Television Malawi (TVM), founded in 1999, is a public broadcaster run by the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in Blantyre, Malawi. The station transmits its signal throughout the country via satellite.[1][2]

History

The Malawi Congress Party government was against the introduction of television in Malawi. In 1996, the idea was first mooteed following a change of political power to the United Democratic Front. The government appointed the Malawi Post and Telecommunications Corporation with assistance from Malaysian private channel TV3 and later the Malawi Development Corporation.[3][4][5]

Following a series of delays, Television Malawi opened on 1 April 1999, in time for that year's elections. Extensive coverage of the campaign was carried.[3] Initially the station had limited reach in Lilongwe and Blantyre, for a mere few thousand viewers, with the long-term aim at extending its reach nationwide and attaining as much as 40,000 viewers.[3]

In 2000, 80% of the programming consisted of relays from BET International, Worldnet and TVAfrica. The government was planning the introduction of a television license fee effective January 2001. At the time, the country had little more than 50,000 television sets, for 300,000 viewers.[6]

On July 1, 2011, TVM and MBC merged.[2] On February 19, 2013, Television Malawi started broadcasting on DStv channel 295.

References

  1. ↑ "Malawi profile - Media". BBC News. 6 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/33536458/Journalism_in_Malawi_-_history__progress__and_prospects.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1494283115&Signature=qnhChHcL5orfFz2tCW8vEP2cS2Q%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3DJournalism_in_Malawi_History_Progress_an.pdf>
  3. 1 2 3 "At the Crossroads: Freedom of Expression in Malawi" (PDF). Article 19. March 2000. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ↑ The Independent (Malawi), 19 July 1996
  5. ↑ The Weekend Nation, 16-17 May 1998
  6. ↑ "TV Malawi sera financée par ses spectateurs". Afrik.com. 18 November 2000. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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