Eri-TV is a state-owned television station in Eritrea, headquartered in the country’s capital city of Asmara. The station operates two channels, Eri-TV1, which airs internationally in four languages (Tigrinya, Arabic, English and Tigre), and Eri-TV3, which airs mostly sports. The station is particularly popular among Eritreans living abroad.
Media assets
Television: EriTV 1, EriTV 2, EriTV 3
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
Eri-TV is directly governed and managed by the Ministry of Information.
Source of funding and budget
Eri-TV is funded by the Eritrean government, according to journalists based in Eritrea consulted for this report. Financial data about the station are not available as Eritrean government does not make public the state budget.
Editorial independence
Like all media in Eritrea, Eri-TV operates as a mouthpiece of the Ministry of Information. It doesn’t engage in independent reporting.
No statue and no independent mechanism of assessing or overseeing the editorial independence of Eri-TV have been identified.
September 2023