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CRTV The Cameroon Radio and Television was created after the department of radio broadcasting and Cameroon television fused. The department of radio broadcasting started off as « la societé de radio-diffusion de la France Outré Mer (SORAFOM) » during the First World War when the French arrived in Douala and installed a short wave transmitter. This structure later become the department of radio broadcasting placed under the ministry of information and culture after Cameroon gained its independence. On its part, the television project in Cameroon was initiated in 1982. The German consortium SIEMENS was assigned the production phase of the project, the French THOMSON/SOCETEG took charge of broadcasting while another French enterprise TRT handled transmissions. To coordinate these three enterprises the presidential decree of May 12, 1984 creates a coordination unit and appoints Gervais Mendo Ze as coordinator. The first television images broadcast in Cameroon were viewed in March 1985