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Uganda TV channels

69 Uganda channels, and how Uganda TV fills its day

A snapshot of television in Uganda: how many channels there are, what kind, how busy each hour is, what fills it, how much is repeats.

69 channels3,010 programmes a dayAfrica/Kampala
A day of Uganda TVprogrammes on air, today
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Channels
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4 kinds, from general down

Programmes today
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Across every Uganda channel

Repeat share today
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Biggest genre
Other69% of programmes

then entertainment 10%, then news 9%

What fills Uganda TV, hour by hour

Today across 22 channels, the share of programmes in each genre at every hour, local time. Hover an hour to read it.

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NewsDramaFactualEntertainmentSportComedyChildrenFilmSoapOther

Most aired in the Uganda

The weekly chart appears here as soon as its data is live.

Channels by genre

69 channels

general
4
entertainment
3
sports
2
religious
1

Uganda channels A to Z

Every channel we list in Uganda, with its genre. Their listings, day by day, are in the API.

Cartoon Network.ugCartoonito.ugCBS Reality.ugChannel 44

Showing 4 of 69. The full list, with every channel's id, is one call: /v1/countries/UG/channels.

In the API

The Uganda as data

Every Uganda channel and its day in a few calls, with the same ids every time. The free key reads yesterday across all of them.

  • /v1/countries/{cc}/channels lists every channel and its id
  • /v1/countries/{cc}/schedule/{date} gives the whole country's day, 50 channels a page
  • /v1/countries/{cc}/most-aired gives last week's chart
curl "https://api.tvschedule.org/v1/countries/UG/channels?limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVS_KEY"

{
    "data": [
        {
            "name": "Africanews.ug",
            "categories": []
        },
        {
            "name": "AFRO Music.ug",
            "categories": []
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 2
    }
}

Other countries

Every country we list has the same snapshot. These are the deepest.

Questions about Uganda TV channels

How many TV channels are there in Uganda?

We list 69 Uganda channels, airing about 3,010 programmes a day between them.

How much of Uganda TV is repeats?

Today, across 22 channels, 33% of programmes are repeats. The same episode shown again on the same channel the same day counts as a repeat; news, shopping and fillers are left out.

Can I get every Uganda channel's listings as data?

Yes. The TV Schedule API lists every channel and gives the whole country's day in pages of 50 channels. The free key reads yesterday; Live reads the week either side.