MILESTONE | PERIOD |
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Setting up of the MBS - Mauritius Broadcasting Service - Provision of a radio service - Radio Maurice | July 1944 |
Incorporation of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation to run a broadcasting service in Mauritius (including its dependencies of outer islands, including Rodrigues) | 08 June 1964 |
Inauguration of Television Service | 08 Feb 1965 |
Inauguration of television service in Rodrigues | 07 Nov 1987 |
Launching of FM Radio and Kool FM | Dec 1989 |
Launching of 2nd TV channel | 30 July 1990 |
Taal FM radio launched | Aug 1995 |
Launching of 3rd TV channel | Oct 1995 |
Digital Transmission - 5 TV channels on digital platform | 2006 |
6 additional TV channels added on digital platform | 2007 |
Radio and TV service introduced in Agalega | Nov 2008 |
5 additional TV channels launched on digital platform (Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Chinese, Urdu) | Oct 2010 |
Launching of Best FM Radio channel | Oct 2010 |
MBC moves to new headquarters in Moka | Dec 2010 |
Launching of Senn Kreol and Bhojpuri Channel | 30 Jan 2013 |
Radio in Mauritius celebrates 90 years of existence | 09 August 2017 |
NRJ Music FM is launched | 14 May 2018 |
Qui Veut Gagner des Millions, co-produced by MBC, is aired for the first time in the Mauritian Territory | 04 August 2018 |