It is one of the most important television channels in Algeria, and produces entertainment and variety programs in addition to several Algerian series and films.

The Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française began the broadcasting of Télévision Algérienne on 24 December 1956 in the French departments of Algeria by inaugurating its first 819-line VHF television transmitter installed Cap Matifou, in front of Algiers, that is retired of fifteen kilometers of distance.

[1] A direct link was established from the French mainland to Algeria on 14 July 1960 (Bastille Day) and its regular broadcasts started by year-end 1960.

[4][5] A post-independence protocol between ENTV and its French counterpart was signed on 23 January 1963, eyeing technical cooperation between the two sides.

[6] Télévision Algérienne was the only national television channel in Algeria until 1994 when Canal Algérie (now TV2), a French version of its main channel, using the Hot Bird and Astra satellites, was launched for Algerian immigrants who wanted news of the bled (homeland).