2M TV
| 2M TV | |
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| Launched | March 4, 1989 |
| Owned by |
Government of Morocco(68%) SNI (Mohammed VI) (20.7%) |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audience share | 27.3% (March 2010, [1]) |
| Slogan | 2M, nous rassemble ("2M brings us together") |
| Country | Morocco |
| Language | Arabic, French, Tamazight |
| Broadcast area | North Africa and Middle East |
| Headquarters | Aïn Sebaâ, Casablanca, Morocco |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Hot Bird (13°E) (Europe, Middle East & North Africa) |
11.034&n bsp;GHz VerticalSR: 27500 FEC: 3/4 SID: 1705 Video PID: 520 Audio PIDs: 530 stereo |
| Cable | |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 77 |
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2M TV is a Moroccan television service. It was established by the royal-owned conglomerate, ONA, before being partly sold to the Moroccan state. Today 20.7% of 2M is owned by Mohammed VI's holding company SNI. While approximately 60% is controlled by the Moroccan state.
It is based in Casablanca. It is available free of charge locally on digital signal with coverage over all Morocco and on satellite television via Globecast, Nilesat and Arabsat.
2M offers services in Arabic, French, and Berber.
2M was set up as a second national television channel with the aim of promoting competition and diversity in Moroccan audio-visual broadcasting.
2M started its programmes officially on March 4, 1989. It used to be a cable channel broadcasting uncoded twice a day. After 7 years of activity, SOREAD (ONA group), the major shareholder, withdrew from the management of this TV channel due to financial reasons. The Moroccan state took over the control of 2M with a participation of 68% in its capital. This takeover was supported by a major effort to develop the audio-visual sector.
Radio 2M is the companion radio channel to 2M, presenting music, news, and information directly from Morocco in Arabic and French.
2M challenged taboos by debating controversial issues and established a reputation for itself as a symbol of freedom of speech in Morocco. The channel regularly broadcasts news, films, sports and music. It is now a government-controlled public TV station and has close under-the-table ties with influential parts of the Moroccan political power structure (the Makhzen). 2M has been used by the government as an indirect means to attack independent newspapers such as Le Journal.
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