HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

99The DAGMAR survey found that news broadcasts were the most popular type of TVprogramme.Apart from news and current affairs coverage programmes, local televisionproduction mainly consists of studio-based entertainment shows.State-run Télévision Nationale d’Haïti (TNH) produces the country’s only TV soapopera; ‘Destinée.’DAGMAR found the most widely watched types of TV programme were: News 24.9% Films 18.5% Music videos 16.6% Sport 12.3% Soap operas 11.6% Religious programmes 6.8%The survey showed that Télé Caraïbes was the most popular TV station in Port-au-Prince, with a 21.1% audience share.Télé Ginen came second with 13.2% of the TV audience in the capital.State-run Télévision Nationale d’Haïti (TNH) was third, with 9.2%.This high rating is perhaps surprising, since its companion radio station RadioNationale d’Haïti (RNH) came a lowly 19 th in the radio ratings, with an audienceshare of only 1.0%.The DAGMAR survey put Télé Eclair in fourth position with a market share of 7.6%Télé Métropole was in fifth position with a market share of 6.6%. Its high rankingcame as no surprise since the media group targets the most educated and affluentmembers of Haitian society. These are precisely the people most likely to haveaccess to TV.There is little reliable data about TV audiences in the provinces.99