HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

23Télé Caraïbes is the most popular TV station in Port-au-Prince. It is the TVstablemate of Caraïbes FM, the most widely listened to radio station in the capital.The DAGMAR survey showed that Télé Caraïbes commanded a 21.1% share of thecity’s television audience.Télé Ginen, the sister TV station of Radio Ginen, came second with an audienceshare of 13.2%.State-run Télévision National d’Haïti (TNH) was in third place with 9.2%.DAGMAR found that the average Haitian television viewer only watches four to sixhours of TV per week.This is low compared to North America. In Canada, for example, the average weeklyviewing time is 26.5 hours.The lack of a reliable mains electricity supply in Haiti probably accounts for thisdifference.The peak TV viewing period is between 19.00 and 22.00 at night. On somechannels, late afternoon soap operas also attract a strong audience.NewspapersAll Haitian newspapers publish in French.They are only readily accessible to the educated elite in Port-au-Prince and ahandful of other cities.23