TOLO (TV channel)
Commercial television station in Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TOLO (Persian: طلوع, lit. 'sunrise')[1] is a commercial television station operated by MOBY Group in Afghanistan. Launched in 2004, it became one of the first commercial stations in the country and laid the foundation for an accessible media outlet by offering a large library of shows. It is one of the most popular television channels in Afghanistan and broadcasts shows in both Dari-Persian and Pashto.
Country | Afghanistan |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Dari Persian |
Picture format | 1080p (HDTV) & 576i (SDTV), 16:9) |
Ownership | |
Owner | MOBY Group |
Sister channels | TOLOnews, Lemar TV, Barbud Music, Arman FM and Tolo Music (Web) |
History | |
Launched | November 2004 |
Links | |
Website | www.tolo.tv www.darya.net |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Normal antenna | 42 UHF (Kabul) 43 UHF (Kandahar) 37 UHF (Herat) 31 UHF (Mazar-i-Sharif) 32 UHF (Kunduz) 41 UHF (Jalalabad) 41 UHF (Taloqan) 43 UHF (Puli Khumri) 29 UHF (Ghazni) 31 UHF (Khost) |
Streaming media | |
Darya | www.darya.net (Afghanistan) |
ZeeLIV | www.zeeliv.com/ToloTV (World Wide) |
The station was launched in Kabul, and as of November 2007 it was broadcasting in 14 cities in Afghanistan on free-to-air and throughout the region by terrestrial antenna and by satellite. Its sister channels are TOLOnews, on air all day, and Lemar TV, in the Pashto language.
TOLO was the subject of documentary film in 2012 called The Network, by Eva Orner. The film saw limited international release in 2013.[2]
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, Tolo TV drastically reducing entertainment programs and increasing religious programs, especially since the Taliban banned music in mass media.[3]