TV9 (rendered in digital terrestrial television metadata as Government Channel TV9) is Samoa's government-owned television station. Established in 2019, the station falls under the Broadcasting Services Division of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Being a public broadcaster by nature, it has to provide essential emergency information in cases of extreme weather. The station is a sister of 2AP, Samoa's oldest radio station.Building Media Resilience in Pacific SIDS: Case studies from Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu
History What is now the Broadcasting Services Division of the MCIT was formerly the Samoa Broadcasting Corporation, which operated Televise Samoa/SBC TV One, Samoa's first television station. The television channel was put for privatization in 2007,Privatization of Samoa public broadcaster put back, only one bidder left. (2007, Dec 20). BBC Monitoring Media while the sale was completed on 21 July 2008.Sale of former Samoa Broadcasting Corporation completed. (2008, Jul 23). BBC Monitoring Media
The BSD of the MCIT submitted a plan to launch its own television channel on 21 July 2018 as part of the country's plan to introduce digital television.Digital T.V. channel for Govt. programmes It was approved in 2019.Broadcasting Services Division
In September 2022, the channel suspended its operations from the digital terrestrial platform and was merely showing a test card. It was, however, ordered to have it restored.Government's Channel 9 remains off-air
2AP-TV9 received a mobile journalism unit donated from Australia's ABC in October 2023.Samoa media goes mobile with new training TV9 served as the host broadcaster for CHOGM 2024.Media restrictions at CHOGM
In June 2025, it improved its technical capacities with the installation of an AEQ XPEAK system.TV9 Samoa Upgrades Its Communication with AEQ XPEAK
Programming As of September 2024, TV9 airs local programmes, news from Australia's ABC, music videos and feature films.
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