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{{short description|Maltese news television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = TVM+
| logo = TVM+.png
| logo_caption = Current TVM+ logo (2024–)
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2012|3|8|df=y}}
| owner = [[Public Broadcasting Services]]<br>([[Government of Malta]])
| country = [[Malta]]
| language = [[Maltese language|Maltese]]
| headquarters = [[Gwardamanġa]], [[Malta]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]
| former_names = TVMNews+ (2021–2024)<br>TVM2 (2012–2021)
| replaced = Education 22 (1996–2012)
| sister_channels = {{hlist|[[Television Malta|TVM]]|[[TVMSport+]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.tvmnews.mt/|tvmnews.mt}}
| terr_serv_1 = Free-to-air
| terr_chan_1 = 43 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| terr_serv_2 = [[GO (Malta)|GO]]
| terr_chan_2 = 104
| terr_serv_3 = [[Melita (telecommunications company)|Melita]]
| terr_chan_3 = 104
}}
'''TVM+''' (formerly '''TVMNews+''' and originally '''TVM2''')<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBS announces new station TVMnews+ |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/111216/pbs_announces_new_station_tvm_news#.YWROFHowi70 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=MaltaToday.com.mt |language=en}}</ref> is a [[Terrestrial television|terrestrial]] [[television network]] in [[Malta]], operated by [[Public broadcasting|national broadcaster]] [[Public Broadcasting Services]] that was launched in 2012. Unlike the more wide-ranging [[Television Malta|TVM]] network, TVM+ focuses primarily on newscasting and [[educational television]].
==History==
[[File:TVM News+ logo (2021).png|thumb|Former TVMNews+ logo (2021–2023) which was met with criticism from the general public]]
The network was originally launched as '''Education 22''' (more commonly known as '''E22''') an [[educational television]] service operated by the [[Government of Malta|Maltese government]]'s Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Education 22 Goes digital|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-07-06/news/education-22-goes-digital-295198/|accessdate=11 July 2019|work=[[The Malta Independent]]|date=6 July 2011}}</ref> In March 2012 responsibility for the channel was shifted from the Ministry to the national broadcaster, [[Public Broadcasting Services]] (PBS), and the network began broadcasting as TVM2 on 8 March 2012.<ref name=TOM-launch>{{cite news|title=Education 22 television station becomes TVM2|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/Education-22-television-station-becomes-TVM2.409884|accessdate=11 July 2019|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
Following a restructuring of operations within PBS, as from October 2021 the network has been broadcasting under the name of TVMNews+.
After TVMNews+ was met with criticism due to the name, the channel rebranded as TVM+ in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/tvm-news-channel-no-more-pbs-drop-news-logo.1098276|title=TVM’s news channel to drop 'news' from logo|date=September 19, 2024|website=Times of Malta|accessdate=October 2, 2024}}</ref>
==Programming==
TVM+ primarily airs news and educational programmes, including direct learning programmes on Maltese history and culture as well as coverage of current events.<ref name=TOM-launch/> It also airs a nightly newscast in [[Maltese Sign Language]] for persons who are [[Hearing loss|deaf or hearing impaired]]. It also airs news broadcasting and also an English version. Like TVM, special programmes like football and festivals are sometimes broadcast yearly. <ref>{{cite news|author=Vella, Matthew|title=PBS takes Education 22 in cultural revamp of station|url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/16556/pbs-takes-education-22-in-cultural-revamp-of-station-20120305|accessdate=11 July 2019|work=[[Malta Today]]|date=5 March 2012}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.tvmnews.mt/|name=TVMNews Website}}
* {{Official website|https://tvmi.mt/live/3|name=TVMi Website}}
{{Malta TV}}
{{PBS Malta}}
[[Category:Television stations in Malta]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2012]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Malta]]