Television in

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

has a penetration estimated at 76% for 2011.

History

Television was introduced in Libya in December 1968, when two stations opened at Tripoli and

Benghazi Benghazi () () is the List of cities in Libya, second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Ben ...

. Before the 2011 civil war, there were eight free-to-air satellite channels headquartered in the country, seven of which were owned by the Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation. Libya Radio and Television Corporation (LRTC) has become the successor to the LJBC, and more than 20 stations are said to be broadcasting in the country. Amongst the new independent satellite channels to have launched in 2011, were Al Watan TV, Alassema TV, Libya Al Ahrar TV and Libya Alhurra TV, all of which broadcast news, talk shows and current affairs. The private satellite TV station

Libya al-Ahrar Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to t ...

has been established with assistance from Qatar. Supporters of the former regime own the new Al-Jamahiriya channel (formerly known as "The Green Channel"). Recently 218 TV channel launched based in Amman targeting the Youth in Libya

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Television stations 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 ...