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[1] In 1964, Mohamed Mzali was appointed general manager of the RTT (Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne) and was responsible for launching national television.

In October of the same year, the RTT retransmitted from Bizerte the congress of the Destourian Socialist Party, the presentation of which was entrusted to Malika Ben Khamsa.

[2] From January 7, 1966, with the commissioning of the Zaghouan transmitter, broadcasts were more regular and the Tunisian press began to publish the RTT program schedule, alongside that of Italian television.

[2] In 1967, a year after its birth, Tunisian Television broadcast three hours of programs a day: two are in Arabic and one in French.

In this context, it is developing cooperation with French-speaking television, in particular Télévision Suisse Romande, which provided it with programs and welcomed trainees in its Geneva studios.

The sale of color television sets skyrocketed during the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where Tunisia took part.