Angola suspends 3 TV channels for alleged improper registration
By Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa LISTEN
MAY 14, 2021
Nuno Albino, Angola’s secretary of state for media, is seen in an interview on state broadcaster Televisão Pública de Angola, discussing the country s suspension of three TV channels for alleged registration issues. (Photo: TPA/YouTube)
New York, May 14, 2021 Angola’s government should allow the television channels Record TV Africa, Vida TV, and Zap Viva to return to the airwaves, and should stop harassing media outlets critical of the government, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On April 19, the Ministry of Telecommunications Technologies and Media (MINTTICS) ordered all three of the country’s TV operators DSTV Angola, TV Cabo, and ZAP TV to cease airing content from Record TV Africa, Vida TV, and Zap Viva, according to a statement by the ministry, which CPJ reviewed, andmediareports.
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01h42 Luanda â Angolan minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication Manuel Homem extended for another 120 days the deadlines for the management commission of Media Nova Group (TV Zimbo, Jornal o PaÃs and Rádio Mais), after completion of the initial 120-day period, which started in August.
In his Order, dated 9 December, the minister states that the extension of the deadlines is to allow the management commissions to conclude the restructuring and sanitation processes.
The objective is to ensure the sustainability of the economic and financial information for the allocation of the recovered assets.
According to the document, the extension of the term extends until the conclusion of all acts that contribute to the restructuring of the companies until the submission of the final Report with concrete economic information of the re