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Western Sahara's television landscape is as unusual as its political status. There is one channel: RASD TV, the official broadcaster of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, run from the refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria. It serves a displaced population and a diaspora scattered across North Africa and Europe. The schedule is modest, news bulletins in Arabic and Spanish, cultural programs celebrating Sahrawi music and poetry, and Friday prayers. Given the territory's colonial history, Spanish remains a secondary broadcast language, a rarity in a majority-Arabic region. News is state-controlled, reflecting the front line of a decades-old conflict. There are no commercial stations, no reality shows, no satellite competitors. Viewers rely on satellite dishes pointed at Arabsat or Nilesat to catch RASD TV's single feed. Primetime isn't a fixed hour; programming adapts to camp life. The channel's biggest audiences come during political anniversaries or sports events featuring the Sahrawi national football team. Compared to neighbors like Morocco, which has dozens of private channels and a booming drama industry, Western Sahara's TV culture is minimal, functional, and deeply political. It's not entertainment television, it's a lifeline of identity and news for a nation without territory.