{{Short description|Ethiopian television network}} {{For|the owner of the TV network|Walta}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Walta TV | logo = Walta Tv.png | logo_size = 150px | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2017|04|07}} | closed_date = | type = Television network | owner = Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C. | picture_format = 1080i 16:9, 4:3 (HDTV)<br />{{small|Downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed}} | country = Ethiopia | language = Amharic | area = Ethiopia | affiliates = | headquarters = Addis Ababa | former_names = | replaced = | replaced_by = | sister_channels = Afro News | timeshift_service = | website = {{URL|http://www.waltainfo.com/}} | sat_radio_chan_1 = | online_serv_1 = | online_chan_1 = | established = | airdate = | parent = | motto = | key_people = | online avail = | 3gmobile serv 1 = }} '''Walta TV''' is an Ethiopian television network owned and operated by Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C. Walta TV is available on three satellites, originally on Eutelsat 7 West A but also on Belintersat-1 and on the Ethiosat platform.
==History== Walta TV was launched on April 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |date=2017-04-08 |title=Walta Information Center Officially Launched Walta Television |url=http://onlineethiopia.net/2017/04/wic-officially-launched-walta-television/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419214307/http://onlineethiopia.net/2017/04/wic-officially-launched-walta-television |archive-date=2017-04-19 |accessdate=2018-04-11}}</ref> As of 2017, it was one of five channels in Ethiopia to be officially licensed by the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201708100607.html|title=Ethiopia: TV Channels - Growing in Number, Less in Content|last=Jemaneh|first=Yohanes|date=August 10, 2017|work=All Africa}}</ref> Before the launch of its own channel, Walta mostly provided its locally produced news and documentaries for the national broadcaster EBC (formerly ETV). It is also one of the few private channels to be available on the Ethiopia-based satellite platform Ethiosat to be found on Eutelsat 8 West B.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/ethiopia-s-insa-agency-selects-eutelsat-for-new-ethiosat-tv-platform-1001998504|title=Ethiopia’s INSA Agency Selects Eutelsat for New Ethiosat TV Platform|date=May 10, 2017|work=Markets Insider}}</ref>
== Programming == Walta TV has essentially the same format as EBC as programming is mostly geared towards news focusing on political and social issues within Ethiopia.
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Category:Television channels in Ethiopia Category:Mass media in Addis Ababa Category:Television channels and stations established in 2017 Category:24-hour television news channels Category:Satellite television