List of television stations in Central Asia

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Kazakhstan

Kazakh Television & Radio Corporation

Private/Other:

Kyrgyzstan

Public Broadcasting Corporation of Kyrgyz Republic - KTRK

Private/Other:

Tajikistan

TV Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

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Turkmenistan has a state-controlled press and monitored communication systems. Turkmenistan's telecommunications services are considered to be the least developed of all the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Overall, the telecom market in this predominantly rural country is relatively small but has been trying boldly to expand in recent years. The state-owned Turkmen Telecom has been the primary provider of public telephone, email and internet services, and through a subsidiary has been operating a GSM mobile network in competition with a private mobile operator, BCTI.

Channel 5 most commonly refers to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Turkish Radio and Television Corporation</span> Turkish national public broadcaster

The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation is the national public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio broadcaster in Turkey. Before the introduction of commercial radio in 1990, and subsequently commercial television in 1992, it held a monopoly on broadcasting. More recent deregulation of the Turkish television broadcasting market produced analogue cable television. Today, TRT broadcasts around the world, including in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the United States, and Australia.

The mass media in Kazakhstan refers to mass media outlets based in Kazakhstan, a Central-Asian country that gained independence after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1991. The Constitution of Kazakhstan guarantees freedom of press, but privately owned and opposition media have been subject of censorship. In 2004 the International Federation of Journalists identified a "growing pattern" of intimidation of the media, and in 2012 several opposition media outlets were ordered to be shut down on charges of promoting "extremism".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Channel One Eurasia</span> Television channel

Channel One Eurasia is a local Kazakh television station that has been in operation since October 1997. It is one of many privately owned television stations in Kazakhstan closely monitored for any bad press about the Kazakh government.

The mass media in Turkmenistan are among the world's most tightly controlled. The press is controlled by the government, which funds nearly all newspapers, criticism of the president is forbidden, and state licensing policy effectively eliminates all outlets not reflecting official views. To avoid reprisal, domestic and foreign journalists engage in self-censorship.

TRT Avaz is a channel broadcast by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation with focusing on Turkey and Balkans. It was launched in Turkey on March 21, 2009 and broadcasts throughout the Balkans, Turkic Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyrgyz Television</span> Public Broadcasting Corporation of Kyrgyzstan

KTRK or the National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic, is the Kyrgyzstan government's public broadcasting corporation, headquartered in Bishkek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Turkmenistan-related articles</span>

The list of Turkmenistan-related articles is below

Television in Kyrgyzstan was introduced in 1958, when Kyrgyzstan was still known as the Kirghiz SSR. KTR launched that year and broadcast in Russian language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Channel 31 (Kazakhstan)</span> Television channel

Channel 31 is a Kazakh nationwide broadcast television station that is based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Television in Kazakhstan was first introduced in 1958. There are 116 private channels and 4 national commercial television.

In Turkmenistan, television has been operating for over 50 years and is subject to vigorous state censorship. Notorious for a totalitarian control on media, Turkmenistan has consistently occupied one among the last three spots of the annual Press Freedom Index since its inception in 2006.

Qazaqstan is a Kazakh state television broadcaster which began broadcasting on 8 March 1958. It is a part of the Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation. The station broadcasts around the clock in the Kazakh language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Khabar Agency</span> Television channel

The Khabar Agency (KA) (Kazakh: "Хабар" Агенттігі, romanized: "Habar" Agenttıgı, ; Russian: Агентство «Хабар», romanized: Agentstvo Khabar) is a major media outlet in Kazakhstan. It was established in 1995, known originally as the National Television News Agency (Khabar is News in Kazakh). It is currently one of the largest networks in the country, and broadcasts daily in Kazakh and Russian. Additionally, Khabar runs the satellite channel Jibek Joly TV, which is potentially available across Europe and Asia. It features programming in English, Kazakh and Russian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mir (television company)</span> TV channel in CIS and Baltic region

Mir, known formally as the International Television and Radio Company "Mir" is a multinational public television broadcaster, broadcasting programs in Russian and featuring programming from all the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Central Asians in the United Kingdom are Central Asians living in the United Kingdom. They have been present in the country since the 21st century and primarily originate from the countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Central Asia’s Got Talent is a televised Central Asian talent show competition. The show involves artists from four countries: representatives of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will show their talents.

References

  1. "KTRK has opened a new children's channel "Balastan"". InterNews Kyrgyzstan.
  2. 1 2 3 Israilova, Dina. "KTRK Info" . Retrieved 23 December 2014.