Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The first private television channel in the Maldives, DhiTV was officially inaugurated by President Gayoom on 1 July at a ceremony held at Dharubaaruge.
DhiTV was founded by local business tycoon Mr. Champa Mohamed Moosa. His partners in the project include Khaleel, Nawaal and Masood, all come from TV backgoround. Although DhiTV was officially inaugrated on 1 July, it began broadcasting on Friday 16 May. Prior to this, the only local TV channel was the state owned TV station, TVM.
Presently DhiTV is being broadcast via cable, and parent company Broadcasting Maldives has already announced plans to move in to satellite transmission in the future. The channel will host all general varieties of programming, running from 2:00 pm to 12:00 am. You can now watch DhiTV on channel 50 MediaNet and 3 on BNet.
