Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne
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Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI) is the publicly owned radio and television authority of Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. It is financed through a combination of television and radio licences, advertisement, and taxes.

Radio

  • La Nationale : News and general programming
  • Fréquence 2 : light entertainment programming

Television

  • La Première
    La Première (RTI)
    La Première is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It has formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne , from 1963 to 1983 but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.-History:It was first broadcast on August 7,...

     : News and general programming
  • 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
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

 national broadcaster LC2 and the domestic broadcast network KBS.

Thomson France has been contracted to refurbish the broadcasting infrastructure of RFI television and radio.

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. This program includes the building of a number of new technical buildings and business offices throughout the country.
  • Existing television stations
    • Cocody
      Cocody
      Cocody, is an upmarket suburb of Abidjan, marked by its abundance of mansions. Cocody is where most of the wealthy business people, ambassadors, and other affluent people live...

    • Abobo
      Abobo
      Abobo is a northern suburb of Abidjan and urban commune of this city in Côte d'Ivoire. Abobo is one of the most populated communes in the country with about 1,500,000 inhabitants in an area of 9,000 ha , a density of 167 inhabitants per hectare. It is home to a railway station located on the road...

    • Digo
      Digo
      The Digo are an ethnic and linguistic group based near the Indian Ocean coast between Mombasa in southern Kenya and Tanga in northern Tanzania. In 1994 the Digo population was estimated to total 305,000, with 217,000 ethnic Digo living in Kenya and 88,000 in Tanzania. Digo people speak the Digo...

    • Dimbokro
      Dimbokro
      Dimbokro is the chief town of Dimbokro Department of Côte d'Ivoire, located in N'zi-Comoé Region. The town is served by Dimbokro Airport.- External links :*...

    • Niangbo
    • Niangue
    • Bouaké
      Bouaké
      Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...

    • Dabakala
      Dabakala
      Dabakala is the center town of Dabakala Department of Côte d'Ivoire. Dabakala Department and Dabakala City lie in Vallée du Bandama Region.-References:...

    • Koun Fao
    • Man
      Man, Côte d'Ivoire
      Man is a town in Man Department in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire. It is part of Dix-Huit Montagnes Region and is an important market town lying between mountains including Mount Toura and Mount Tonkoui, the two highest in the nation, and La Dent de Man, popular with hikers. The city lies near...

    • Séguéla
      Séguéla
      Séguéla is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, in the Worodougou Region. The chief city is Séguéla. It is located at around . It is served by Séguéla Airport....

    • Tiémé
      Tiémé
      Tiémé is a town and commune in Côte d'Ivoire.-References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Touba
      Touba
      Touba may refer to:*Touba, Côte d'Ivoire*Touba, Boké -Guinea*Touba, Labé -Guinea*Touba, Mali*Touba, Senegal...


  • Planned new stations :
    • Bonoua
    • Bouaké
      Bouaké
      Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...

    • Becouéfin
      Bécouéfin
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Maféré
      Maféré
      -References:*This article was initially created from the French Wikipedia....

    • Mbengué
    • Zoukougbeu
      Zoukougbeu
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Kong
      Kong, Côte d'Ivoire
      Kong is a town and commune in the Ferkessédougou Department, in the Savanes Region of northern Côte d'Ivoire. It was the capital of the Kong Empire .-Natural history:...

    • Kouakoussekro
    • Taï
      Taï
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Grobo
    • Toulepleu
      Toulépleu
      Toulépleu is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire. It is located in Moyen-Cavally Region....

    • Tehini
      Téhini
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Tingrela
      Tingréla
      Tingréla Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, located in Savanes Region. The center is the city of Tingréla. The city of Tingréla is located at around , near the border with Mali....

    • 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 RTI media in the former rebel held areas of the country damaged. 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.

Internationalisation

Fréquence 2 and La Première
La Première (RTI)
La Première is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It has formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne , from 1963 to 1983 but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.-History:It was first broadcast on August 7,...

 are planned to both be broadcast internationally, with the later now available by satellite, shortwave and cable in France.
Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI) is the publicly owned radio and television authority of Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. It is financed through a combination of television and radio licences, advertisement, and taxes.

Radio

  • La Nationale : News and general programming
  • Fréquence 2 : light entertainment programming

Television

  • La Première
    La Première (RTI)
    La Première is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It has formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne , from 1963 to 1983 but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.-History:It was first broadcast on August 7,...

     : News and general programming
  • 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
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

 national broadcaster LC2 and the domestic broadcast network KBS.

Thomson France has been contracted to refurbish the broadcasting infrastructure of RFI television and radio.

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. This program includes the building of a number of new technical buildings and business offices throughout the country.
  • Existing television stations
    • Cocody
      Cocody
      Cocody, is an upmarket suburb of Abidjan, marked by its abundance of mansions. Cocody is where most of the wealthy business people, ambassadors, and other affluent people live...

    • Abobo
      Abobo
      Abobo is a northern suburb of Abidjan and urban commune of this city in Côte d'Ivoire. Abobo is one of the most populated communes in the country with about 1,500,000 inhabitants in an area of 9,000 ha , a density of 167 inhabitants per hectare. It is home to a railway station located on the road...

    • Digo
      Digo
      The Digo are an ethnic and linguistic group based near the Indian Ocean coast between Mombasa in southern Kenya and Tanga in northern Tanzania. In 1994 the Digo population was estimated to total 305,000, with 217,000 ethnic Digo living in Kenya and 88,000 in Tanzania. Digo people speak the Digo...

    • Dimbokro
      Dimbokro
      Dimbokro is the chief town of Dimbokro Department of Côte d'Ivoire, located in N'zi-Comoé Region. The town is served by Dimbokro Airport.- External links :*...

    • Niangbo
    • Niangue
    • Bouaké
      Bouaké
      Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...

    • Dabakala
      Dabakala
      Dabakala is the center town of Dabakala Department of Côte d'Ivoire. Dabakala Department and Dabakala City lie in Vallée du Bandama Region.-References:...

    • Koun Fao
    • Man
      Man, Côte d'Ivoire
      Man is a town in Man Department in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire. It is part of Dix-Huit Montagnes Region and is an important market town lying between mountains including Mount Toura and Mount Tonkoui, the two highest in the nation, and La Dent de Man, popular with hikers. The city lies near...

    • Séguéla
      Séguéla
      Séguéla is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, in the Worodougou Region. The chief city is Séguéla. It is located at around . It is served by Séguéla Airport....

    • Tiémé
      Tiémé
      Tiémé is a town and commune in Côte d'Ivoire.-References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Touba
      Touba
      Touba may refer to:*Touba, Côte d'Ivoire*Touba, Boké -Guinea*Touba, Labé -Guinea*Touba, Mali*Touba, Senegal...


  • Planned new stations :
    • Bonoua
    • Bouaké
      Bouaké
      Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...

    • Becouéfin
      Bécouéfin
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Maféré
      Maféré
      -References:*This article was initially created from the French Wikipedia....

    • Mbengué
    • Zoukougbeu
      Zoukougbeu
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Kong
      Kong, Côte d'Ivoire
      Kong is a town and commune in the Ferkessédougou Department, in the Savanes Region of northern Côte d'Ivoire. It was the capital of the Kong Empire .-Natural history:...

    • Kouakoussekro
    • Taï
      Taï
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Grobo
    • Toulepleu
      Toulépleu
      Toulépleu is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire. It is located in Moyen-Cavally Region....

    • Tehini
      Téhini
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Tingrela
      Tingréla
      Tingréla Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, located in Savanes Region. The center is the city of Tingréla. The city of Tingréla is located at around , near the border with Mali....

    • 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 RTI media in the former rebel held areas of the country damaged. 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.

Internationalisation

Fréquence 2 and La Première
La Première (RTI)
La Première is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It has formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne , from 1963 to 1983 but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.-History:It was first broadcast on August 7,...

 are planned to both be broadcast internationally, with the later now available by satellite, shortwave and cable in France.
Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI) is the publicly owned radio and television authority of Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. It is financed through a combination of television and radio licences, advertisement, and taxes.

Radio

  • La Nationale : News and general programming
  • Fréquence 2 : light entertainment programming

Television

  • La Première
    La Première (RTI)
    La Première is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It has formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne , from 1963 to 1983 but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.-History:It was first broadcast on August 7,...

     : News and general programming
  • 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
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

 national broadcaster LC2 and the domestic broadcast network KBS.

Thomson France has been contracted to refurbish the broadcasting infrastructure of RFI television and radio.

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. This program includes the building of a number of new technical buildings and business offices throughout the country.
  • Existing television stations
    • Cocody
      Cocody
      Cocody, is an upmarket suburb of Abidjan, marked by its abundance of mansions. Cocody is where most of the wealthy business people, ambassadors, and other affluent people live...

    • Abobo
      Abobo
      Abobo is a northern suburb of Abidjan and urban commune of this city in Côte d'Ivoire. Abobo is one of the most populated communes in the country with about 1,500,000 inhabitants in an area of 9,000 ha , a density of 167 inhabitants per hectare. It is home to a railway station located on the road...

    • Digo
      Digo
      The Digo are an ethnic and linguistic group based near the Indian Ocean coast between Mombasa in southern Kenya and Tanga in northern Tanzania. In 1994 the Digo population was estimated to total 305,000, with 217,000 ethnic Digo living in Kenya and 88,000 in Tanzania. Digo people speak the Digo...

    • Dimbokro
      Dimbokro
      Dimbokro is the chief town of Dimbokro Department of Côte d'Ivoire, located in N'zi-Comoé Region. The town is served by Dimbokro Airport.- External links :*...

    • Niangbo
    • Niangue
    • Bouaké
      Bouaké
      Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...

    • Dabakala
      Dabakala
      Dabakala is the center town of Dabakala Department of Côte d'Ivoire. Dabakala Department and Dabakala City lie in Vallée du Bandama Region.-References:...

    • Koun Fao
    • Man
      Man, Côte d'Ivoire
      Man is a town in Man Department in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire. It is part of Dix-Huit Montagnes Region and is an important market town lying between mountains including Mount Toura and Mount Tonkoui, the two highest in the nation, and La Dent de Man, popular with hikers. The city lies near...

    • Séguéla
      Séguéla
      Séguéla is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, in the Worodougou Region. The chief city is Séguéla. It is located at around . It is served by Séguéla Airport....

    • Tiémé
      Tiémé
      Tiémé is a town and commune in Côte d'Ivoire.-References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Touba
      Touba
      Touba may refer to:*Touba, Côte d'Ivoire*Touba, Boké -Guinea*Touba, Labé -Guinea*Touba, Mali*Touba, Senegal...


  • Planned new stations :
    • Bonoua
    • Bouaké
      Bouaké
      Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...

    • Becouéfin
      Bécouéfin
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Maféré
      Maféré
      -References:*This article was initially created from the French Wikipedia....

    • Mbengué
    • Zoukougbeu
      Zoukougbeu
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Kong
      Kong, Côte d'Ivoire
      Kong is a town and commune in the Ferkessédougou Department, in the Savanes Region of northern Côte d'Ivoire. It was the capital of the Kong Empire .-Natural history:...

    • Kouakoussekro
    • Taï
      Taï
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Grobo
    • Toulepleu
      Toulépleu
      Toulépleu is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire. It is located in Moyen-Cavally Region....

    • Tehini
      Téhini
      -References:*This article was initially created from French Wikipedia...

    • Tingrela
      Tingréla
      Tingréla Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, located in Savanes Region. The center is the city of Tingréla. The city of Tingréla is located at around , near the border with Mali....

    • 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 RTI media in the former rebel held areas of the country damaged. 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.

Internationalisation

Fréquence 2 and La Première
La Première (RTI)
La Première is a pioneering terrestrial television channel in Côte d'Ivoire. It has formerly named Radio Télévision Ivoirienne , from 1963 to 1983 but in 1983 a new television channel made it necessary for the channel to be renamed to La Première.-History:It was first broadcast on August 7,...

 are planned to both be broadcast internationally, with the later now available by satellite, shortwave and cable in France.

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