The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation is an Ethiopian public service broadcaster. It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and it is the country's oldest and largest broadcaster. EBC was established by the order of Emperor Haile Selassie and initially operated by a British firm, Thomson. It's 100% owned by the Ethiopian government. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment. A majority of the programming is broadcast in Amharic, the official federal language of the government of Ethiopia. In addition, some news segments are broadcast in other languages such as Afaan Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Qafaraf, Harari, as well as English. EBC has entertainment programs like Ethiopian Idol, which features similar content to American talent showAmerican Idol. In recent years, ETV has transmitted a few matches per week from some European Football Leagues, plus some international matches. EBC transmits its programmes on 4 satellite stations.
History
Ethiopian Television was initially established during Haile Selassie reign era with assistance from the British firm, Thomson. It was created to highlight the Organization of African Unity meeting that took place in Addis Ababa that same year. Color television broadcast began in 1984 in commemoration of the founding of Workers' Party of Ethiopia. The current structure and goals of were established 1987 with Proclamation 114/87. In 2014, the channel changed its name from ETV to EBC, also changing its logo in the process. In 2015, EBC and other regional channels upgraded their news studios with more modern equipment. In March 2018, EBC's logo was transferred to etv and made a new transmission of frequency and sister's channel contents and its now broadcasting on Ethiosat and Nilesat.
TV channels
ETV News HD
ETV News is the main news channel with 24 hours coverage, with content on culture, politics, documentaries, and economy. Broadcast mostly in Amharic with the exception of some news segments which are broadcast in other languages. ETV News is the main news channel with 24 hours coverage, with content on culture, politics, documentaries, and economy. Broadcast mostly in Amharic with the exception of some news segments which are broadcast in other languages.
ETV Languages HD
ETV Languages is a channel which focuses on news in the varied languages of Ethiopia along with 3 international languages.
ETV Entertainment HD
ETV Entertainment is a channel which focuses on dramas, as well as lifestyle programming. The channel is most known for broadcasting Ethiopian first family sitcom, Betoch. This channel also airs a lot of popular foreign content including soap operas and Hollywood films.
ETV Sport UHD
ETV Sport only focuses on sport related activities like English Primere League, European leagues and Ethiopian Leagues and many other sports game in the world.
ETV East HD
ETV East is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in eastern parts of Ethiopia.
ETV West HD
ETV West is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in western parts of Ethiopia.
ETV North HD
ETV North is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in northern parts of Ethiopia.
ETV South HD
ETV South is a channel that focuses news, sports, entertainment and documentary for viewers in southern parts of Ethiopia.
ETV representative HD
ETV representative is a channel that focuses on Parliament news and live stream.
