Television in Azerbaijan

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	Launched
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	Launched	Notes
Space TV	Space Independent Television and Radio Company	12 October 1997 (1997-10-12)
Xazar TV	Xazar Media Center (SOCAR)	11 January 2000 (2000-01-11)	Originally launched as STV Xazar; rebranded on 5 October 2007.
ATV	Azad Azerbaijan TV and Radio Broadcasting Company	25 December 2000 (2000-12-25)
CBC TV	SOCAR Media Public Union	24 December 2009 (2009-12-24)	Originally launched as ATV International; rebranded on 10 April 2013. Satellite and cable channel.
ARB 24	ARB Media Group	1 June 2010 (2010-06-01)	Originally launched as Türkel TV; rebranded on 19 September 2016.
MTV Azerbaijan	MTV Azerbaijan	11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)	Satellite and cable channel
ARB	ARB Media Group	10 May 2014 (2014-05-10)	Originally launched as Region TV; rebranded on 19 September 2016.
ARB Günəş	ARB Media Group	1 April 2015 (2015-04-01)	Originally launched as Günəş TV; rebranded on 19 September 2016. Available nationwide via satellite and cable.
CBC Sport	SOCAR Media Public Union	1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)
Baku TV	Global Media Group	18 February 2018 (2018-02-18)	Internet-based, satellite, and cable channel
Real TV	Real Analysis and Information Center LLC	15 March 2018 (2018-03-15)

Regional

Name	Owner	Launched	Headquartered	Serving	Reference(s)
AOLTV	"A" MMC	2004	Tartar	Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
ARB Canub	ARB Media Group	2006	Lankaran	Lankaran, Aran Economic Region
ARB Shimal	ARB Media Group	2007	Khachmaz	Guba-Khachmaz, Shaki-Zaqatala, Dagligh Shirvan
AS-TV	AS TV Society	2007	Astara	Lankaran
B1 TV	"N" AMC	2006	Naftalan	Yukhari Garabakh, Ganja-Gazakh
Daily Azerbaijan	DA1	2013	Zakatala	Shaki-Zaqatala
Dünya TV	Dünya TV Company	1999	Sumgait	Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz	[5]
EL TV	EL TV MMC	2009	Yevlakh	Aran Economic Region, Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh
Intimacy TV	East-West Company	2012	Imishli	Aran Economic Region, Yukhari Garabakh
Kanal-S	Kanal-S Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society	2008	Shaki	Shaki-Zaqatala, Ganja-Gazakh, Aran Economic Region
Kanal N	NMR	2007	Ordubad	Nakhchivan
Kapaz TV	Kapaz TV Company	1993	Ganja	Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
LL 33	SSMCC	1998	Dashkasan	Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
Nakhchivan TV	State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	1963	Nakhchivan	Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
News2 TV	"A" MMC	2003	Barda	Yukhari Garabakh, Aran Economic Region
PTV	PLOC	2011	Qax	Shaki-Zaqatala
Qafqaz TV	Qafqaz Independent TV and Radio	1998	Quba	Guba-Khachmaz, Daghlig Shirvan, Absheron Economic Region
Razi TV	Razi Television and Radio	2014	Beylaqan	Aran Economic Region, Yukhari Garabakh, Dagligh Shirvan
Regional TV	ASB+	2007	Shamakhi	Dagligh Shirvan, Shaki-Zaqatala, Aran Economic Region
SM TV	SSMCC	2002	Shamkir	Ganja-Gazakh, Kalbajar-Lachin
Shirvan TV	Region Company	2002	Shirvan	Aran Economic Region
Sumgait TV	Sumgait City Radio & TV Company	2001	Sumgait	Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz
TVT	Tovuz Production	1998	Tovuz	Ganja-Gazakh, Kalbajar-Lachin, Yukhari Garabakh

Discontinued

State-owned

Name	Launched	Defunct
AzTV 2	1992	2005

Private

Name	Owner	Launched	Defunct	Headquarters	Reference(s)
ABA		1999	2001	Baku
ANS TV		1991	2016	Baku
ARB Ulduz	ARB Media Group	2001	2019	Ganja
Aygün TV		1996	2014	Zaqatala	[5]
Baku TV		1992	1996	Baku
BMTI		1993	1994	Baku
Dalğa TV		2017	2021	Baku
Kanal 35	Ministry of Education, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	2004	2023	Nakhchivan
KL 350		1991	1991
LTV		1996	2002
Lankaran TV		2000	2005
Lider TV		2000	2021	Baku
Mingachevir TV	Vahid Mammadov	1998	2021	Mingachevir	[5]
Qütb TV		1995	2015	Quba	[5]
Simurg M TV	Simurq M TV Company	1995	2007
Sara TV		1992	1999
Shou+ TV		1999	2008
Super Channel		1993	1994
Tolerance TV		2004	2009
TTR-TV		1997	2003
ÜMİD TV		2005	2012
Yevlakh TV	Yevlakh TV LLC	2006	2009	Yevlakh

Most viewed channels

Position	Channel	Share of total viewing (%)
1	ITV	12.0
2	ATV	10.5
3	Space TV	5.0
4	Xazar TV	4.4
5	Lider TV (defunct in 2021)	4.0
6	AzTV	3.5
7	ARB	2.9
8	Idman TV	2.5
9	Kapaz TV	2.0
10	GunAz TV	1.9
11	Medeniyyet TV	1.8
12	Real TV	1.6
13	ARB 24	1.1
14	CBC	1.0

See also

• Television in the Soviet Union

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. Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies - Radio-TV yayımı (in Azerbaijani)
4. Telecompaper - Azerbaijan cable TV penetration reaches 28% in 2013
5. "Radio-TV yayımı" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

External links

• National Television and Radio Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan