Habib Bourguiba, the president of Tunisia, created SATPEC in 1964 and inaugurated it in 1968.
[1] In 1966, SATPEC established Gammarth Studios to promote local film productions.
[2][3] During the 1970s, SATPEC had a monopoly on importing and producing foreign film in Tunisia.
[1] In 1973, SATPEC managed the newly re-opened Tunisian Cinémathèque.
[5]: 370 In 2011, Tarak Ben Ammar purchased the laboratories of Gammarth Studios as part of Quinta Communications.