Monaco Media Diffusion
FormerlyMonte-Carlo Radiodiffusion (1994–2016)
IndustryRadio and television transmission
Founded1994 (1994)
Headquarters
Monaco City
,
Monaco
WebsiteMMD Website

Monaco Media Diffusion (MMD) is a joint-stock company established in 1994. MMD is the only licensee for broadcasting radio and television in Monaco. The national company operates transmitters and distributes licenses and frequencies in consultation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The MMD network broadcasts both digitally, on the FM band, longwave and medium wave from several locations in Monaco and Southern France. MMD is run by a board of six members.

The channels associated with MMD, 23 stations on 30 frequencies, broadcast around the clock and cover the coastal area between Cannes and the border with Italy.

History

MMD was created in 1994 as Monte-Carlo Radiodiffusion (MCR) and is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the Principality of Monaco alongside Radio Monte-Carlo (RMC) and Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC) which chairs the Group of Monegasque Broadcasters (GRMC). Its name was changed in April 2016 following the majority acquisition of the shareholders, by the Principality of Monaco. The Principality now holds 51% of the capital of this Monegasque company and TDF Group 49%.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Montée de l'Etat au capital de la S.A.M. Monte-Carlo Radiodiffusion". TDF. April 28, 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.


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