Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)

Type	Broadcast television, broadcast radio, internet website and streaming media
Country	Mauritius
Availability	Nationwide
Founded	8 June 1964 (1964-06-08) by Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Headquarters	Moka, Moka District
Broadcast area	Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agaléga Worldwide (online with restricted programming)
Owner	Government of Mauritius
Key people	Director General Vijay Kumar Parmessur
Former names	Mauritius Broadcasting Service
Official website	mbcradio.tv

The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is the national public broadcaster of the Republic of Mauritius, that is the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues and Agaléga. The headquarters of the MBC is found at Réduit, Moka, it also operate a station in Rodrigues. The MBC programmes are broadcast in 12 languages, notably French, Creole, English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Marathi, Mandarin/Cantonese and Hakka, it provides 17 television channels in Mauritius, 4 in Rodrigues and 2 in Agaléga and 7 radio channels.

The MBC operate under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s Office, it is established as a body corporate under Act No. 7 of 1964. According to the provisions of the Act, its main objectives amongst others is to provide independent and impartial broadcasting services of information, education, culture and entertainment in different languages taught or spoken in the country and ensure that the broadcasting services cater for the aspirations, needs and tastes of the population in the matters of information, education, culture and entertainment. Opposition parties and media commentators often criticise for pro-government bias. The MBC is a member of the Association des Radios et Télévisions de l’Océan Indien (ARTOI), Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, the associate member at the European Broadcasting Union, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, the South African Broadcasting Association and of the Conseil International des Radios-Télévisions d’Expression Française.