Tatoli, formerly known as Timor-Leste News Agency ( pt, Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (ANTIL)), is the official
state run news agency
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and All-news radio, radio and News broadcasting, television Broadcasting, broadcasters. A news agency may ...
of
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
. It was launched on 27 July 2016.
The word "Tatoli" is
Tetum
, nativename=Tetun
, states= Indonesia East Timor
, speakers=, mostly in Indonesia
, date=2010–2011
, ref=e18
, speakers2=50,000 L2-speakers in Indonesia and East Timor
, familycolor=Austronesian
, fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
, fam3= Central–East ...
in origin, and means "to entrust someone (something/a message) to be passed on; passing on (something/a message) for someone".
In 2012, it was announced that Portuguese news agency
Lusa would carry out a feasibility study into the creation of an East Timorese news agency.
In 2013, Lusa presented a proposal for a suitable Portuguese-Timorese operating partnership. The establishment of an East Timorese news agency was flagged in the Government Program in March 2015, and approved by the Council of Ministers on 3 February 2016.
When the agency was launched, the then Secretary of State for Social Communication, , said that its main objective is not to compete with other media representatives, but to complement information based on data and facts, and therefore to be a reference to media bodies and professionals.
Upon its establishment, the agency became a member of the ( pt, Aliança das Agências de Informação de Língua Portuguesa, links=no (ALP)).
In 2017, it became a public institute, and changed its name to Tatoli.
The agency offers its news service in three languages – Portuguese, English and Tetum, the national language of Timor – and also text, photo and video streaming services, including by interface for viewing on mobile platforms.
References
External links
* – official site
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Government-owned companies of East Timor
News agencies based in East Timor
Tetum language
2016 establishments in East Timor