Televisión de Guinea Ecuatorial (TVGE, translated into English as Television of Equatorial Guinea) is an Equatorial Guinean state television channel, which is part of the public media system called Radio Televisión de Guinea Ecuatorial (RTVGE).
A Spanish-speaking channel, is basically sponsored by the local government depending on the Ministry of Information, Press and Radio, so their programs are usually pro-government.
It has its headquarters and main offices in the former capital city of Malabo, from where it broadcasts to most of the national territory.[1]
History
The channel was inaugurated on 20 July 1968 as the territorial center of Televisión Española (TVE), and in its inaugural broadcast the Spanish leader Francisco Franco gave a speech to the people of Equatorial Guinea.[2] The Spanish minister of Information and Tourism, Manuel Fraga, participated in the inauguration.[3]
After the independence of Equatorial Guinea on 12 October 1968, the channel (which was still being operated by TVE) came into conflict with the new authorities, who accused it of broadcasting "racist programming".