Fana Broadcasting Corporate

FBC
Fana Broadcasting Corporate
	FBC logo
Country	Ethiopia
Broadcast area	Ethiopia
Headquarters	Addis Ababa
Programming
Languages	Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali, Amharic, Afar, Arabic and English
Ownership
Sister channels	Fana TV
History
Launched	1994
Links
Website	http://www.fanabc.com/

Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C. (FBC) is a state-owned mass media company operating in Ethiopia. Launched in 1994 it focuses mostly on political, social and economical reports about Ethiopia. It operates radio and television stations within Ethiopia.^[1]

Political stances

Initially, for the majority of FBC's history, it was aligned with the ruling party EPRDF as majority of former board members and CEO at the time, Woldu Yemessel, were members and closely tied to EPRDF. As of 2020^[update], FBC supported the ruling Prosperity Party as the majority of board members and the CEO are members of Prosperity Party.^[2]

International media links

In March 2023, the Russian state news agency Sputnik and FBC announced a deal to exchange content and carry out common projects. Vasily Pushkov, the director of Sputnik, stated that Ethiopian media would become "a major priority" for Sputnik.^[3]

Fana TV

In 2014, it was announced that FBC would be building its own studio in the hopes of starting its own channel.[1] In 2016, FBC formally signed an agreement with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority (EBA) to become a licensed broadcaster in the country.[2] Fana TV started test transmission of its satellite TV channel on Ethiosat in July 2017. These developments took place under the leadership of Woldu Yemessel Baraki, whose long tenure as CEO was marked by sustained efforts to expand FBC’s reach and transition it into a multi-platform media organization. Under his leadership Fana Broadcasting Corporate underwent a period of major institutional growth, the company transitioned from a radio-focused broadcaster into a multi-platform media organization, one of the key milestones of this transformation being the launch of Fana TV.

References

↑ "Ethiopia federal forces take over security in protest-hit region - Fana". Reuters. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
↑ Skjerdal, Terje; Moges, Mulatu Alemayehu (2020-11-26). "The ethnification of the Ethiopian media" (PDF). Fojo Media Institute, International Media Support. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
↑ "Sputnik expands cooperation with Ethiopia". Rossiya Segodnya. 6 March 2023. Wikidata Q117845530.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links

Official website

[1] "Ethiopia federal forces take over security in protest-hit region - Fana". Reuters. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

[Ethnification_ET_media-2] Skjerdal, Terje; Moges, Mulatu Alemayehu (2020-11-26). "The ethnification of the Ethiopian media" (PDF). Fojo Media Institute, International Media Support. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

[RT_Sputnik_expands_cooperation-3] "Sputnik expands cooperation with Ethiopia". Rossiya Segodnya. 6 March 2023. Wikidata Q117845530.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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