AVA Entertainment (AVA TV) is a

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broadcasting station, based in

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. It started its broadcast on March 20, 2019, with television programs in the Kurdish dialects of

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and

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, as well as

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. The channel is founded and owned by Mustafa Bayram.

Programming

AVA Entertainment is an art and entertainment channel transmitting worldwide from the

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on 11354 Hz Vertical, SR 27500, FEC 3/4 and Eutelsat 7C East on 11689 Hz Vertical, SR 5040, FEC 4/5. The channel airs entertainment programs based on "

Kurdish culture Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds and their society. Kurds are an ethnic group mainly in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. Th ...

and values", and covers entertainment events in Iraq and Kurdistan Region. AVA Entertainment offers a

radio broadcast Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio sta ...

in Kurdistan. AVA Entertainment's programs and series can be accessed digitally in other parts of the world through its website and mobile apps.

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* {{in lang, ku, en, tr Television stations in Kurdistan Region (Iraq) Kurdish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2019 2019 establishments in Iraq Kurdish culture