What classification or type of a television station is Swazi TV?
Swazi TV is a public broadcaster. Public broadcasters are characterised by the following functions:

• Serves the public interest.
• Is accountable to the citizenry through parliament.
• Is governed by an independent Board.
• Is editorially independent.

To be more specific, public service broadcasting has the following characteristics:

• Serves all citizenry, including minority interests.
• Brings the fullest possible range of programmes to the greatest number of homes.
• Addresses the needs of the audience as citizens, rather than as consumers.

When was Swazi TV officially opened?
This television station was officially opened by His Majesty King Sobhuza II on the 1st February 1978.

What is the difference between STBC and STVA?
STBC (Swaziland Television Broadcasting Services) is what STVA (Swaziland Television Authority) used to be called before 1983. The TV authority was established through an Act of parliament in 1983. The Swaziland Government took over a privately owned company belonging to an electronic group of companies based in the United Kingdom. It is then that the television station was known as the Swaziland Broadcasting Corporation where it was officially opened by His Majesty King Sobhuza II on the 1st February 1978. This was the coming of television into the Kingdom. After being established by the Act of parliament, STBC was then called STVA (Swaziland Television Authority), synonymously used with Swazi TV.

How was the STAR Department formed?
The Swaziland Broadcasting Corporation had a monopoly in all television gadgets or equipment, as a result, they also opened a television rental operating under Vision Hire, today operating as the Swaziland Television Authority Rentals (STAR), which is still one the authority's departments.

How does Swazi TV generate her revenue?
Swazi TV generates her revenue through advertising, TV license collection, television repairs, and receives an annual subvention from government.