Algerian Broadcasting Company (Arabic: البث الإذاعي والتلفزي الجزائري; French: Télédiffusion d'Algérie) is an undertaking for the broadcasting of radio and television services in Algeria. TDA is a so-called public industrial and commercial company (
EPIC
Epic commonly refers to:
* Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
* Epic film, a genre of film with heroic elements
Epic or EPIC may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and medi ...
), which means that it is an independent
legal entity that manages a public service. TDA also offers internet, technical and satellite services. Algeria's Ministry of Communications is the supervisory authority for the TDA.
Background and history
The origin of the company can be found in the 1950s, when the French authorities decided to install VHF transmitters in different cities (
Tamentfoust
Tamentfoust ( ar, تمنتفوست), the classical Rusguniae and colonial , is a site in the Dar El Beïda District of Algiers in Algeria.
Geography
Tamentfoust lies on Cape Matifou, which forms the northeast side of the Bay of Algiers.
Name ...
,
Oran
Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...
, Constantine) for the first television broadcasts in Algeria. With the independence of the country, all these facilities became part of Radiodiffusion télévision algérienne (RTA) (English: Algerian Radio and Television Broadcasting), an organization that inherited all the facilities and technical equipment that French broadcasting had in Algiers.
On 1 July 1986, an executive decree separates the activities managed by the RTA into four autonomous bodies: a national television broadcasting company (TDA), a
national sound broadcasting company (ENRS), a national audiovisual production company (ENPA) and a
national broadcasting television company (ENTV).
The broadcasting company has around 1,860 employees and is headquartered in
Bouzaréah
Bouzareah or Bouzaréah ( ar, بوزريعة, būzareah, link=no) is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It had a population of 69,200 people in 1998[Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...]
. In addition, there are six regional offices in
Bordj El Bahri
Bordj El Bahri is a municipality of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
)
, image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg
, map_caption =
, image_map2 =
, capital = A ...
,
Constantine
Constantine most often refers to:
* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
* Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
People
* Constantine (name), a masculine given na ...
,
Sidi Bel Abbès,
Ouargla,
Béchar and
Tamanrasset. Previously, the technical operation was subordinate to Algeria's radio and television company ENTD, but was spun off as a separate company in 1991.
TDA is an active member of several international organizations, including the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...
(EBU), the
Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), the
African Union of Broadcasting
The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB, french: Union Africaine de Radiodiffusion, ar, الاتحاد الأفريقي للبث, Alaitihad al'Afriqiu Lilbathi, pt, União Africana de Radiodifusão) is a professional body composed of the national ...
(UAR) and the Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTU).
Management
Director General
* Abdelmalek Houyou ( – June 2016)
* Chawki Sahnin (June 2016 – November 2019)
* Said Boudjemadi (November 2019 – April 2021)
* Fadhila Boumeridja (since April 2021)
References
External links
*
{{Portal bar, companies, television
Television in Algeria
Radio in Algeria
Internet service providers of Algeria
1986 establishments in Algeria
Mass media companies established in 1986
1991 establishments in Algeria
Mass media companies established in 1991
Mass media companies of Algeria
Government-owned companies of Algeria
European Broadcasting Union members