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Algeria has more than 45 independent Arabic language and
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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.Algeria country profile
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The Algerian newspapers with the largest circulations are ''Echourouk'' (1,800,000), ''Ennahar'' (1,600,000), '' El Khabar'' (1,000,000) and ''Quotidien d'Oran'' (700,000); all four are employee-owned. In 2004 and 2005, the government increased the access of Berber language and culture to both print and broadcast media.
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is the Algerian national press agency. It was created on December 1, 1961, following the national independence of Algeria from French control, to represent Algeria in the sphere of the world media. It has evolved into an institution that produces online and satellite services.


Journalism

The written press in Algeria publishes in three languages: Arabic, French and Tamazight. The majority of print publications are privately owned. The print press also publishes online, on a daily basis, except for on Fridays (public observation of the Islamic holy day). Since the end of 2016, the number of daily visitors of
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and online editions of newspapers surpasses the number of daily readers of print newspapers. Writing in Arabic, English and French, Algerian bloggers cover social, cultural and political topics. There are more than 100,000 Algerian blogs, a newspaper suggested in late 2014. Algerian dailies mark the anniversary of the introduction of the defamation laws by suspending publication in a protest known as a "day without newspapers". Arabic-language newspapers include ''
Echorouk ''Echorouk'' (in Arabic الشروق اليومي) or ''Ech Chorouk El Youmi'' (Arabic, aš-šurūqu-l-yawmi, ''The Daily Dawn'') is a daily newspaper in Algeria published Saturday to Thursday in the tabloid format. It is the second-largest dai ...
'', '' El Khabar'', and ''
El Massa ''El Massa'' (in Arabic المساء meaning ''The Evening'') is an Algerian daily newspaper printed in Arabic. History and profile ''El Massa'' was started in 1985 as the first Algerian newspaper to be published in an evening edition. The pape ...
''. French-language newspapers include ''
El Watan ''El Watan'' (Arabic:الوطن, meaning ''the Homeland'') is an independent French-language newspaper in Algeria. History and profile The paper was founded in 1990 after Omar Belhouchet and nineteen colleagues left the FLN government-owned ne ...
'' and '' El Moudjahid''. English-language newspapers include the ''
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''. Defunct newspapers include ''Lisan al-Din'' (Language of Faith) founded in 1912, and the longer-lived ''Al-balagh al-jazairi'' (Algerian Messenger) founded in 1926 by
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Ahmad al-Alawi Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–14 July 1934), (in full, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAlīwa, known as al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaghānimī ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن مصطفى بن عليوة المعروف بالعلاوي ...
(1869–1934).


Censorship

There is no direct censorship, but laws set out prison terms and fines for insulting or defaming the president, MPs, judges and the army. Media rights bodies have accused the government of using the laws to control the private press. Algerian dailies mark the anniversary of the introduction of the defamation laws by suspending publication in a protest known as a "day without newspapers".


Telephones and telephony

According to the CIA/The World Fact by 2008, along with the rapid increase in mobile cellular subscribers, combined fixed-line and mobile telephone density surpassed 100 telephones per 100 persons. Algeria is also a participant in Medarabtel. This includes satellite earth stations with 51 services (including Intelsat, Intersputnik, and Arabsat) that links Algeria with most other parts of the world.


Television

In the area of broadcasting, the government has maintained a monopoly since 1962. Algerian television was somewhat democratized by the new constitution of 1989. Entreprise nationale de télévision (ENTV) is the national entity that oversees public television broadcasting. It manages the television channels Canal Algérie,
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 ...
,
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in Tamazight and the religious channel
Coran tv 5 TV5 (in ar, الجزائرية الخامسة), also known as Coran TV (in ar, قناة القرآن الكريم), is the fifth Algerian public national television channel. It is part of the Public broadcasting, state-owned Public Establishment ...
which broadcasts Islamic religious programming. The government purchases many commercial programs for broadcast. Canal Algérie also broadcasts online, without interruption.


Satellite broadcasts

The majority of the population of Algeria prefers to watch satellite broadcasts of Arab and French stations. The number of satellite dishes is estimated at 34 million. (Arabic and French). A bill is currently being studied that would prohibit satellite dishes on the facade of houses that face streets and boulevards. Many satellite services operate in Algeria, including Camagraph, Stream System, Magenta, and Condor. French-owned Canal+ has recently signed a special agreement with Algeria. Algerian television channels: *ENTV (state-owned broadcaster) *Canal Algerie *TVA3 *Tamazight TV *Coran TV *Echorouk TV *Echorouk News Channel (news outlet of the Echorouk Media Group) *El Djazairiya TV *El Heddaf TV *Ennahar TV *Hoggar TV *Dzairshop TV *Numedia News TV *L'Index TV (Constantine regional channel) *Dzair TV (owned by business tycoon Ali Haddad) *Al Atlas TV (shut down before presidential elections for its government criticisms) *Djurdjura Children Channel *Samira Women-dedicated Channel *El Bilad TV *Wiam TV (created just days before presidential elections to support independent candidate Abdelaziz Bouteflika) *KBC or El Khabar Broadcasting Channel (owned by El Khabar Media Group) Until now there are 50 channels broadcasting offshore. All these channels have large bureaus in Algiers but legally registered in Jordan, Bahrain, and the UK. With the recently published media law, these TV networks will have to comply with Algeria law to become Algerian licensed TV.


Radio

Radio Algérienne is the public radio broadcasting entity. It manages three national broadcast stations, two with national formats and 32 regional stations. This entity, which has 34 million Algerian listeners, broadcasts in Arabic, Berber, and French. Chorouk TV identifies itself as the first private satellite TV channel in Algeria launched just after the newly passed media law enabling businesspeople/journalists to create their own TV and radio stations. The channel will show about ten major thematic programmes dealing with politics, business, social, sport, entertainment and music. It will broadcast a one-hour and half news bulletin similar to Aljazeera’s Hasad Al Yawm (Today’s News Harvest). But in general, it identifies itself as Dubai-based MBC network, namely family/edutainment channel.


Internet

As of 2014 Algeria had 40000 Internet hosts and 31.7 million internet users.


See also

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Censorship in Algeria The working conditions of journalists in Algeria have evolved since the 1962 independence. After 1990, the Code of Press was suppressed, allowing for greater freedom of press. However, with the civil war in the 1990s, more than 70 journalists wer ...
* Telecommunications in 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 ...
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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 ...
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Cinema of Algeria Cinema of Algeria refers to the film industry based in the north African country of Algeria. The colonial era During the era of French colonization, movies were predominantly a propaganda tool for the French colonial state. Although filmed in ...


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