ATV (Turkish TV channel)

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ATV
Country Turkey
Headquarters Kemerburgaz, Eyüp, Göktürk, Istanbul, Turkey
Programming
Language(s) Turkish
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Kalyon Group (Turkuvaz Media Group)
Key people Sabah Group (founding)
Sister channels A2  [ tr ], A Haber
History
Launched12 July 1993
Links
Website www.atv.com.tr

ATV (stylized as atv) is a Turkish free-to-air television network owned by Turkuvaz Media Group. [1] As of August 2013, ATV was Turkey's most popular channel with a market share of 22%. [2] ATV was founded by Sabah Group, who is the original owner of the channel. The channel changed its ownership to Ciner Media Group in 2002 and TMSF in 2007. ATV was owned by Çalık Holding's Turkuvaz Media Group. [3]

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History

Founded by Dinç Bilgin, the startion launched on 12 July 1993. [4] [5] Notable local productions in its early years included Süper Baba, İkinci Bahar, Çiçek Taksi, Tatlı Kaçıklar, Mahallenin Muhtarları, İlişkiler, Gurbetçiler, Sıcak Saatler, Baba Evi, Böyle mi Olacaktı and Affet Bizi Hocam.

Programming

TV series

Cinema

Quiz

Life style

Religious programs

Magazine entertainment

News programming

Sports

Children

References

  1. "ATV".
  2. "15 Ağustos 2015 TV Verileri". Connected VivaKi. 1 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "ATV".
  4. "Milliyet - 11 Temmuz 1993 - MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010.
  5. "Milliyet - 12 Temmuz 1993 - MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010.