Public Establishment of Television

Coordinates: 36°44′53″N 3°03′04″E / 36.74806°N 3.05111°E / 36.74806; 3.05111

Établissement public de télévision (EPTV)
Formerly called
 National Establishment of Television (ENTV, 1986–1991)
Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC)
Industry Television
Predecessor Algerian Radio and Television Broadcasting (RTA, 1962–1986)
Founded
  • October 28, 1962 (1962-10-28) (as RTA)
  • July 1, 1986 (1986-07-01) (as ENTV)
  • April 24, 1991 (1991-04-24) (as EPTV)
Headquarters 21 Martyrs Boulevard, PB 148 El Mouradia, Algiers, Algeria
Areas served
Key people

Directors-general:

  • Abdou Benziane (1990–1992, 1993–1994)
  • Habib Chawki Hamraoui (1998–2008)
  • Abdelkader Leulmi (2008–2012)
  • Tewfik Khelladi (2012–present)
Services
Owner Government of Algeria
Parent Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (1956–1962)
Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusion sonore (1962–present)
Divisions See complete list
Subsidiaries
Standard Arabic
Abjad المُؤٙسّٙسٙة العُمُومِيّٙة لِلتِّلِفِزْيُون
Romanization Al-Mu’assasa al-‘Umūmiyya li-t-Tilivizyūn
French
French Établissement public de télévision
Audio
Acronym EPTV
Website www.entv.dz

Public Establishment of Television (Arabic: المؤسّسة العمومية للتلفزيون‎‎, French: Établissement public de télévision  French pronunciation), abbreviated as EPTV, is a state-owned company that manages the activity of television in Algeria, going from production to broadcasting.

It is the oldest broadcasting service in the country. It currently operates an eponymous television network Télévision Algérienne, four television channels – Canal Algérie, A3, Channel 4 and Coran TV, and one channel for technical tests – EPTV Feed.

EPTV is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU). It is also a shareholder in Euronews SA.

Télévision Algérienne

Algerian Television (in Arabic: التلفزيون الجزائري‎‎, in French: Télévision Algérienne), is the first Algerian general public network of Public Establishment of Television group (EPTV in French), has started to broadcast its programs on 24 December 1956 during the French colonial period in Algeria. It is one of the most important television channels in Algeria. It produces entertainment and variety programs, in addition to several Algerian series and films.

Canal Algérie

EPTV was the only television channel until 1994, when French-speaking Canal Algérie was created.
Canal Algérie is available in Europe on Eutelsat[1] satellite service (Hotbird and Astra).
It is also available on French Numericable and Monaco MC Cable cable television services.

Algérie 3

On 5 July 2001, EPTV launched a new Arabic language channel for the Arab world to give an institutional image of Algeria. On 28 October 2015, the channel has started broadcasting its programs in HD.[2]

Tamazight TV (channel4)

On March 17, 2009, EPTV launched a new Berber language channel called TV Tamazight, also referred to as Algérie 4.[3] The channel offers programs in Kabyle, Chaoui, Tumzabt, Chenoui and Tuareg.[4]

Coran TV 5

Further reading

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.eutelsat.com/products/pdf/tvlineup.pdf
  2. ↑ "La télévision publique A3 passe en HD". L'Expression. Amira Soltane. December 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lancement des chaînes IV (tamazight) et V (Coran)
  4. ↑ Lancement de la chaîne de télévision en langue amazigh
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