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Tamazight TV

Tamazight TV

Television channel

Tamazight TV (tifinagh:ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ), also known as Amazigh TV, is a Moroccan public television TV channel, and the first exclusively Tamazight television network.[2][3] It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Arryadia, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV and Laayoune TV.[2] After initial planning in 2006, the channel was launched on 6 January 2010. The channel's objective is to promote and preserve the Amazigh culture in Morocco and in the North Africa region. Programming is in Tachelhit, Tarifit and Central Atlas Tamazight.[3]

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History

The launch of Tamazight TV followed complaints by Amazigh rights organizations regarding the exclusion of Amazigh programming on Moroccan television. A joint statement was issued in 2008; that year, the Moroccan government committed a budget of 500 million dirhams, or about 65 mililon USD, for the network.[3]

The launch was met with mostly positive reception by Amazigh citizens, with a representative of the Amazigh Citizenship Network calling it "a kind of reconciliation with the Amazigh."[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Réception de nos Chaines".
  2. [2]
    "Nos Chaines: Présentation".
  3. [3]
    Vourlias, Christopher (January 25, 2010). "Moroccan minority's net gain". Variety. Vol. 417, no. 10. Penske Business Media, LLC.


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