TOLO (TV channel)

TOLO
طلوع
Country	Afghanistan
Programming
Language(s)	Dari Persian
Picture format	1080p (HDTV) & 576i (SDTV), 16:9)
Ownership
Owner	MOBY Group
Sister channels	TOLOnews, Lemar TV, Barbud Music, Arman FM and Tolo Music (Web)
History
Launched	November 2004
Links
Website	www.tolo.tv www.darya.net
Availability
Terrestrial
Normal antenna	42 UHF (Kabul); 43 UHF (Kandahar); 37 UHF (Herat); 31 UHF (Mazar-i-Sharif); 32 UHF (Kunduz); 41 UHF (Jalalabad); 41 UHF (Taloqan); 43 UHF (Puli Khumri); 29 UHF (Ghazni); 31 UHF (Khost)
Streaming media
Darya	www.darya.net (Afghanistan)
ZeeLIV	www.zeeliv.com/ToloTV (World Wide)

TOLO (Persian: طلوع, lit. 'sunrise')^[1] is a commercial television station operated by MOBY Group in Afghanistan. Launched in 2004, it became one of the first commercial stations in the country and laid the foundation for an accessible media outlet by offering a large library of shows. It is one of the most popular television channels in Afghanistan and broadcasts shows in both Dari-Persian and Pashto.

The station was launched in Kabul, and as of November 2007 it was broadcasting in 14 cities in Afghanistan on free-to-air and throughout the region by terrestrial antenna and by satellite. Its sister channels are TOLOnews, on air all day, and Lemar TV, in the Pashto language.

TOLO was the subject of documentary film in 2012 called The Network, by Eva Orner. The film saw limited international release in 2013.^[2]

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, Tolo TV drastically reducing entertainment programs and increasing religious programs, especially since the Taliban banned music in mass media.^[3]

^ Brown, Katherine A. (February 1, 2019). Your Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190879419 – via Google Books.
^ "The Network". Dogwoof Films. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^ Bezhan, Frud (18 August 2021). "Fewer Women, No Entertainment: Kabul's Media Scene Transforms After Taliban Takeover". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[1] Brown, Katherine A. (February 1, 2019). Your Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190879419 – via Google Books.

[2] "The Network". Dogwoof Films. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

[3] Bezhan, Frud (18 August 2021). "Fewer Women, No Entertainment: Kabul's Media Scene Transforms After Taliban Takeover". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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