Radio Televisão da Guiné-Bissau
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| TV station ( public broadcasting ) | |
| Program type | Full program |
| reception | analog terrestrial & satellite |
| Image resolution | ( Entry missing ) |
| Start of transmission | 1973 |
| owner | State Broadcasting |
| executive Director | Francelino Cunha |
| List of TV channels | |
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Radio Televisão da Guiné-Bissau ( TGB for short , formerly RTGB ) is the public television broadcaster of Guinea-Bissau .
The station was founded after the unilaterally declared independence from Portugal in 1973. Since then, however, he has only broadcast in phases and with interruptions. Even today, its range does not extend to the entire national territory.
The television station, which had been suspended in the meantime, only resumed operations in 2010 after technical cooperation and financial support from Angola . The analog devices were from 1988, so the broadcaster was not even able to broadcast the free programs of other Portuguese-speaking broadcasters, as these are delivered in digital form. The financial problems result on the one hand from the lack of government grants, which are required for more urgent public tasks, and on the other hand from the very poor advertising income, which only covers a very small fraction of the most necessary production costs.
In 2013, the TGB launched a new website in order to be able to offer its program there and also to reach the emigrated compatriots. In addition, the station hopes to work with media groups from friendly nations to help it start operations again. The expectation of being able to broadcast again in this way by the beginning of 2014 has not yet been fulfilled, and the website had to be suspended again.
Web links
- Official website of the broadcaster (launched in 2013, temporarily suspended)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article of December 13, 2010 of the news portal Novas da Guiné-Bissau , accessed on December 27, 2014
- ↑ Article of October 21, 2010 on the Guinea-Bissau blog www.eduacastro.wordpress.com, accessed on December 27, 2014
- ↑ a b Article from May 2, 2013 on the Guinea-Bissau media blog www.guinebissaudocs.wordpress.com, accessed on December 27, 2014