Eri-TV

Eri-TV
Country	Eritrea
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Asmara, Eritrea
Programming
Language(s)	Tigrigna, Arabic, Tigre, English
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Public
History
Launched	January 1993; 31 years ago
Links
Website	www.eri.tv

Eri-TV (acronym for Eritrean Television) is an Eritrean state-owned television network. Headquartered in the nation's capital Asmara, it broadcasts 24 hours a day. The station offers around-the-clock news bulletins, talk shows, and propaganda programs. Eri-TV has a large viewership base outside of Eritrea, which the state-run channel acknowledges and utilizes to communicate with Eritreans living abroad. The network has an estimated 1–2 million weekly viewers. Eri-TV recognizes Eritrean Minority Culture and has largely adopted an equal time share between each of the country's spoken languages. Eri-TV is governed and funded by the Eritrean Ministry of Information.

History

Before the independence of Eritrea, Ethiopia's ETV had planned to build a transmitter in Asmara with a tentative opening date scheduled for December 1976, on VHF channel 5 with an ERP of 1kW.^[1] After the referendum that led to its independence, Eri-TV was created in January 1993, with the help of Canadian technicians.^[2] Satellite broadcasts and internet streaming started in 2003 to cater to the Eritrean diaspora.^[3]

Channel

Eri-TV 1

Eri-TV 1 broadcasts internationally via satellite along with its sister radio station, Dimtsi Hafash. Broadcasts on the channel are typically either news, music videos or dramas. It also airs both domestic and international films.

The station broadcasts mostly in Tigrinya, Arabic, Tigre and English. It also airs a few programs in Italian, Amharic and Somali

Eri-TV 2

Eri-TV 2 is the second television channel in Eritrea. It broadcasts only for domestic viewers. it provides mostly educational content. This includes English, mathematics and science programs.^[4]

Eri-TV 3

Eri-TV 3 is the third channel in Eritrea. It broadcasts national and international sports news.

Leadership

Following the Eritrean War of Independence, Seyoum Tsehaye, Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) member and war journalist became the first head of Eri-TV. He was arrested in 2001 after publishing a statement in favour of democracy.^[5]

References

^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1099. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Lanham (Md.)/London: The Scarecrow Press. p. 535. ISBN 0-8108-3437-5.
^ Eri TV on Satellite, The Mouse That Roars, chapter 3.
^ ERI-TV Live: Eritrea TV, retrieved 2022-02-22
^ Marinovich, Greg (2015-12-02). "Tales of an Eritrean fighter-photographer". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-03-07.

External links

Official website

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[tvfactbook-1] "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1099. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[2] Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Lanham (Md.)/London: The Scarecrow Press. p. 535. ISBN 0-8108-3437-5.

[3] Eri TV on Satellite, The Mouse That Roars, chapter 3.

[4] ERI-TV Live: Eritrea TV, retrieved 2022-02-22

[AJE_Vanessa_Berhe-5] Marinovich, Greg (2015-12-02). "Tales of an Eritrean fighter-photographer". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-03-07.

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