Country Mauritius | Headquarters Moka | |
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Picture format 576i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV) Language French, English, Creole, Hindi, Sign Broadcast area Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agaléga,
worldwide (online with restricted programming) Sister channel(s) MBC 2, MBC 3, MBC 4, Sports 11, Ciné 12, Knowledge Channel, Senn Kreol, Bhojpuri Channel Website www.mbcradio.tv/mbc/mbc1 |
MBC 1 is a television channel of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation. It is the most popular and most watched television channel in Mauritius. It was launched as the first TV channel in Mauritius on 8 June 1964. Every Thursday, an Indian movie is telecast on MBC 1 at 8.30PM.
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Programmes broadcast
History
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.
Former local programmes broadcast on MBC News Channel
These programmes were broadcast before the MBC News Channel was discontinued.
Some of these shows are also telecast on Senn Kreol, Sports 11 and MBC 3.