Television in Mauritania


Television in Mauritania was introduced in 1980 with experimental broadcasts, with regular broadcasts starting in 1982.
Télédiffusion de Mauritanie offers private and public channels through satellite television in the Arabsat satellites Badr-4 and Arabsat-5C. There is also easy access to pan-Arab and European satellite television.

History

Television in Mauritania started as a project in 1980, with regular broadcasts starting with the Office of Radio and Television of Mauritania in 1982, broadcasting news bulletins and other programming. On 10 July 1984, television in Mauritania as a whole began to appear as autonomous due to Iraqi aid, as it began broadcasting from its own studios, independent from its radio counterpart.
Mass media in Mauritania was a state monopoly until a law liberalising the audiovisual space in the country passed in the National Assembly on 2 July 2010, with the first private media being authorised by the High Authority for Press and Audiovisual on 23 August 2011.

Main channels

This is a list of TV channels based in Mauritania.
ChannelCategoryOwned byLaunchedHD
El MouritaniyaGeneralisticTelevision of Mauritania10 July 1984
El Mouritaniya 2GeneralisticTelevision of Mauritania13 October 2007
El MahadraReligious programmingRadio Mauritania2 March 2014
ArriadiaSports programmingTelevision of Mauritania28 November 2017
AthagaviaCultural programmingTelevision of Mauritania1 December 2017
Al BarlemaniaParliamentTelevision of Mauritania/National Assembly1 May 2019
El MourabitounGeneralisticEl Mourabitoun24 August 2011
Sahel TVGeneralisticSahel TV24 August 2011
Chinguit TVGeneralisticChinguit TV24 August 2011
El WataniyaGeneralisticEl Wataniya TV24 August 2011
DAVA TVGeneralisticDAVA TV1 January 2021
El Medina TVGeneralisticEl Medina TV3 December 2021
El Oussra TVFamily programmingMinister of Social Action, Children and Families9 March 2023
Ghimem TVGeneralisticIndependent Channel of Mauritania12 May 2024
Sahara 24News programmingSaharaMedias10 June 2024