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{{short description|State-owned television network of Eritrea}}
{{primary sources |date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name           = Eri-TV
| logo_size      = 160px
| logo           = EritTV Logo.png
| launch_date    = {{start date and age|January 1993|df=y}}
| owner          = [[Eritrean government|Public]]
| area           = Worldwide
| language       = [[Tigrigna language|Tigrigna]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Tigre language|Tigre]], [[English language|English]]
| picture_format = [[4:3]] ([[576i]], [[SDTV]])
| country        = [[Eritrea]]
| headquarters   = [[Asmara]], Eritrea
| former_names   =
| website        = {{URL|http://www.eri.tv}}
| terr_serv_1    =
| terr_chan_1    =
}}
'''Eri-TV''' (acronym for '''Eritrean Television''') is an [[Eritrea]]n state-owned television network. Headquartered in the nation's capital [[Asmara]], it broadcasts 24 hours a day. The station offers around-the-clock news bulletins, talk shows, and propaganda programs. Eri-TV has a large viewership base outside of Eritrea, which the state-run channel acknowledges and utilizes to communicate with Eritreans living abroad. The network has an estimated 1–2 million weekly viewers. Eri-TV recognizes Eritrean Minority Culture and has largely adopted an equal time share between each of the country's spoken languages. Eri-TV is governed and funded by the Eritrean Ministry of Information.
==History==
Before the independence of Eritrea, Ethiopia's ETV had planned to build a transmitter in [[Asmara]] with a tentative opening date scheduled for December 1976, on VHF channel 5 with an ERP of 1kW.<ref name=tvfactbook>{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977-TV-Factbook/1977-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television Factbook |date=1977 |accessdate=31 March 2021 |page=1099 }}</ref> After the referendum that led to its independence, Eri-TV was created in January 1993, with the help of [[Canada|Canadian]] technicians.<ref>{{Cite book| language=en| first=Tom| last=Killion| title=Historical Dictionary of Eritrea| publisher=The Scarecrow Press| location=Lanham (Md.)/London| year=1998| pages=535| isbn=0-8108-3437-5}}</ref> Satellite broadcasts and internet streaming started in 2003 to cater to the [[Eritrean diaspora]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=TC2OBAAAQBAJ&dq=eri+tv+on+satellite+2003&pg=PA108 ''Eri TV on Satellite''], ''The Mouse That Roars'', chapter 3.</ref>
== Channel ==
=== Eri-TV 1 ===
Eri-TV 1 broadcasts internationally via satellite along with its sister radio station, [[Dimtsi Hafash]]. Broadcasts on the channel are typically either news, music videos or dramas. It also airs both domestic and international films.
The station broadcasts mostly in [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Tigre language|Tigre]] and [[English language|English]]. It also airs a few programs in [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Amharic language|Amharic]] and [[Somali language|Somali]]
=== Eri-TV 2 ===
Eri-TV 2 is the second television channel in Eritrea. It broadcasts only for domestic viewers. it provides mostly educational content. This includes English, mathematics and science programs.<ref>{{Citation|title=ERI-TV Live: Eritrea TV|url=http://www.eri.tv/|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref>
=== Eri-TV 3 ===
Eri-TV 3 is the third channel in Eritrea. It broadcasts national and international sports news.
== Leadership ==
Following the [[Eritrean War of Independence]], [[Seyoum Tsehaye]], [[Eritrean People's Liberation Front]] (EPLF) member and war journalist became the first head of Eri-TV. He was arrested in 2001 after publishing a statement in favour of [[democracy]].<ref name="AJE_Vanessa_Berhe" />
== See also ==
*[[Media of Eritrea]]
== References ==
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<ref name="AJE_Vanessa_Berhe">{{cite news | last1= Marinovich | first1= Greg | title= Tales of an Eritrean fighter-photographer | date= 2015-12-02 |newspaper= [[Al Jazeera English]] | url= https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/12/2/tales-of-an-eritrean-fighter-photographer |access-date= 2021-03-07 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210311183029/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/12/2/tales-of-an-eritrean-fighter-photographer |archive-date= 2021-03-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
== External links ==
* {{official site|www.eri.tv}}
[[Category:Television channels in Eritrea]]
[[Category:State media]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1993]]
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