Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation

Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation
ኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬሽን
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
Ethiopia
AvailabilityWorldwide
FoundedRadio: 1935; 89 years ago (1935)
Television: 1962; 62 years ago (1962)[1]
  • ETV News: 14%
  • ETV Entertainment: 7%
  • ETV Languages: < 1%
  • ETV Sports:<1
Licence area
Africa
HeadquartersAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Broadcast area
Worldwide
AreaEthiopia
OwnerEthiopian government
Launch date
2 November 1964; 60 years ago (1964-11-02)[2]
Former names
  • ERTA (1935–1938)
Official website
www.ebc.et

The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC; Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬሽን, romanized: ītiyop’iya birodikasitīnigi koriporēshini), now rebranded as ETV (stylized in all lowercase), is an Ethiopian government-owned public service broadcaster.[3] It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is the country's oldest and largest broadcaster.[4]

EBC was established by order of Emperor Haile Selassie and initially operated by Thomson, a British firm. It is fully owned by the Ethiopian government. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment. The majority of the programming is broadcast in Amharic, official languages of Ethiopia.[5] Some news segments are broadcast in other languages, such as Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Afar, and English.[6]

EBC has entertainment programs like Ethiopian Idol, which features similar content to American talent show American Idol. In recent years, ETV has transmitted a few matches a week from European Football Leagues (Spanish La Liga and English Premier League), plus some international matches. EBC transmits its programmes on 4 satellite stations.

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  2. ^ "Political History of Ethiopian Broadcast Media (1931- 2 2020) in the Case of Ethiopian Broadcast Corporation 3 (EBC) Development Review". 22. 2021-08-19: 5. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Ethiopia frees more top opposition leaders from prison". Reuters. January 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "EBC". BCE. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  5. ^ Shaban, Abdurahman. "One to five: Ethiopia gets four new federal working languages". Africa News.
  6. ^ Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, ERTA website (accessed 24 May 2009)