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Television services in the North African nation of
Television services in the North African nation of Algeria
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commenced in 1956, when the country was a department of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...
, under French broadcaster RTF. Shortly after independence, both television and radio were taken over by Algerian Radio and Television (''Radiodiffusion-Télévision Algérienne''; RTA). Since then, television began to expand throughout Algeria, with more than 53,000 television sets in use in the country as of 1963, a year after independence. Algeria is one of the first countries in Africa to publicly introduce television.
The country was served with only one television channel, Télévision Algérienne
TV1 (in ar, الجزائرية الأولى), formerly Algerian Television (in ar, التلفزيون الجزائري) then The Terrestrial Channel (in ar, القناة الأرضية), is the first Algerian general public network of Établiss ...
, until 1994, the year when the French-language Canal Algérie
TV2, formerly Canal Algérie (), in English means ''The Algerian channel'', is the second Algerian general public national television channel. The channel is part of the EPTV Group which also includes TV1, TV3, TV4, TV5, TV6, TV7, TV8 and ...
was launched, also serving Algerian audiences residing in Europe and North America. This was followed by the launch of Algérie 3
TV3 (in ar, الجزائرية الثالثة), also known as El Ikhbariya (in ar, الجزائرية الإخبارية) and formerly Algeria 3 (or simply A3), is the third Algerian public national television news channel. It is part of the st ...
in 2001, also serving Algerians in other Arab-majority nations. On 18 March 2009, the Tamazight TV
Tamazight TV (tifinagh:ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ), also known as Amazigh TV, is a Moroccan public television TV channel, and the first exclusively Tamazight television network. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadi ...
and Al Quran Al Kareem channels were launched.
Most-viewed channels
Viewing shares, January 2015:See also
*Media of Algeria
Algeria has more than 45 independent Arabic language and French language publications as well as 4 government-owned newspapers (two published in French and two in Arabic), but the government controls most printing presses and advertising.
* List of newspapers in Algeria
Below is a list of newspapers in Algeria.
Arabic language
*'' Ech-Chaab الشعب''
*'' Echorouk - الشروق''
*'' El Ayem El Djazairia - الأيام الجزائرية''
*'' El Hayat - الحياة''
*'' El Khabar - الخبر''
*'' El Massa ...
* List of radio stations in Africa
Radio stations in African countries can be categorized into three main areas: public, commercial, and community. The management of these radio stations is subject to each region's preferred methods.
Algeria
Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusi ...
: Algeria
* Internet in Algeria
Internet use in Algeria increased from 150,000 users in 2006 to approximately 18,583,000 in 2015, with a penetration rate of 46% of the population, In 2008, the government set aside €100 million to provide internet to every high school in the cou ...
References
{{Africa topic, Television in 1956 establishments in AlgeriaTelevision stations
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth ...