Gambia's First Privately Owned TV Station Launched

The Gambia's first privately owned Television Station, QTV, have been launched on Thursday 30th November 2017, at QCity in Bijilo, by the President of the Republic, Adama Barrow. The launching witnessed the official opening of QCity, the Gambia's first multipurpose recreation center that offers recreation activities for children and adults of all ages.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure Demba Ali Jawo, said the issuing of license to the first Gambian private television station QTV, which is licensed to a core Broadcasting and Multimedia Company limited, is a testimony to the promise and resolve by the Barrow administration, to liberalize, regulate and open up the space for media development and access to information. The Information Minister believes that liberalization of the air waves including T.V., is necessary for liberalization, opening a quality and necessary program that benefit viewers and consumers, whose objective will be to foster creativity, pluralism and diversity, in a new media landscape.

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