TV1 (in ), formerly Algerian Television (in ) then The Terrestrial Channel (in ), is the first Algerian general public network of Établissement public de télévision (EPTV) formerly Établissement national de télévision (ENTV), along with TV2, TV3, TV4, TV5, TV6, TV7, TV8 and TV9.
It began broadcasting on 24 December 1956,[1] during the French colonial period in Algeria. It is one of the most important television channels in Algeria, and produces entertainment and variety programs in addition to several Algerian series and films. Its main headquarters are in Algiers.
History
RTF
A television station for French Algeria was set up on 1 December 1954. It became the second television station in Africa to be established, after the ill-fated TELMA which existed from 1954 to 1955.