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ESAT was established on April 24, 2010 by a group of leading exiled journalists, most of whom were jailed, tortured or forced into exile, to provide accurate, objective and balanced news, analysis and information, perspective as well as entertainment, talk shows, documentaries, sports and cultural programming pertaining to Ethiopia and the rest of the world.
A government-run news agency, now called the Ethiopian News Agency, ran from 1942 to 1947, and then was relaunched in 1954. Early twenty-first century Ethiopian newspapers can be broadly divided into two categories, Ethiopia based and diaspora based, with the majority of the diaspora-based ones being digital-only newspapers.
Ethiopian Herald [1] Addis Ababa: 1943 Ethiopian Press Agency (government) English Ethiopian Gazette [3] Toronto: 2018 AMG Brands Network English ethiopiangazette.com: Feteh: 2008–2012 [4] closed; chief editor Temesgen Desalegn arrested [5] The Reporter (Ethiopian Reporter) [6] Addis Ababa: 1995 [7] Media Communications Centre Amharic ...
In 2016 and 2017, more private broadcasters such as the news centered ENN TV and others like LTV Ethiopia, Kana TV, EOTC TV all joined the market. Dimtsi Weyane and were launched at the end 2018. 7 million households in Ethiopia has at least one television set and about 55 percent of the population has access to the watch television in their homes.
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.
The "Oromo first” movement later grew into a political campaign, raising funds to establish the satellite TV station, launched 2013, along with Facebook and Twitter accounts using the brand Oromia Media Network (OMN). [3] During the launch, Jawar Mohammed was appointed as an Executive Director. OMN was inaugurated on 1 March 2014.
#Time – a locally produced entertainment show featuring the latest music and popular trends. Hosted by presenter Danayit Mekbebe. [1]#Mindin – a local production talk show that present informative current content - local and international news, trends etc. Hosted by presenters Mikias, Kaleab and Melat.
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.