Arryadia (SNRT)

What is Arryadia (SNRT)?

Arryadia is a sports television channel of the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT). The Haute Autorité de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA), the audiovisual regulator, lists three national public companies. Under the SNRT it lists the television services Al Aoula, Al Aoula Satellitaire, Laâyoune TV, Arriyadiya, Arrabiâ, Al Maghribiya, Assadissa, Aflam TV and Tamazighte, and radio services including Radio Nationale.^[1] The SNRT's own site lists Arryadia among its channels, with that spelling.^[2]

The statute. The SNRT exists under loi n° 77-03 relative à la communication audiovisuelle, promulgated by dahir n° 1-04-257 of 7 January 2005. In the text HACA publishes, Article 54 provides that “la «Radio Télévision Marocaine» (R.T.M) et le «Service Autonome de Publicité» (S.A.P) seront transformés en une société anonyme dénommée «Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision» (S.N.R.T)”. The same article states: “L'Etat détient la totalité du capital de la S.N.R.T.” Articles 55 to 57 transfer to the SNRT the frequencies, rights, obligations and staff of the RTM and the SAP.^[3] HACA's page was read as the regulator publishes it; no later consolidated text was read.

What does Arryadia (SNRT) cover?

The national teams. Médias24 reported on 16 January 2026, of the final of the Africa Cup of Nations 2025: “La rencontre aura lieu ce dimanche 18 janvier 2026. Elle sera diffusée à partir de 20 h sur Al Aoula TNT, Arryadia TNT, BeIN Sports France 1, BeIN Sports Max 1, Canal+ Sport 1 Afrique, SuperSport et Channel 4.” The two Moroccan channels named are both SNRT services.^[4]

Le Matin reported on 3 August 2026 that Morocco's group match against Senegal at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2026, at the Stade Moulay El Hassan in Rabat that evening, would be shown on Arryadia TNT, Al Aoula TNT and beIN Sports.^[5]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup. Afrik-Foot, a French football site, reported on 9 June 2026 that the SNRT had announced in early June an agreement with beIN Sports, and that it would show all of Morocco's matches “en clair et gratuitement”, “probablement sur Arryadia”, while beIN Sports MENA held the rights to all 104 matches. That report is a single secondary source; neither the SNRT's nor beIN's own announcement was retrieved.^[6]

The sports covered in these reports are all football. No programme schedule for Arryadia was retrieved.

How large is Arryadia (SNRT)'s audience?

Television audiences in Morocco are published by the Centre Interprofessionnel d'Audience des Médias (CIAUMED). Its release for the week of 9 to 15 September 2026, one week's reading, gives Marocmétrie's panel as “3961 individus âgés de 5 ans et plus vivant dans 1023 foyers”, and states that Marocmétrie has provided the reference measurement of television audiences in Morocco since 28 March 2008. It does not list Arryadia on its own. It groups the SNRT's channels other than Al Aoula and Al Maghribia as “Autres chaînes SNRT” and gives them together 2.0 per cent of the whole-day audience and 1.7 per cent in prime time; Al Aoula had 7.9 per cent of the whole day and 15.0 per cent in prime time. No sports programme appears in that week's list of most-watched programmes.^[7]

No measured audience for any single match on Arryadia was retrieved, and no audited figure for the SNRT's websites.

Since when has Arryadia (SNRT) existed?

The SNRT dates from the transformation of the RTM that Article 54 of loi n° 77-03 ordered “Dans les 60 jours suivant la date de publication de la présente loi au « Bulletin officiel »”; the law was promulgated by the dahir of 7 January 2005.^[3] The date on which the transformation took effect, and Arryadia's launch date, were not found in any document retrieved. The SNRT's own institutional pages that were opened describe its mediator, not its history.^[2]

Four further channels. HACA announced on 28 October 2024 that the Conseil Supérieur de la Communication Audiovisuelle had approved, at its plenary meeting that day, “le projet de complément du cahier des charges de la Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision – SNRT prévoyant la création de quatre chaînes de télévision publiques thématiques dédiées aux sports”, numbered 1 to 4 under the Arryadia name, “qui seront diffusées 24/24 par satellite ou par tout autre mode technique”. The Council described them as channels “qui s'ajoutent à Arriyadia”, and named among the events they would accompany the “Mondial de foot 2030, Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2025, éditions 2025-2029 de la Coupe du Monde du football féminin U17”. It also “a réitéré son appel à une plus grande médiatisation du sport féminin”.^[8]

HACA's current list of public operators, as read, names Arriyadiya among the SNRT's services and lists no numbered sports channel.^[1]

Why does Arryadia (SNRT) matter in Morocco's sport?

Arryadia belongs to the State-owned public broadcaster under loi n° 77-03, and in 2026 it was named, with Al Aoula, as a Moroccan channel for the men's Africa Cup of Nations final and for a women's Africa Cup of Nations match played in Rabat.^[3][4][5] Afrik-Foot reported that the SNRT would carry Morocco's 2026 World Cup matches free of charge under an agreement with beIN Sports.^[6]

Reporters Without Borders, whose 2026 index places Morocco at “105/ 180, Score : 50.55”, writes of the country's media: “The diversity of the Moroccan media landscape is only a facade. The media does not reflect the diversity of political opinion in the country.” It continues: “Independent media and journalists face significant pressure, and the right to information is crushed by a powerful propaganda and disinformation machine serving the political agenda of the government and its close allies.”^[9] Those are RSF's words; its entry does not name the SNRT.