Television in
Tunisia
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reaches 94% of households. The dominant platform in the market is free satellite, though terrestrial platform reaches around 15% of the households.
Tunisia has 17 free-to-air channels of which two channels are state-owned:
El Watania 1
El Watania 1, also known as Télévision Tunisienne 1, is the first Tunisian public national television channel. It is owned and operated by Télévision Tunisienne (formerly ERTT). Formerly named RTT (1966–1983), RTT 1 (1983–1992), TV7 (1992 ...
and
El Watania 2
El Watania 2, also known as Télévision Tunisienne 2, is the second Tunisian public national television channel. It is owned and operated by Télévision Tunisienne (formerly ERTT). Formerly known as Canal 21 (1994–2007), then as Tunisie 21 (20 ...
.
The two state-owned channels which are operated by
Télévision Tunisienne
The Établissement de la Télévision Tunisienne (''TT'', French for Establishment of the Tunisian Television or simply Tunisian Television; in Arabic: مؤسسة التلفزة التونسية) is Tunisia's national state-owned public service te ...
(formerly
ERTT
The Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne (ERTT) – French for ''Tunisian Radio and Television Establishment'' – was Tunisia's state broadcasting organization from 1990 until 2007 before it was split into the ''Tunisian Tel ...
) have undergone management changes since the 2011 revolution, and consequently changes in programming and content.
Most-viewed channels
Viewing shares, March 2015:
See also
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Media of Tunisia The mass media in Tunisia is an economic sector. Under the authoritarian regimes of Habib Bourguiba, and then Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, it saw periods of liberalization and then challenges, notably due to Tunisian censorship. The 2010-2011 Tunisian ...
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List of newspapers in Tunisia
References
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Television 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 ...