RTA TV
RTA | |
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Launched |
1964 (founded) 1978 (launched) |
Owned by | Radio Television Afghanistan |
Picture format | SDTV |
Audience share | 8% as of July 2010 |
Country | Afghanistan |
Broadcast area |
Afghanistan Europe North America |
Headquarters | Kabul |
Website | www.rta.org.af/en (English) |
RTA, known as تلویزیون ملی (Telvizun-E-Milli, meaning National Television) in Persian, is a television channel founded in 1964; the first in Afghanistan. It is owned by Radio Television Afghanistan (from the Afghan government).
Exclusive 2008 speech
RTA became famous worldwide when Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a live speech to the world minutes after dozens of insurgents attempted to assassinate him at an Afghan military parade. The assassination attempt was thwarted by the Afghan National Army.[1] The scene of the attempt was also broadcast live to RTA viewers in Afghanistan and picked up by the international media.[2]
International launch
RTA became available in Europe, Middle East, North Africa and North America on 5 January 2008. The channel's broadcasting hours were 06:00 to 00:00 (local Afghan time), corresponding to 01:30 to 19:30 GMT. Later in 2008, RTA became a 24-hour channel, and this allowed viewers Internationally to watch it at more convenient hours.
Logo
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RTA's original logo had three squares (black, red, green, corresponding to the Afghan flag), with the letters R, T and A.
On 12 March 2010, a shelter was added at the top of the three squares, and the font was slightly changed and was smaller in size. Also, the top of the squares became round-shaped instead of straight. It is thought that the shelter is the top of a mosque.
In May 2011, a second logo was introduced which had the letters (from right to left) ﺮ ,ﻣ and ﺖ on it. This phonetically means MRT, which stands for Afghan Milli Radio Telvizun. This means Afghan National Radio Television in English. On 26 July 2011, even a third logo was introduced - a brown-coloured symbol, stating ﺮ ,ﻣ and ﺖ.
Five days later, this brown logo appeared as the only on-screen logo on ART.
On 8 July 2011, the brown logo was removed and was replaced by a logo stating 'ﻣﻠﯽ' with the flag's background colours: black, red and green.
Out of all channels in Afghanistan, ART has had the most logo changes.
ART's website still features the old logo used before 12 March 2010.