Television in the Maldives

Television was introduced in the Maldives on March 29, 1978 being picked up by an audience of 90 television sets in Male, the national capital.

[1] Until 2008, the Maldives only had Television Maldives as its national broadcaster.

Future TV, the first private television channel, launched on June 6, 2008, followed by DhiTV on July 1 and VTV on September 5.

The introduction of private television came after restrictions on independent media in the country were lifted.

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