Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne

Infobox Network
network_name = Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI)
network_
country = CIV
network_type = Broadcast radio and television
available = National International
owner = Government of Cote d'Ivoire
key_people = Director General: Pierre Brou Amessan.
launch_date = Radio: 1961
Television: 1966
founder =
slogan =
motto =
past_names = Radio: Radio Côte d’Ivoire
1961 - 1991
website = [http://www.rti.ci/ www.rti.ci] Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI) is the publicly owned radio and television authority of Côte d'Ivoire. It is financed through a combination of television and radio licences, advertisement, and taxes.

Activities

RTI currently operates two radio networks and four national television networks

Radio

* La Nationale : News and general programing
* Fréquence 2 : light entertainment programing

Television

* La Première : News and general programing
* TV2
* RTI Music TV : Popular music
* RTI Sport TV : Sport

Business partnerships

The RTI group has developed partnerships with a number of foreign broadcasters and corporations. RTI has a program sharing agreement with the Benin national broadcaster LC2 and the domestic broadcast network KBS. [http://news.abidjan.net/videos/video.asp?n=4650&cat=art Vidéo JT La première (RTI)]

Thomson France has been contracted to refurbish the broadcasting infrastructure of RFI television and radio. [ [http://news.abidjan.net/videos/video_wm.asp?n=4748&cat=art séance de travail entre la RTI et Thomson] ]

Infrastructural growth

RFI has begun a push for total radio and television coverage of the nation prior to the 2008 general elections, and has a 9 billion (us) CFA Franc program to rebuild broadcast facilities. The 13 existing will be refurbished and 14 additional modern broadcast points will be constructed. [http://news.abidjan.net/h/258447.html Réhabilitation, 9 milliards] This program includes the building of a number of new technical buildings and business offices throughout the country.

* Existing television stations
** Cocody
** Abobo
** Digo
** Dimbokro
** Niangbo
** Niangue
** Bouaké
** Dabakala
** Koun Fao
** Man
** Séguéla
** Tiémé
** Touba

* Planned new stations :
** Bonoua
** Bouaké
** Becouéfin
** Maféré
** Mbengué
** Zoukougbeu
** Kong
** Kouakoussekro
** Taï
** Grobo
** Toulepleu
** Tehini
** Tingrela
** Grand-Lahou

Rebuilding broadcast facilities in the north

The end of the Ivorian Civil War of 2002-2007 left both the infrastructure and reputation of the FTI media in the former rebel held areas of the country damaged. [ [http://news.abidjan.net/article/?n=244093 La télévision ivoirienne change de grille pour soutenir la réconciliation.] 2 April 2007, AFP wire.] Much of the population in the northern rebel regions see the RTI news programs as culpable in the propaganda push of the national government. RTI has set out plans to re-extend broadcast facilities and programming to these former rebel regions. [ [http://news.abidjan.net/article/?n=267767 Média/Brou Amessan Pierre(DG de la RTI) : “Que l’État aide la RTI avant l’ouverture du paysage audiovisuel”.] Interview with the director general of RTI, 5 October 2007, in Fraternité Matin.]

Internationalisation

Fréquence 2 and La Première are planned to both be broadcast internationally, with the later now available by satellite, [ [http://www.lematindabidjan.com/visual_article.php?num_actualite=6169 www.lematindabidjan.com: bientôt sur satelite!] ] shortwave and cable in France.

ee also

* Communications in Côte d'Ivoire
* RTI Music Awards
* Tiburce Koffi

References

* Translation of fr:Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiodiffusion_Television_Ivoirienne Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne] , 2007-10-04.

External links

* [http://www.rti.ci/ Official Website at rti.ci]