Television in Egypt
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Television in Egypt is mainly received through free satellite, while analog terrestrial represents 41% of total viewers. The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said the average time an Egyptian spends watching television a day is 180 minutes (3 hours), while Egyptian channels recorded 170,000 hours of broadcast in 2019.[1]
Since Egypt launched its first broadcasts in 1960, state-run channels have held a monopoly on terrestrial broadcast.
The state's 23 channels are reported to have, as of 2012, "a small and dwindling viewership".[3]
There are also many private satellite stations. As of 2002, there used to be only two,
In the 1990s, there used to be an Egyptian company called CNE (Cable Network of Egypt) which provided a few foreign pay TV stations broadcast terrestrially over the air (
The overwhelming number of private satellite stations launched during 2008 till 2012 has changed the Egyptian TV production market drastically, lifting the dominant hand of state-run channels off the market. Over 50 TV series[4] have been broadcast annually during Ramadan[5] – Main TV viewership season. Introduction of dubbed TV shows – from Turkey and India mainly- on Egyptian TV channels made the market more competitive.[6] Egyptian TV productions companies started to adapt in efforts to match the foreign offerings which started to dominate the market.[7] Companies like Egyptian Arts Group, El Adl Group and many others started doubling their annual production budgets in efforts to match the foreign TV series offerings in terms of quality of production.
Most viewed channels
Position | Channel | Share of total viewing (%) |
---|---|---|
1 | MBC Masr | 8.4 |
2 | Dream 1 | 7.7 |
3 | Mehwar TV | 7.1 |
4 | MBC 1 | 6.7 |
5 | CBC | 6.1 |
6 | Al-Nahar | 5.7 |
7 | On E | 4.3 |
8 | OSN | 3.8 |
9 | Rotana Masriya |
3.4 |
10 | Al Hayat TV | 3.1 |
11 | TeN TV | 2.7 |
12 | MBC Drama | 2.2 |
13 | DMC | 1.7 |
14 | ERTU 1 |
1.4 |
15 | ART | 1.1 |
16 | Nile TV | 0.6 |
Internet television
In 2012, Core Republic started the first online Television in Egypt named El Gomhoreya TV. It was later renamed to ELGTV.[8][9]
See also
- Arab television drama
- Mass media in Egypt
- List of newspapers in Egypt
- List of magazines in Egypt
- List of radio stations in Egypt
- Telecommunications in Egypt
Notes and references
- ^ "Egyptians watch 180 minutes of TV per day: CAPMAS - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ a b "The media in Egypt: Television wars". The Economist. Dec 17, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" (PDF). 2012. pp. 141–142.
- ^ "Flood of Ramadan TV shows hits Egypt".
- ^ "Race or no race, its Ramadan Anyway".
- ^ "Remon Magar: Egyptian Drama Falling apart because of Turkish Conquer of the Egyptian production market" (in Arabic). 6 March 2013.
- ^ "best performance by Actor in Ramadan season".
- ^ "رسميًا.. الإعلامية ريم ماجد خارج خريطة 'أون تي في' الجديدة". 23 October 2013.
- ^ "بالفيديو.. "بالدليل: الطفل المصرى أذكى طفل في العالم" - المصري اليوم".