Television in Ethiopia
Television in Ethiopia was introduced in 1962 with the government owned ETV. Color television was introduced in 1984 to commemorate the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia. Ethiopia got its first private Television Broadcaster in 2008 with EBS TV, a US based satellite TV channel mostly focused on infotainment.
Until very recently there was only 1 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 2016 and 2017, more private broadcasters such as the news centered ENN TV and others like LTV Ethiopia, Fana TV, EOTC TV all joined the market. Dimtse Woyane and were launched at the end 2018. 7 million households in Ethiopia has at list one television set and about 55 percent of the population has access to the watch television in there homes. .
History
The National public broadcaster EBC 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. 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.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.
TV stations
Government-Owned Television Stations
Stations | Category | Language |
ETV | General, news | Amharic |
OBN | General, news | Afaan Oromo |
Amhara TV | General, news | Amharic |
Addis TV | General, news | Amharic, Afaan Oromoo |
Tigray TV | General, news | Tigrigna |
Harar TV | General, news | Harari, Afaan Oromoo |
ESTV | General, news | Somali |
Debub TV | General, news | Amharic |
Dire TV | General, news | Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Somali language |
OBN 27 | General, news | Amharic |
Gambela TV | General, news | Amharic |
Digital cable services
Privately owned TV stations
Station | Category | Language |
Africa TV 1 | Islam | Amharic, Afaan Oromo |
Zawya TV | Islam | Amharic |
Nuuralhudaa TV | Islam | Afaan Oromo |
Nesiha TV HD | Islam | Amharic |
Hamiltan TV | Islam | Afaan Oromo |
As-Sunnah TV | Islam | Amharic |
NEW AFRICA Amharic | Islam | Amharic |
NEW AFRICA Oromo | Islam | Afaan Oromo |
tvislaamaa | Islam | Afaan Oromo |
EOTC TV | Ethiopian Orthodox | Amharic |
Christ Army TV | Protestant | Amharic |
Bethel TV | Protestant | Amharic |
Vision TV | Protestant | Amharic |
Holy TV | Protestant | Amharic |
CJ TV | Protestant | Amharic |
Jesus TV | Protestant | Amharic |
El Shaddai Television Network | 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 |
Aleph TV | Ethiopian Orthodox | 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 |
Weekly market share
Source: Kantar-Geopoll Media Measurement for EthiopiaRank | 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% |