GEM TV

GEM TV

Country	Turkey
Broadcast area	Europe, Central Asia, North Africa, Russia, Thailand, Hong Kong
Affiliates	حامد قدیری (Hamed ghadiri)
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Programming
Language(s)	Persian, Turkish (Azeri), Kurdish, Arabic
Picture format	16:9 (1080i,
Ownership
Owner	مهسا قدیری (Mahsa ghadiri)
Sister channels	جم سریز (Gem series)
History
Launched	2006 (2006)
Links
Website	gemonline.tv
Availability
Satellite
Hotbird 6 SD	11137 V 27500 3/4
Yahsat 1A SD	11881 V 27500
Yahsat 1A HD	12034 V 27500

GEM TV (Persian: جم تی‌وی‎) is a group of entertainment satellite channels. Its headquarters is located in Istanbul, Turkey. This group also launched various channels in Arabic, Kurdish and Persian to expand its viewers.

History[]

GEM Television commenced work in 2006, owned and managed by GEM Group ("General Entertainment and Media Group"). GEM Group was established in 2001.

Current programs[]

GEM's current programming consists of movies, documentaries and acquired programs and shows like America's Got Talent and The X Factor. GEM also airs dubbed Turkish TV series such as Magnificent Century, Kuzey Güney, Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? and Merhamet. All of the programs are either dubbed or subtitled in Persian.^[1][2]

Assassination of Saeed Karimian[]

On 29 April 2017, Director of the GEM Group, Saeed Karimian, was assassinated in Istanbul. Tasnim News Agency, which is close to Iran Revolutionary Guards, had accused him of formerly being a member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran. , another news agency close to Iran's government, referred to GEM as "The most destructive anti-culture media" when reporting the incident. Some suggest that he was killed by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, although it is not credible.^[3]

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