ORTM1 and ORTM2 need distinct favourites
The official ORTM portal provides an ORTM1 destination and navigation to ORTM2. Its television-journal listings identify editions by both channel and hour, including ORTM2’s 19:30 journal and ORTM1 bulletins. Retain the number in a saved item so another viewer can reach the same service without guessing from the shared ORTM logo.
A news edition shown on ORTM2 is not automatically a delayed or renamed ORTM1 bulletin. Check the actual title and date before applying a time correction. A channel mapping error can make a correctly timed guide look wrong because the listed programme belongs to the other service.
Radio Mali is a different medium
ORTM’s portal also lists Radio Mali, Radio Chaîne 2 and Radio Rurale. The homepage publishes dated journal parlé material from national radio as well as television journals. A genuine ORTM search result can therefore be audio, even if the organisation’s name includes television.
Keep television journals and spoken radio news in separate favourites or bookmarks. If a selected item contains sound without pictures, inspect the medium in its title before diagnosing a video failure. Write “ORTM1 television” or the actual radio service when asking a relative for the programme they recommended.
Use the programme catalogue to find the format
ORTM’s programme area lists formats such as Invité de la semaine separately from its television-journal archive. A weekly interview, a midday news edition and an evening journal answer different viewing interests. Search using the original programme title, guest if relevant, and date rather than only a broad “Mali news” term.
A single story extracted from a bulletin may be indexed beside a full programme. Compare the episode title and duration before assuming two results are duplicate copies. For a missed edition, use its original broadcast date rather than the website upload timestamp, which can reflect when the item was published online.
Read local reminders in Bamako time
Use Africa/Bamako for local programme settings. The reviewed project examples give 20:00 locally for 20:00 UTC in November 2026 and July 2027. A broadcaster elsewhere in the francophone region can use another offset, and European French-language television follows different seasonal rules. Convert the dated original announcement rather than importing its hour unchanged.
The official ORTM pages were available through current search retrieval while direct page opens were blocked during this review. The named channels and dated edition examples are therefore reference evidence, not a successful playback test or a permanent current timetable. For a future broadcast, confirm the specific day through ORTM’s own current programme information before creating a recurring reminder.
Questions about this guide
Why can an ORTM result play only audio?
The portal also publishes Radio Mali and other radio services, including spoken-news editions. Check the medium and full service name before assuming a television problem.
Can I remove the ORTM channel number from a favourite?
Keeping ORTM1 or ORTM2 avoids confusing distinct television editions and helps diagnose a guide attached to the wrong service.