Country reference
- Country codes
- MG / MDG · M49 450
- Browsing region
- Africa
- Language options to specify
- Malagasy, French, English
- UN statistical subregion
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Write Télévision Malagasy or Madagascar TVM in full. Official institutional records identify TVM within ORTM and document technical tests for a proposed TVM2 news service. Those records should not be turned into a current carriage claim or confused with another country’s TVM.
TVM and ORTM need the country attached
The Japanese embassy’s 2024 handover report identifies TVM’s news-production studio and supplied documentary and educational programmes. A production-equipment improvement concerns how programmes are made. It does not establish the resolution or reliability of a separate internet distributor, and supplied programmes do not prove that any particular documentary is scheduled today.
TVM2: dated technical evidence
The 6 August 2025 Council of Ministers record approved communication about TVM2 technical tests. Preserve the number when an old or current list shows it, but ask for present programme and reception evidence. A technical-test announcement is a different stage from a verified full channel available on the viewer’s chosen platform.
Choose the actual Malagasy programme
Use Indian/Antananarivo with the event or original television date. Specify Malagasy speech or French speech as needed, plus the complete bulletin, documentary or ceremony. ORTM also appears in Mali’s broadcaster name, so include Madagascar when sharing a link or searching a player list. Exact country and programme identity resolve that ambiguity before device troubleshooting begins.
Time-zone reference locations
Indian/Antananarivo
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.