Television in Malta

[1] TVM remains the most popular channel in the country and is a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

In 1991 the government opened the television market to more stations, but rather than allow private companies, they initially gave licenses to the two main political parties and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta.

[4] Satellite reception is available to receive other European TV networks such as RAI and Mediaset from Italy and the BBC from the United Kingdom.

Malta transitioned terrestrial broadcasts to digital television using the DVB-T standard in October 2011.

[5] In preparation for the transition, the Malta Broadcasting Authority developed a General Interest Objectives classification to determine which existing terrestrial channels would be assigned to the digital subchannels of the new digital free-to-air broadcasting system.