Afghanistan National Television

Afghanistan National Television (Pashto: ملی تلویزیون‎ Da Afganistan Milli Telvizoon, Persian: تلویزیون ملی‎ Telvizoon-e Milli Afganistan) is the state-owned television channel in Afghanistan, launched in 1977 and part of the Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) public broadcaster.

RTA
ملی
LaunchedSeptember 1977
Owned byRadio Television Afghanistan
Picture formatSDTV
Audience share8% as of July 2010
CountryAfghanistan
Broadcast areaAfghanistan
Europe
North America
Asia
HeadquartersKabul
Websitewww.rta.org.af/eng (in English)
Availability
Terrestrial
OqaabChannel 3
Satellite
Thaicom 54033 H 1480 3/4
G-Sat 174150 H 4000 3/4

Exclusive 2008 speech
RTA's logo until 12 March 2010

RTA became famous worldwide when Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a live speech to the world minutes after dozens of insurgents attempted to assassinate him at an Afghan military parade. The assassination attempt was thwarted by the Afghan National Army.[1] The scene of the attempt was also broadcast live to RTA viewers in Afghanistan and picked up by the international media.[2]

International launch

Afghanistan National Television became available in Europe, Middle East, North Africa Africa Asia Pacific and North America on 5 January 2008. The channel's broadcasting hours were 06:00 to 00:00 (local Afghan time), corresponding to 01:30 to 19:30 UTC. Later in 2008, RTA became a 24-hour channel, and this allowed viewers internationally to watch it at more convenient hours. As of 2018, it is no longer broadcast by satellite in Europe.[3]

See also


References
  1. "The Times & The Sunday Times".
  2. Faiez, M. Karim; Chu, Henry (28 April 2008). "Attempt on Karzai rattles Afghans" – via LA Times.
  3. https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=5864
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