Television in Azerbaijan

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Television in Azerbaijan was introduced in 1956, when Azerbaijan was still known as the Azerbaijani SSR.[1][2]

Azerbaijan has a total of 47 television channels, of which 4 are public television channels and 43 are private television channels of which 12 are national television channels and 31 regional television channels. According to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan, the television penetration rate is 99% according to 2014 data.[3] The penetration rate of cable television in Azerbaijan totaled 28.1% of households in 2013, from a study by the State Statistical Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic. Almost 39% of the cable television subscriber base is concentrated in major cities. The penetration rate of cable television totaled 59.1% in the city of Baku in 2013.[4]

List of channels[]

This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Azerbaijan.[3]

State-owned[]

Name Owner Established
AzTV Azerbaijan TV and Radio Programme Society (state-owned) 1956
İdman Azərbaycan Azerbaijan TV and Radio Programme Society (state-owned) 2009
İTV Azerbaijan TV and Radio Broadcasting Company 2005
Mədəniyyət TV Azerbaijan TV and Radio Programme Society (state-owned) 2011

Private[]

Nationwide[]

Name Owner Established
Space TV Vagif Mustafayev 1997
ATV Azad Azerbaijan TV and Radio Broadcasting Company 2000
CJSC "Khazar TV" 2007
CBC TV Caspian Broadcasting Company of SOCAR 2013
Caspian Broadcasting Company of SOCAR 2015
Real TV Real Analysis and Information Center LLC 2019
ARB Azerbaijani TV Network 2014
Azerbaijani TV Network 2018
ARB Günəş Azerbaijani TV Network 2015
Azer-Sat 1995
VOA 1990
MFS 2013
Group AZ 2007
B&B 2010
MTV Azerbaijan 2012

Regional[]

Name Owner Established Region Available in
Alternativ-Tele-Radio 2001 Ganja Aran Economic Region, Ganja-Gazakh
"A" MMC 2004 Tartar Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
AS TV Society 2007 Astara Lankaran
El TV MMC 2009 Yevlakh Aran Economic Region, Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh
"TÜRKEL TV" MMC 2010 Tovuz Ganja-Gazakh
"A" MMC 2003 Barda Yukhari Garabakh, Aran Economic Region
Region Company 2002 Shirvan Aran Economic Region
B1 TV "N" AMC 2006 Naftalan Yukhari Garabakh, Ganja-Gazakh
AgMMC 1996 Absheron Absheron Economic Region, Dagligh Shirvan
Cənub TV Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society 2006 Lankaran Lankaran, Aran Economic Region
DA1 2013 Zakatala Shaki-Zaqatala
Sumgait City Radio & TV Company 2001 Sumgait Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz
RTV Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society 2007 Khachmaz Guba-Khachmaz, Shaki-Zaqatala, Dagligh Shirvan
ASB+ 2007 Shamakhi Dagligh Shirvan, Shaki-Zaqatala, Aran Economic Region
Kanal-S Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society 2008 Shaki Shaki-Zaqatala, Ganja-Gazakh, Aran Economic Region
NMR 2004 Nakhchivan Nakhchivan
NMR 2007 Ordubad Nakhchivan
Yevlakh TV Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society 2006 Yevlakh Aran Economic Region, Shaki-Zaqatala, Ganja-Gazakh
Simurq M TV Company 1996 Sumgait Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz
Simurq M TV Company 1995 Sumgait Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz
East-West Company 2012 Imishli Aran Economic Region, Yukhari Garabakh
Vahid Mammadov 1998 Mingachevir Aran Economic Region, Shaki-Zaqatala, Yukhari Garabakh
Qütb Teleradio 1995 Quba Guba-Khachmaz, Dagligh Shirvan,
SSMCC 1998 Dashkasan Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
SSMCC 2002 Shamkir Ganja-Gazakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
TVT Tovuz Production 1998 Tovuz Ganja-Gazakh, Kalbajar-Lachin, Yukhari Garabakh
PTV PLOC 2011 Qax Shaki-Zaqatala
Razi Television and Radio 2014 Beylaqan Aran Economic Region, Yukhari Garabakh, Dagligh Shirvan
Kapaz TV Company 1993 Ganja Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
Qafqaz Independent TV and Radio 1998 Quba Guba-Khachmaz, Daghlig Shirvan, Absheron Economic Region
Dünya TV Company 1999 Sumgait Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz
State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic 1963 Nakhchivan Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Discontinued[]

State-owned[]

Name Established Disestablished
1992 2005

Private[]

Name Established Disestablished
1999 2001
ANS TV 1991 2016
1992 1996
1993 1994
2000 2005
Lider TV 2000 2021
1996 2002
1991 1991
2000 2005
1999 2008
1993 1994
1992 1999
2004 2009
1997 2003
2005 2012
2005 2005
2017 2021

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Televiziya Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
  2. ^ AzTV öz hədəflərinə çatmaqda güclü kadr potensialına və müasir texnologiyaların tətbiqinə güvənir (in Azerbaijani)
  3. ^ a b Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies - Radio-TV yayımı (in Azerbaijani)
  4. ^ Telecompaper - Azerbaijan cable TV penetration reaches 28% in 2013

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