Towards Evidence-based ICT Policy and Regulation
The television services supply market consists of ten television channels of which seven broadcast
conventionally and three broadcast in Microwave Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS).
Table 5: Distribution of television channels present on the market.
Nr
Channel Name
Town where
Transmitter is
Installed
Frequency Assigned
(Mhz)
CONVENTIONAL BROADCASTING TELEVISION
1
CANAL 3
Abomey-Calavi
642
2
GOLF TV
Cotonou
610
3
LC2
Cotonou / Parakou
658 / 554
4
IMALE AFRICA
Porto-Novo
850
5
CARREFOUR TELEVISION
Bohicon
842
6
ORTB/TV NATIONALE
Cotonou
7
ORTB/TV REGIONALE
Parakou
MICROWAVE MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BROADCASTING TELEVISION
8
TV-COM/CANAL
+HORIZONS
Cotonou
2520/2536/2552/2568/2584/2600/2616
9
ATVS
Cotonou
2544/2560/2576/2592/2608/2696
Cotonou
2512/2624/2640/2656/2672
10 TV+INTERNATIONAL
Source: Survey data.
The radio broadcasting market is organized around seventy-one radio stations. Twenty-two, or
31%, of these stations are found in the three communes with special status (Cotonou, PortoNovo and Parakou).
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