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  • Moroccan TV Channels Fined Millions for Excessive Advertising During Ramadan
    5 January 2019, by Said

    The High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has just imposed fines on the 2m and Al Aoula channels for non-compliance with their specifications, particularly regarding the duration of advertising.
    The Al Aoula channel was fined 800,000 dirhams for advertising sequences separated by only three minutes, whereas its specifications require a minimum of 20 minutes between advertising breaks, which should not exceed six minutes.
    According to HACA, the first channel violated law (…)

  • Moroccan Rights Group Challenges TV Coverage of Controversial Enrico Macias Concert
    27 February 2019, by Amine

    The concert given by Enrico Macias in Casablanca on February 14 is making headlines again. This time, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights has written an open letter to the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication about the "unbalanced media coverage" by 2M of Enrico Macias’ concert during the midday news.
    According to the AMDH letter: "Emphasis was placed on the fact that the event was not impacted by the calls for a boycott, given Enrico Macias’ positions favorable to the (…)

  • Moroccan TV Channel 2M Dominates Ramadan Ratings with Over 50% Audience Share
    15 May 2019, by Bladi.net

    A press release from 2M TV states that the channel has been able to take great advantage in terms of audience during the first week of the holy month of Ramadan. Indeed, 2M TV claims more than 50% of the audience share.
    2M TV and SNRT can be proud of their performance. Indeed, at the beginning of the month of Ramadan, these national channels dominate prime time, cumulatively accounting for 83.1% of the audience share. The press release recalls that "with an audience share of 50.6% on the (…)

  • Veteran Moroccan TV Anchor Driss Ouahab Dies from COVID-19 Complications
    30 October 2020, by Kamal

    The Moroccan media world has lost one of the great figures of audiovisual journalism. Driss Ouahab, presenter of the news on 2M, died on Thursday morning from complications of Covid-19.
    The journalist from the Ain Sebaa channel has left his mark on the Moroccan audiovisual universe. A great generation of Moroccans will remember his charisma and his eternal smile.
    Driss Ouahab was also known to the sports public, as he was part of the sports editorial team of the second channel (…)

  • Prominent Moroccan TV Anchor Salaheddine El Ghomari Dies at 52
    11 December 2020, by Sylvanus

    Journalist Salaheddine El Ghomari, presenter of the Arabic news program on 2M, died on Thursday, December 10, 2020, following a heart attack. He was 52 years old.
    The channel announced his death on its Twitter account. Salaheddine El Ghomari had joined SOREAD TV 2M in 2000. His daily show "Assiilat Corona" dedicated to the coronavirus affecting Morocco since last March made him known to the general public. It had a strong audience.
    Salaheddine raised public awareness of the dangers of (…)

  • Moroccan Media Merger Faces Scrutiny: SNRT Holding’s Future Uncertain
    28 June 2021, by Prince

    The merger of SNRT with the 2M and Medi1 TV channels, officially announced a month ago by the supervising minister, is sparking lively debates in public opinion. Would the future of this holding company, intended to revolutionize the Moroccan audiovisual landscape, already be compromised?
    Political actors and the media are beginning to question the ins and outs of the SNRT Holding, this giant media group born only a month ago from the SNRT

  • Moroccan TV Channels Dominate Ramadan Viewership, Capturing 84% of Prime Time Audience
    24 May 2019, by Said

    For those who spoke of a decline in Moroccans’ interest in national television, they are mistaken. Not only do Moroccan viewers prefer their channels during Ramadan, but they are also more than 80% to watch them, leaving only crumbs to the more than 1,000 other channels available on satellite.
    According to the audience figures released by Marocmétrie, the channels of the public group, i.e. the various channels of the National Broadcast and Television Company (SNRT) and 2M, captured 84% of (…)

  • Moroccan TV Channel 2M Warned for Hidden Advertising in Real Estate Segment
    1 June 2019, by Said

    The 2M channel has just been sanctioned again. The Higher Council for Audiovisual Communication (CSCA) has issued a warning to the channel for clandestine advertising.
    On March 19, 2M Morocco did not hesitate to use "promotional" terms in favor of a sponsor of the program, namely the real estate developer Prestigia, describing his project as an "exceptional place", "a residential complex containing a football pitch, the beach, golf, and many activities", as well as comments from one of (…)

  • Moroccan TV Faces Financial Crisis Amid Calls for Improved Content Quality
    22 July 2019, by Kamal

    According to a member of the Communication and Culture Commission within the Parliament, Moroccan television must raise the level of content offered to the Moroccan public. Far from being attributed to the perpetual financial crises, this state of affairs reflects the negative image that has always been transmitted to all citizens.
    Moroccan television tries to mask the reality, adds the same source, by measuring the level of audience, although this is not a determining factor. The priority (…)

  • Moroccan TV Director Slams Minister Over Deadly Conditions at Social Care Center
    5 August 2019, by Kamal

    It didn’t take much for Samira Sitaïl, Director of Information at the television channel, 2M, to lose her temper and openly attack the Minister of Family and Solidarity, Bassima Hakaoui.
    The critical situation of the inmates of the Tit Mellil Medico-Social Center has pushed the Director of Information at 2M to her last resort. She declares, in a tweet addressed to the Minister of Family: "Death is raging in the Center and you don’t lift a finger".
    Sitaïl did not stop there, strongly (…)