Today, 13 private and public satellite TV channels are on air, of which five of them were licensed this year with Walta and ENN televisions airing programmes already while Fana TV is on transmission test. But this has not been the case so far, believes Dr. Teshager Shiferaw Journalism Lecturer at Addis Ababa University. The increasing number of the TV channels would create various media choices that help the public to get its preference, agrees Dr. Teshager. On the other hand the contents of some TV channels are far cry from the Ethiopian context such as culture and politics, he notes. Even if he is not fond of watching TV channels, he believes the content of some media houses are of superficial.

Source: Ethiopian News August 10, 2017 09:45 UTC