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46Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) www.ethsat.comEthiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) is an independent channel that broadcasts 24hours per day in Amharic from studios in Amsterdam, London and Washington.The station went on air for the first time in 2010. Since then, it has frequentlycomplained of attempts by the Ethiopian government to jam its signal.The channel carries a broad range of news, current affairs, sport, documentaries andentertainment programming. It is very critical of the Ethiopian government.ESAT launched a companion satellite radio service in October 2011.Although ESAT says its main studios are in the Netherlands, its principal telephonecontact number and postal address are in Washington DC.Contact?Tel: +1 888 772 3728Email: editor@ethsat.com
475. Print MediaOverviewEthiopia’s print-media industry is small and highly concentrated in the capital.Three daily newspapers are published in Addis Ababa, but all of them have a smallcirculation, largely restricted to readers in the city itself.Ethiopia’s biggest daily newspaper, the government daily Addis Zemen, has anormal print run of fewer than 13,000 copies per day, according to the according tothe Electoral Reform International Services (ERIS) Ethiopia Media Mapping Survey,www.eris.org.uk/images/userfiles/File/Ethiopia%20Media%20Mapping%202011%20-%20Final%20Report.pdf published in 2011.There are also some 30 weekly and monthly newspapers published in Addis Ababaand a handful of other major cities.The largest of these is the privately owned weekly Addis Admas, which has anaverage print run of 21,000 to 25,000 copies.Poor distribution networks, high levels of poverty and low literacy mean that very fewnewspapers reach rural areas.Only 30% of Ethiopian adults can read and write, according to UNESCO.The Electoral Reform International Services (ERIS) Audience Survey of Ethiopiapublished in 2011 www.eris.org.uk/news/index.php?id=476&year=2011 found thatonly 13% of respondents cited newspapers as a source of news and information.However, while nearly all of Ethiopia’s radio and television stations remain underdirect or indirect government control, many newspapers are privately owned.These independent outlets exercise a considerable degree of self censorship – theycontain very little criticism of the government - but they still enjoy a comparativelygreater freedom of expression than most broadcasters.The three daily newspapers published in Addis Ababa areAddis Zemen, a government-owned newspaper published in AmharicEthiopian Herald, a government-owned newspaper published in EnglishDaily Monitor, a small private newspaper published in English.The only newspaper group is the Ethiopian Press Agency, a parastatalorganization which publishes the two government dailies and a small stable of otherpublications. It employs 86 full-time journalists.
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