Armenia TV ( hy, Արմենիա հեռուստաընկերություն, Armenia herustaënkerut'yun), is one of the leading TV channels in

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. In 2012, Armenia TV became the first TV channel in Armenia to launch

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broadcasting. By the first half of 2020, Armenia TV was the highest rated among news, fiction movies, TV series, comedy, and music shows.

History

Armenia TV was founded in 1997 by

Gerard Cafesjian Gerard Leon Cafesjian ( hy, Ջերարդ Լեւոն Գաֆէսճեան, 26 April 1925 – 15 September 2013) was a businessman and philanthropist who founded the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF), the Cafesjian Museum Foundation (CMF) and the Ca ...

and Bagrat Sargsyan. Broadcasting was launched on 13 January 1998 in 24-hour regime. In 2012, followed by technical modernization, broadcasting was tested and was officially launched in 2013. In 2016, Armenia TV released the first Armenian 4K TV show – " Ancient Kings". In 2019, the owner of 100% shares is Artur Janibekyan – founder and general producer of

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and general manager of Gazprom Media Entertainment TV. In November 2019, Armenia TV announced technical modernization and plans to launch 4K format. By 2020, Armenia TV's program list included TV shows, TV series, situation comedy shows, news shows, Armenian and international movies.

Staff

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Nazeni Hovhannisyan Nazeni Hovhannisyan ( hy, Նազենի Հովհաննիսյան, born July 18, 1982) is an Armenian actress, presenter and lecturer at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography The Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinemat ...

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Grigor Danielyan Grigor Danielyan ( hy, Գրիգոր Դանիելյան, links=https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80_%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%A4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6), born on January ...

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Vahe Ghazaryan Vahe Haykazuni ( hy, Վահէ Հայկազունի; 351 BC – 331 BC), also known simply as Vahe, was a king of Armenia. He was the last offspring of the Hayk Dynasty. According to Moses of Khoren, he was an ally of Darius III, King of Persia. H ...

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Hayk Marutyan Hayk Hrachyayi Marutyan ( hy, Հայկ Հրաչյայի Մարության; born December 18, 1976) is an Armenian actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was the mayor of Yerevan from October 2018 to December 2021. Marutyan ro ...

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Sos Janibekyan Sos Janibekyan ( hy, Սոս Ջանիբեկյան, born on April 8, 1988), is an Armenian actor, writer and producer. He is known for his role as Gokor on '' Trapped''. He was a guest of White corner on September 25, 2014. Filmography Ex ...

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Armen Petrosyan (Mench) Armen Petrosyan ( hy, Արմեն Պետրոսյան, born September 26, 1975), also known by his nickname Mench ( hy, Մենչ), is an Armenian actor, producer and broadcaster. He is known for his role as Sergey on ''Full House''. He was a broad ...

International Projects

Armenia TV is the rights owner of broadcasting Champions League,

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and World Football Tournament Qualification games in

. In June 2019, Armenia announced purchase of license for Euro 2020. International partners of Armenia TV include

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, etc. Armenia TV implemented the following international formats – "

The Voice of Armenia ''The Voice of Armenia'' (Armenian: ''Հայաստանի Ձայնը'' pronounced ''Hayastani Dzayne'') is an Armenian television singing competition created by John de Mol. The first season was broadcast on Armenia TV. The show premiered in late ...

", " The Brainiest", "

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", "

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", " Fort Boyard", etc.

Armenia Premium

On 14 September 2015, Armenia TV in cooperation with

Ucom Ucom is a mobile network operator and internet service provider based in Armenia. It is managed by Galaxy Group of Companies, a holding company operating in Armenia. History Ucom was founded in 2009. The goal of the company was to provide cust ...

, launched 6 new cable channels, available to Ucom users.Սեպտեմբերի 14-ից «Արմենիա TV»–ին կներկայացնի 6 տարբեր ալիքներ՝ ցանկացած նախասիրության համար
/ref> The channels did not include advertisements, TV shows were broadcast one day earlier, as well as some shows were released never included in original Armenia TV.

Programming

References

External links

* {{Armenia TV programming Television stations in Armenia Television channels and stations established in 1997