Algeria has one state-owned network, Enterprise Nationale de Television (ENTV). Algerian law prohibits private ownership of television stations, and the government maintains strict control over all news broadcasts to limit coverage of violence in the country. France-based European channels and Arab satellite television stations have gained popularity among Algerian viewers and satellite dishes are widely used.

The government has recently taken steps to reform ENTV. In December 2002, they signed an agreement with Khalifa TV, a privately-owned Algerian station broadcasting out of Paris, to encourage collaboration between the two stations and "open to ENTV other horizons of communications."

ENTV
21 bd. des Martyss
PB 184 El Mouradia
Algier, Algeria
Telephone: +213 (0)2 60 23 00
Fax: +213 (0)2 60 20 10