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MBC 1 is a Mauritian free-to-air television channel of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, the national state broadcaster. MBC 1 was launched as the first TV channel in the island country on 8 June 1964.




History



In 1963, the then-Mauritius Broadcasting Service signed an agreement with British company Thomson Television International (also known as Television International Enterprises Limited) to provide assistance for the launch of the television service. In view of this, MBS (renamed MBC per a 1964 ordinance) started work on a new Broadcasting House in October 1963, to accommodate both radio and television. A transmitter was already installed by the end of the year at Malherbes and later conducted field tests which were all successful.
The main transmitter was located at Curepipe from which it broadcast on VHF channel 4, supplemented by three relay stations. Pilot television signals started in 1964, during this period MBC installed the relay stations at Fort George, Mount Thérése, and Jurançon. After the installation of the last of these repeaters (Jurançon) on 31 December 1964, official broadcasts began de facto on 8 January 1965, with the publishing of advertisements in newspapers giving incentive to buy television sets, becoming de jure on 8 February 1965 at 5:45pm with the participation of Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. The first continuity announcers were Monique Ohsan and Padma Ghurburrun. MBC lacked an outside broadcast van in its early years, with local events being shot on film and later processed to appear on the news bulletins.
Color broadcasts in the SECAM format started in December 1975, which also envisioned the creation of a French-funded satellite earth station.
On November 3, 2013, MBC (Mauritius) introduced the MBC News Channel which airs between 7AM-6PM on MBC 1, bringing up-to-date local, regional and international news every hour including reportages and documentaries in major Mauritian speaking language. MBC News Channel remained a block on MBC 1, from 7 AM to 6PM until January 31, 2015 where it was removed.




Programming


Anou Bouze
Anou Riyer (Let's Laugh)
Beat Box (Musical Show)
Bhojpuri Top 5 (musical show)
Bollywood Top 10 (musical show)
Devon Ke Dev - Mahadev
Dossier de la Rédaction
Eclats de Vie
Fami Pa Kontan (The Family Is Not Happy)
Gulmohar ki Chaon Mein
Jamai Raja
Siya Ke Ram
Le Journal (news)
Live n Direk (musical show)
Mangeons Veg (Let's Eat Veg)
The Power
Priorité Santé (Health Priority)
Rangsaaz
Samachar (news)
Dil Hai Hindustani (season 2)
Talk Back
TV Mag
Viens Decouvrir (Come and Discover)




Former local programmes broadcast on MBC News Channel


These programmes were broadcast before the MBC News Channel was discontinued.

A Vous De Juger (The decision is yours)
Aaj Ki Khabrein (Today's News)
Etre Femme (Being Woman)
Flash News
Flash Samachar (Hindi Flash News)
Information (News)
MBC Morning Show
Samachar (Hindi News)
Sports
Zournal Kreol (Creole News)
Some of these shows are also telecast on Senn Kreol, YSTV and MBC 3.




See also


Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
Kids Channel (Mauritian TV channel)
MBC 2 (Mauritian TV channel)
MBC 3 (Mauritian TV channel)
BTV (Mauritian TV channel)
List of television channels in Mauritius
Media of Mauritius
List of programs broadcast by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation




References

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• YSTV (Mauritian TV channel)
• Kids Channel (Mauritian TV channel)
• Bhojpuri Channel