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Morocco TV performs the dual roles of an important news media as well as a significant means of popular recreation. 2M logo2M is a Morocco TV service founded by ONA, the largest Moroccan economic corporation. Based in Casablanca, this particular television channel in Morocco is free to air on Globecast satellite, covering the entire Moroccan mainland. It is also available online and live from the JumpTV.
2M Moroccan television provides services in both French and Arabic languages to the local population. In fact, it was set up with the aim of endowing audio-visual scenery in Morocco with a second channel for the promotion of competition and diversifications in its offerings.
Officially, the broadcasting of programs in 2M Moroccan television started on 4th of March, 1989. Previously, it was a cable channel, broadcasting twice daily in an uncoded manner. The role of 2M logo2M Moroccan television lies in challenging the taboos by debating controversial issues and establishing a reputation for itself of having freedom of speech in Morocco. It regularly broadcasts news, music, films and sports activities both for keeping the people updated and recreating them at the same time.
In fact, this television channel operates in close ties with the political powers of the land and the Makhzen. Until recently, it acts as an indirect mean to attack independent newspapers in the country like Le Journal. Functioning with two different channels, a satellite and a local channel, the programs appearing in them are more or less similar in nature. As a satellite television channel in Morocco, 2M was created mainly for the Moroccan inhabitants dwelling in France and other European countries.
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