The Turkish public broadcaster TRT’s international news platform TRT World has entered into a partnership with the Maltese leading telecommunications company Melita, a quadruple play provider that provides cable television, mobile telephone, broadband Internet, and fixed-line telephone services to Maltese households.
The English language TRT World, launched in 2015 and headquartered in Istanbul with four newsrooms located around the world, will now be available to Melita TV subscribers on extended and extended basic TV products.
“We are pleased to announce our partnership with Melita as this will allow us to share global human centred stories on world events to viewers in Malta” said Furkan Han,TRT World’s Head of Global Digital & Satellite Distribution & Partnership. “At TRT World we are always looking for ways to expand our reach through digital and traditional platforms and bring the latest news stories to our audience.”
Simon Poljšak, Senior Fixed Products Manager of Melita said, “We constantly seek to improve and add international channels to our line-up. We are excited to include TRT World, further strengthening the number of international news channels we offer – something which we know our cosmopolitan customer base appreciates.”
Melita is Malta’s leading telco, operating one of Europe’s most powerful networks which provides nationwide gigabit internet, 5G ready mobile and NB-IoT across the Maltese islands. With its state-of-the-art NexTV platform, Melita is the market leader in Pay TV delivering TV service to almost 60% of Maltese households. A selection of TV packages offers the best selection of local and international channels, with more than 100 interactive channels, cloud recording, a rich On-demand library and the best sports package around. Melita customers can watch across multiple devices, wherever and whenever.