Télé Maroc

Tele Maroc
CountryMorocco
Broadcast areaNorth Africa - Europe - Middle East
HeadquartersMadrid - Spain
Programming
LanguagesMoroccan Darija, Arabic, French
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
History
Launched26 May 2017
Links
Websitehttp://www.telemaroc.tv
Availability
Streaming media
LiveMedia.MALiveMedia.ma

Télé Maroc (also Tele Maroc), is a private,[1] general-interest satellite television channel founded by Moroccan journalist Rachid Niny.[2][3] It officially launched broadcasting on June 8, 2017.

About Tele Maroc

The channel is headquartered in Madrid, Spain,[4] but maintains production operations in Morocco, with a significant presence in Casablanca. It broadcasts across North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East via the Egyptian satellite Nilesat.[2]

Télé Maroc's programming is diverse, featuring daily news bulletins, talk shows,[5] documentaries,[6] entertainment programs,[7] and sports coverage, all delivered primarily in Classical Arabic and Moroccan Arabic, also known as Darija.[2][1] 24-hours a day.[3] It describes itself as "the television with a new vision," focusing on content aimed at a Moroccan audience. The channel is available for free-to-air satellite viewing and through online streaming platforms.[8]

Notable programs and reception

Andi Mā Yufīd (Arabic: عندي ما يفيد, translation: I Have Something Beneficial) is a television talk show broadcast on Tele Maroc,[9] hosted by Moroccan actor and media personality Morad El Achabi.[10][11] The program features interviews with artists, focusing on their personalities and personal insights. The host's approach has been praised for combining serious discussion with humor, aiming to entertain while providing substantive content. The show is noted for its balance between entertainment and informative discourse.[12]

The channel has faced public criticism and controversy surrounding several of its programs.

In 2023, the program Mintaqa Mahdoura (Arabic: منطقة محظورة, translation: Forbidden Zone) sparked significant backlash for an episode discussing transgender issues. Following the broadcast, Tele Maroc's management pulled the episode from its platforms, stating it contained "irresponsible statements" from a guest regarding transgender people, for which the channel apologized.[13]

That same year, another episode of Forbidden Zone drew widespread condemnation after a guest, a gynecologist, appeared to justify rape by linking it to women's refusal to marry. The remarks provoked public outrage and led to questions about the oversight role of Morocco's High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA). HACA indicated it had no jurisdictional authority over Tele Maroc as the channel broadcasts from outside Morocco. In response to the controversy, Tele Maroc issued a statement clarifying the episode had aired six months prior, denounced any justification of violence against women, and confirmed it had removed the offending episode.[14][15]

Another program, Dareebat a-Shuhra (Arabic: ضريبة الشهرة, translation: The Tax of Fame), hosted by journalist Bouchra Dou, was criticized for its confrontational style and intrusive questioning, which some viewers and commentators described as vulgar and disrespectful towards guests. The controversy escalated when guest Dr. Samad Benalla (known as Doc Samad) filed a lawsuit against Dou and the channel, alleging that promotional material for his interview was defamatory and that the full episode aired without his final consent, damaging his reputation. Dou defended the program's bold and provocative format, stating it aired on a private platform and was intended to generate discussion.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b Fr_r78@maestro (2017-06-06). "MOROCCO / Télé Maroc, a new private channel on Nilesat". Méditerranée Audiovisuelle. Retrieved 2025-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Ecofin, Agence. "Télé Maroc est la nouvelle chaîne qui veut parler de tout, sauf de la fortune du roi". Agence Ecofin (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  3. ^ a b admin (2017-05-26). "Télé Maroc, la chaîne de Rachid Niny, démarre début ramadan". Médias24 - Numéro un de l'information économique marocaine (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  4. ^ https://psdhtml.me. "L'Expression: L'Ecran libre - Télé Maroc, la chaîne qui fait scandale au royaume". L'Expression (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2025-12-30. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  5. ^ "MASSARATES - Télé Maroc - Salima Naji" (in French). 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  6. ^ fanchon (2017-07-15). "Laila Lahlou, la voix de Télé Maroc au Sahara". PLAN B (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  7. ^ Medias24, Rédaction (2021-04-13). "Ramadan 2021: voici la grille des programmes de la chaîne Télé Maroc". Médias24 - Numéro un de l'information économique marocaine (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ LiveMedia.ma. "Watch Tele Maroc HD Live in HD". LiveMedia.ma. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  9. ^ "عندي ما يفيد". www.telemaroc.tv. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  10. ^ المغربية, جريدة الأحداث; ahd_oussama (2018-03-28). "بعد "ميكرومراد" العشابي يقدم "عندي مايفيد"". أحداث.أنفو - موقع أحداث.أنفو (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  11. ^ الصباح (2019-01-21). ""عندي ما يفيد" في حلقات جديدة | جريدة الصباح". assabah.ma (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  12. ^ "كوة ضوء (trans. A Glimmer of Light)" (PDF). Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Vol. 30, no. 9195. 2018-05-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  13. ^ "قناة مغربية تعتذر وتسحب حلقة "مسيئة" للمتحولين جنسيا". Le 360 Arabe (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  14. ^ S.J. "La polémique de Télé Maroc : éclairage sur la non-réactivité de la HACA". L'Opinion Maroc - Actualité et Infos au Maroc et dans le monde. (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  15. ^ "برنامج تلفزيوني يبرر الاغتصاب.. والهاكا عاجزة عن التدخل". تيل كيل عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  16. ^ "انتقادات واسعة لقناة "تيلي ماروك" بسبب "ضريبة الشهرة" وفايسبوكيون يصفون برنامج بشرى الضو بالمنحط". أخبارنا المغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  17. ^ yassine (2017-06-16). ""دوك صمد" يقاضي الضو بسبب "ضريبة الشهرة"". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-06.

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