PMC (TV channel)

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PMC
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Broadcast area Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and Northern Africa
Headquarters Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE
Programming
Language(s) Persian, English
Picture format 16:9 (720p, HDTV), 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerMehrdad Kia
History
LaunchedMay 9, 2003;20 years ago (2003-05-09)
Links
Website http://www.pmc.tv

PMC (shortened from Persian Media Corporation or Persian Music Channel or Persian Media Channel ) is a free-to-air satellite TV network owned by Persian Media Corporation with its headquarters in Luzern, Switzerland (formerly in Dubai Media City). [1] It was launched in 2003. [2] The network is devoted to Persian music videos [3] from ex-pat Iranian singers, as well as Iranian singers based in Iran. [4]

Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish hit songs are also shown on the network.

The channel is also widely viewed in Iran, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and Northern Africa via free-to-air satellite.

In March 2017 the broadcasting via Hotbird was discontinued. In April 2017 PMC started a new broadcasting frequency via Astra. [5] In December 2017 the channel returned to Hotbird. [6] After the channel was only available on Yahsat for a while, it changed to Hotbird, Eutelsat 7A and Eutelsat 7B.

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