Yemen TV

Yemen TV is the flagship national television station inYemen. Established in 1975, the channel was the first official channel to broadcast as local media in what was theYemen Arab Republicalso commonly known asNorth Yemen. The station is based inSana'aand started broadcasting on 24 September 1975.

After unification of the country withAdenpopularly known asSouth Yemento form the present dayRepublic of Yemen, the channel continued to enjoy the title of the national broadcaster of the new united Yemen.

Yemen TV, alongside many other Arab television channels joinedINTELSAT-59 in 1995 where it started broadcasting on satellite starting 20 December 1995. It later expanded broadcasting ontoArabsat(2A). A second channel was added in 2000.