi1 TV obtained a new operating license after opening its capital to two Emirati media firms, Nekst Investments and Steeds Medias. A new ''cahier de charges'' had to be submitted to the Moroccan audiovisual regulator HACA (french: Haute autorité de la communication audiovisuelle). On 1 February 2016, Medi1 TV re-devoted its schedule to rolling news and current affairs. It also split into two separate channels the same year, with one devoted to Africa-related programming. In June 2016, Hassan Khiyar, who also currently directs Medi1 Radio, was appointed as the TV network's new CEO. This came as the Board of Directors sought to "change the management model and governance of MEDI1TV with a repositioning strategic as a continuous and permanent news channel, published in partnership with Radio Méditerranée Internationale edi1 Radioas part of a unique project with a national, regional and international vocation." Medi1 TV launched a new look and logo in February 2017. In 2019, Medi1 TV launched an exclusively Arabic-language channel ("Medi1TV Arabic") as part of its network lineup. In 2021, the Moroccan public broadcaster

SNRT The National Company of Radio and Television ( ar, الشَرِكَة الوَطَنِيَّة لِلْإِذَاعَة وَالتَلْفَزَة, ''; french: Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision, SNRT''; , ') is the public b ...

announced a forthcoming plan to acquire Medi1 TV, as well as Medi1 Radio and 2M, reorganizing them into a public holding group by 2024. The CDG, via its subsidiary CDG Invest, moved to acquire the entirety of Medi1 TV following a MAD 105 million (US$11.9 million) buyout, with plans to transfer ownership to SNRT once it meets legal requirements.

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