2M TV

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2M TV is a Moroccan TV service established by the largest Moroccan economic conglomerate ONA before being sold to the Moroccan state. It is based in Casablanca. It is available, free to air on Globecast satellite, with coverage over all Morocco.

2M offers services in both Arabic and French.

1 Background
2 Content
3 2M in Figures
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Background

2M was set up with the aim of endowing the Moroccan audio-visual scenery with a second tv channel in order to promote competition and diversify the offer.

2M started its programs officially on March 4, 1989. It used to be a cable channel and used to broadcast two times a day uncoded. After 7 years of activity, SOREAD (ONA group), the major shareholder, withdrew from the management of this TV channel due to some financial reasons. The Moroccan state signed the concession and took over the control of 2M with a participation in 68% in its capital. This takeover was supported by a vast program to develop the audio-visual sector.

Radio 2M is the companion radio channel to 2M, presenting music, news, and information direct from Morocco in Arabic and French.

[edit] Content

2M challenged taboos by debating controversial issues and established a reputation for itself as a symbol of freedom of speech in Morocco. The channel regularly broadcasts news, films, sports and music. Still it's a public TV station and has close ties with the political power and the Makhzen, it has been recently used as an indirect mean to attack independent newspapers as Le Journal. 2M has two different channels: a satellite channel for which the logo is posted above and a local channel. Both have the same shows but are aired at different times. The satellite 2M was created mainly for Moroccans living in France and other European countries.