Tamazight TV (

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:ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ), also known as

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TV, is a Moroccan

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TV channel, and the first exclusively

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television network. It is a part of the

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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 ...

Group along with

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Arryadia Arryadia is a Moroccan public television sports channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 16 September ...

Athaqafia Athaqafia is a Moroccan public television culture channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV Laayoune TV is a Moroccan public television Reg ...

Al Maghribia Al Maghribia channel is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 18 November 2004 by Morocco's Broadcasting and Television Natio ...

Assadissa Assadissa ( en, The Sixth), is a Moroccan public television channel dedicated to religious affairs. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The ch ...

Aflam TV Aflam TV is a Moroccan public national television movie channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 31 May 2008. ...

and

Laayoune TV Laayoune TV is a Moroccan public television Regional channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV and Tamazight TV Tamazight TV (tifinagh:ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ...

. After initial planning in 2006, the channel was launched on 6 January 2010. The channel's objective is to promote and preserve the

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culture in Morocco and in the

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region. Programming is in

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and

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History

The launch of Tamazight TV followed complaints by Amazigh rights organizations regarding the exclusion of Amazigh programming on Moroccan television. A joint statement was issued in 2008; that year, the

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committed a budget of 500 million

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, or about 65 mililon

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, for the network. The launch was met with mostly positive reception by Amazigh citizens, with a representative of the Amazigh Citizenship Network calling it "a kind of reconciliation with the Amazigh."

References

External links

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Tamazight TV at LyngSat Address
Berber-language mass media Television stations in Morocco Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision Television channels and stations established in 2010 2010 establishments in Morocco {{Africa-tv-station-stub