TV4 (in , in ), also known as Tamazight TV (in , in ), is the fourth

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n public national television channel. It is part of the

state-owned State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ...

EPTV group, along with TV1, TV2,

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, TV5 and TV6, TV7, TV8 and TV9. It is a channel using the five

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of Algeria which are, by number of speakers, Kabyle,

Shawiya Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa (native form: ''Tacawit'' ), is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people. The language's primary speech area is the Awras Mountains in Eastern Algeria and the surrounding a ...

, Algerian Tuareg, Shenwa and Mozabite.

History

TV4 was launched on 18 March 2009 and started to broadcast its programs on the same day. At launch, it broadcast for only six hours from 5pm to 11pm.

Programming

Sports competitions

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* Algerian League

News programs

* ⵉⵙⴰⵍⴻⵏ 18h (Issalen 18h) , Journal 18h en Tamazight (Six O'clock News in Tamazight)

References

External links

* * {{Television in Algeria Arab mass media Television in Algeria Television channels and stations established in 2009 Television stations in Algeria Berber-language mass media