Is the ethiopian television have the broadcasting station in the country?”
Ethiopian Television is an Ethiopian government-owned television channel. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment. It airs in three Ethiopian languages which are Amharic, Oromigna and Tigrinya, and also in English. It was established in 1964 with assistance from the British firm, Thomson. Color television broadcast began in 1982 in commemoration of the founding of Workers’ Party of Ethiopia. ETV transmits its programs on 4 satellite stations.
The ruling party fully controlled all electronic media, including the Ethiopian Television (ETV), the only national television broadcasting station in the country, until the end of 2007, although there have been a lot of entrepreneurs who expressed their interests as soon as the press declaration was issue in 1992 to participate in the sector. Only two FM radios were given licenses in 2007, after waiting for the minimum of seven years to the maximum of twelve years. Also, the ruling party closed the Afan Oromo Desk of ETV in 2008 for purely political reasons. By doing so, it stripped fifty to fifty-five million Afan Oromo speakers (including non-Oromos) of their right to obtain information, to learn about decisions that are made and policies that are passed under their name. Protests by the beneficiary audiences and the employees as well as MP’s from concerned constituencies fell on deaf ears.
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