El Hiwar Et Tounsi ("Tunisian Dialogue") is a
television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's s ...
in
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
.
In March 2015 it was the most widely watched television channel in Tunisia, with a 26.7% market share.
The channel was launched in 2003 by Tahar Ben Hassin, a left-wing émigré in Paris, as an unlicensed satellite station broadcasting political programmes opposed to the
Ben Ali regime. After the
Tunisian Revolution the channel relocated to the
Manouba suburb of Tunis, switching to digital terrestrial broadcast and gradually becoming a mainstream television channel. In 2014 the founder sold the channel to a group of investors headed by Zamel Fehri and Aziz Jemal.
The channel's logo changes color to the sky blue characteristic of Ettounsiya TV, which Fehri transferred to
Slim Riahi
Slim Riahi (; born 1972) is a Tunisian businessman and politician. He was the founder and leader of the Free Patriotic Union (UPL).
Biography
Slim Riahi was born on 13 July 1972 in Bizerte, Tunisia. In 1980, his family went into exile in Libya, ...
.
Notable Productions: Awled Moufida, Denya Okhra
References
External links
Official website
{{Television in Tunisia
Television stations in Tunisia