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The company had to split into two separate entities, EBS Television Ethiopia Plc and EBS Television Global, in order to get the local broadcasting permit. [5] As of April 2018 EBS is prepared a live transmission studios for the news and sports programs at its current headquarters located on Bawa Building, around Unity University in Gerji. [5]
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]
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.
Satellite television has been very popular in Ethiopia for many years, with people often watching foreign channels in English and Arabic due to the lack of choice in the Ethiopian television industry. For many years, the only private satellite channel in Ethiopia was EBS TV (established in 2008).
Seifu on EBS is an Ethiopian late-night talk show airing each Sunday at 9:00 p.m. in Ethiopian Time on EBS TV. The hour and a half long show premiered on 24 October 2013, [1] and is hosted by comedian and radio host Seifu Fantahun. Modeled after the traditional late-night talk shows of the U.S., the show incorporates the use of comedy bits ...
Meshesha began his career as a reporter for the Ethiopian Herald, where he covered various topics. Later, he joined FM Radio 97.1 Irie Music at 2:00 PM, and became the most famous radio host and personality. Asfaw then moved to EBS TV, a first private television network in Ethiopia.
Kana TV is the most popular TV channel in Ethiopia. [352] It is mainly known for dubbing foreign content into Amharic. Over several decades, the state television has served as the major mass media until in the late 2000s, when EBS TV launched as the first private television channel. Moreover, numerous private channels were commenced in 2016 ...
Ethiosat (Amharic: ኢትዮሳት) is an Ethiopian communication satellite platform launched by the Information Network Security Agency (INSA) on 21 April 2017. The satellite hosts SES's NSS-12 satellite at 57 degrees East and provides 30 television channels for Ethiopian audience, the 12 are transmitted via high-definition standard.