Mass media in Angola
# Mass media in Angola

The mass media in Angola is primarily controlled by Angola's dominant political party, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).

## Journalism

The country's official news agency is the government-owned Angola Press Agency (ANGOP), founded in 1975, and formerly allied with the official news agency of the Soviet Union, the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS). "The press was nationalized in 1976."

### Print

Angolan newspapers include:

* Agora
* Angolense
* O Apostolado
* A Capital
* Folha 8
* Jornal de Angola
* Novo Jornal
* O Pais
* Semanário Angolense

## Telecommunications

### Television and radio

TV Zimbo in a rival privately owned channel in Angola. On December 16, 2015, a new private TV station, Palanca TV, began broadcasting from the South African satellite subscription TV provider DStv.

