Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation

The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) is an Ethiopian public service broadcaster. It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and it is the country's oldest and largest broadcaster.

Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
Ethiopia
AvailabilityWorldwide
FoundedRadio - 1935
Television - 1964[1]
SloganThe Voice of Diversity
ETV News HD: 14%

ETV Entertainment HD: 7%

ETV Languages HD: < 1%

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Licence area
Africa
Broadcast area
Worldwide
AreaEthiopia
OwnerEthiopian Government
Launch date
November 1964
Former names
ERTA
ETV News HD
News and documentaries
ETV Entertainment HD
Entertainment
ETV Language HD
Programs with various languages
ETV Sports UHD
Sports
ETV East HD
Eastern news
ETV West HD
Western news
ETV North HD
Northern news
Official website
www.ebc.et

EBC was established by the order of Emperor Haile Selassie and initially operated by a British firm, Thomson. It's 100% owned by the Ethiopian government. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment. A majority of the programming is broadcast in Amharic, the official federal language of the government of Ethiopia. In addition, some news segments are broadcast in other languages such as Afaan Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Qafaraf, Harari, as well as English.[2]

EBC has entertainment programs like Ethiopian Idol, which features similar content to American talent show American Idol. In recent years, ETV has transmitted a few matches per week from some European Football Leagues (Spanish La Liga and English Premier League), plus some international matches. EBC transmits its programmes on 4 satellite stations.

History

Ethiopian Television was initially established during Haile Selassie reign era with assistance from the British firm, Thomson. It was created to highlight the Organization of African Unity (OAU) meeting that took place in Addis Ababa that same year. Color television broadcast began in 1984 in commemoration of the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE).[3] The current structure and goals of were established 1987 with Proclamation 114/87.[2] In 2014, the channel changed its name from ETV to EBC, also changing its logo in the process. In 2015, EBC and other regional channels upgraded their news studios with more modern equipment. In March 2018, EBC's logo was transferred to etv and made a new transmission of frequency and sister's channel contents and its now broadcasting on Ethiosat and Nilesat.

TV channels

ETV News HD

ETV News (etv ዜና) is the main news channel with 24 hours coverage, with content on culture, politics, documentaries, and economy. Broadcast mostly in Amharic with the exception of some news segments which are broadcast in other languages. ETV News (etv ዜና) is the main news channel with 24 hours coverage, with content on culture, politics, documentaries, and economy. Broadcast mostly in Amharic with the exception of some news segments which are broadcast in other languages.

ETV Languages HD

ETV Languages is a channel which focuses on news in the varied languages of Ethiopia along with 3 international languages.

ETV Entertainment HD

ETV Entertainment (ETV መዝናኛ) is a channel which focuses on dramas, as well as lifestyle programming. The channel is most known for broadcasting Ethiopian first family sitcom, Betoch. This channel also airs a lot of popular foreign content including soap operas and Hollywood films.

ETV Sport UHD

ETV Sport only focuses on sport related activities like English Primere League, European leagues and Ethiopian Leagues and many other sports game in the world.

ETV East HD

ETV East is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in eastern parts of Ethiopia.

ETV West HD

ETV West is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in western parts of Ethiopia.

ETV North HD

ETV North is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in northern parts of Ethiopia.

ETV South HD

ETV South is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in southern parts of Ethiopia.

ETV representative HD

ETV representative is a channel that focuses on Parliament news and live stream.

Radio stations
  • Fana FM 90.0
  • Awash FM 90.7
  • Debub FM 91.6
  • Ethiopian National Radio 93.1
  • Ahadu FM 94.3
  • FM Addis 97.1
  • Civil Services FM 100.5
  • Bisrat FM 101.1
  • Sheger FM 102.1
  • Tsedey FM 102.9
  • EBC FM 104.7
  • Ethio FM 107.8

Ethiopian government-owned media organizations

References
  1. "EBC Zena about". Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, ERTA website (accessed 24 May 2009)
  3. African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia, p. 20 (accessed 24 May 2009)
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