Television in Ethiopia was introduced in 1962 with the government owned ETV. Color television started in 1979 on an experiment basis with regular transmissions starting in 1984 to commemorate the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE).[1] Ethiopia got its first private television broadcaster in 2008 with EBS TV, a US based satellite TV channel mostly focused on infotainment.

The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation headquarter in 2008

Until very recently there was only one private station with most of the stations being state owned. However, emphasis on liberalization of the TV market eventually led to a wave of privately owned stations coming about recent years. In 2014 the Oromo diaspora launched the one and only television; Oromia Media Network, based in US OMN. In 2016 and 2017, more private broadcasters such as the news centered ENN TV and others like LTV Ethiopia, Kana TV, EOTC TV all joined the market. Dimtsi Weyane and were launched at the end 2018. 7 million households in Ethiopia has at least one television set and about 55 percent of the population has access to the watch television in their homes.[2]

History

The national public broadcaster EBC (formerly ERTA) started broadcasting in 1962 as the first television station in Ethiopia. In the last couple of the decades the broadcaster had opened multiple regional stations and channels broadcasting in various languages.[3] Privatization of the television industry was a slow process with the first privately run broadcaster, EBS TV, launching in 2008. However, 2016 and 2017 saw a wave of private station entering the market including what became the most popular channel, Kana TV, to increase the total number of private station's in Ethiopia to 45.[2]

In 2016 the government of Ethiopia announced it would be transition the country from analog to digital platform. The American company GatesAir won the contract for the project that will take 5–10 years to fully complete.[4]

TV stations

Government-owned television stations

Stations Category Language
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) General, news Amharic
Oromia Broadcasting Network (OBN) General, news Afaan Oromoo
Amhara Media Corporation General, news Amharic
Addis TV General, news Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, English
Tigray TV General, news Tigrigna
Harari TV General, news Harari, Afaan Oromoo
SRTV General, news Somali
Debub TV General, news Amharic
Dire TV General, news Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Somali language
Gambela TV General, news Amharic
Afar TV General, news Afar
Wolaita TV General,news Amharic,English and Wolaitta
Benishangul Gumuz Media (BGM) General,news Benishangul and Amharic

Digital cable services

Provider Category Language
DStv (South Africa) General Amharic, English
Webspirx IPTV (Ethiopia) General Amharic
CANAL+ (France) General Amharic, English

Privately owned TV stations

Station Category Language
A Plus TV Entertainment Amharic
Kana TV General Entertainment Amharic
Nabad TV News, Entertainment Somali
LTV Ethiopia Culture Amharic
EBS TV News and Entertainment Amharic
YA TV News and Entertainment Amharic
ENN TV News Amharic
JTV Ethiopia News and Entertainment Amharic
Nahoo TV News and entertainment Amharic
Walta TV News Amharic
Fana TV News Amharic
Aleph TV General entertainment Amharic
Afrihealth TV Health Amharic
ARTS TV News

Entertainment

Amharic
DW TV General

News

Tigrigna
Bisrat TV General entertainment Amharic
Asham TV News, entertainment Amharic
AHADU TV News entertainment Amharic
Asrat General

News

Amharic
ESAT General news Amharic
Balageru TV General Entertainment Amharic
ABN TV News, entertainment Amharic
Ye Ethiopia Lijoch TV Children's channel Amharic
TV 9 Ethio News Entertainment Amharic
SMN General News Sidamian
TMH TV General News Tigrigna
OBS TV General entertainment Afaan Oromoo
OMN News Entertainment Afaan Oromoo
FIB News Entertainment Afaan Oromoo
ONN Politics Afaan Oromoo
NBC ETHIOPIA Entertainment Amharic
Channel 29 News and entertainment Tigrigna
Zee Alem Indian entertainment Amharic
Abol TV entertainment Amharic
Hagerie TV News and entertainment Amharic
Yegna TV News and entertainment Amharic
Abbay Media TV News and entertainment Amharic and Afaan Oromo

Religious broadcasters

Station Category Language
Africa TV 1 Islam Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrigna
Zawya TV Islam Amharic
Nuuralhudaa TV Islam Afaan Oromo
NesihaSasikumarTV HD Islam Amharic, Tigrigna, Afar, Somali, Silte, Guragigna, Hadiya, Afaan Oromo, Welene, Kebenna
Hamiltan TV Islam Afaan Oromo
As-Sunnah TV Islam Amharic, Harari, Silte
tvislaamaa Islam Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Tigrigna, English
Harima Tv Islam Amharic
BST (Bilal Satellite Television) Islam Amharic
Minber TV Islam Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Somali
Daewa Tv Islam Amharic
Yebereka Lejoch Tv Islam Amharic
Nuur TV Islam Afaan Oromo
EOTC TV Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
EOTC MK Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrigna
Aleph TV Ethiopian Orthodox Amharic
OCN Ethiopian Orthodox Afaan Oromo
Christ Army TV Protestant Amharic
Bethel TV Protestant Amharic
Vision TV Protestant Amharic
JPS TV Protestant Amharic
JSL TV Protestant Amharic
Holy TV Protestant Amharic
CJ TV Protestant Amharic
Jesus TV Protestant Amharic
El Shaddai Television Network (ETN HD) Protestant Amharic
Presence TV Protestant Amharic
Elhori TV Protestant Amharic
Elohi TV Protestant Amharic
MO'A TV HD Protestant Afaan Oromo
Arara TV Protestant Afaan Oromo
GMM TV ethiopia Protestant Amharic
Anointing TV Protestant Amharic
Christ Mission Protestant Amharic
Holy Sprit TV Protestant Amharic
Marcil TV Protestant Amharic
Evangelical TV HD Protestant Amharic
Glory TV ETH Protestant Amharic
Fover TV Protestant Amharic
WW TV Protestant Amharic
7 Spirit TV Protestant Amharic
Rehobot TV HD Protestant Amharic
CC TV Ethiopia Protestant Amharic
IFtiin TV Protestant Amharic
LJ TV Worldwide Protestant Amharic
Hope Channel Ethiopia Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Afan Oromo,Amharic, Tigrigna

Weekly market share

Source: Kantar-Geopoll Media Measurement for Ethiopia (March 2017)[5]

Rank Channel Parent Company Market Share
1 Kana TV Moby Group 34%
2 EBC 1 Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp. 18%
3 EBS TV EBS 16%
4 JTV Ethiopia JTV 10%
5 ETV Meznagna Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp. 5%
6 Nahoo TV Nahoo LLC 4%
7 CNN Turner 3%
8 Ethiopia today Ethiopian Government 3%
9 BBC Amharic British Government 3%
10 Other --- 4%

Top 10 programs (March 2017)

Rank Program Channel TV Rating
1 Zalim Istanbul / ሽሚያ "Shimya" Kana TV 15.2*
2 Cennet'in Gözyaşları / ያልታበሰ እንባ "Yaltabese Emba" Kana TV 14.6*
3 Siyah Beyaz Aşk / ድርና ማግ "Dir Ena Mag" Kana TV 14.0*
4 Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir / ስበት "Sibet" Kana TV 13.9*
5 Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki / ማዕበል "Maebel" Kana TV 13.6*
6 #Time / #ጊዜ "#Time" Kana TV 12.5*
7 Kadın (TV series) / ያልተፈታ ህልም "Yaltefeta Hilm" Kana TV 11.35*
8 Kayıp / ፍርደኞቹ "Firdegnochu" Kana TV 11.0*
9 Seifu on EBS ሰይፉ በ ኢቢኤስ "Seifu On EBS" EBS TV 10.96*
10 Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation / "EBC News" EBC 10.5*

See also

References

  1. African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia, p. 20 (accessed 24 May 2009)
  2. 1 2 Jemaneh, Yohanes (10 August 2017). "TV Channels – Growing in Number, Less in Content". All Africa.
  3. Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency Archived 30 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine, ERTA website (accessed 24 May 2009)
  4. "GatesAir Wins National Digital TV Transition Project in Ethiopia". GatesAir. 8 March 2016.
  5. "Media Industry News". Kana Newsletter. 20 March 2017.
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