AzTV or Azerbaijan Television ( az, Azərbaycan Televiziyası) is a
state-controlled national television channel in
Azerbaijan. It is the oldest television channel in the country, having first broadcast from
Baku
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on 14 February 1956 in what was then the
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
,
Soviet Union.
Organisation
The channel has been owned since 2005 by the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting Closed
Joint-stock Company
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( az, Azərbaycan Televiziya və Radio Verilişləri Qapalı Səhmdar Cəmiyyəti, links=no), of which the
national government A national government is the government of a nation.
National government or
National Government may also refer to:
* Central government in a unitary state, or a country that does not give significant power to regional divisions
* Federal governme ...
is the only shareholder. This company also owns the channels
İdman Azərbaycan TV ''(Sport Azerbaijan TV)'' and
Mədəniyyət TV ''(Culture TV)''.
In 2007, an application by AzTV to join the
European Broadcasting Union
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was rejected after the channel was found to be too closely associated with the ruling government.
Programming
The channel starts its daily broadcast by airing
National anthem of Azerbaijan
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
. Programming on AzTV primarily consists of news, talk shows, documentaries, music shows, and feature films.
Technology
Their 1st shows (including music videos) that were recorded in 1956 are stored on film. In 1965, the studio switched to using videotape recording since it became affordable and the quality of their produced shows (including music videos) increased. AzTV maintains a huge archive of all their saved TV programming that was recorded from 1956–present. All of their shows are preserved on different film and videotape formats.
Broadcast area
, 99.96% of the population of Azerbaijan is able to receive AzTV via
terrestrial,
cable, or
satellite broadcasting, giving it the largest coverage area of any Azerbaijani television channel.
In addition to broadcasting domestically, AzTV broadcasts internationally on the
internet and via
free-to-air satellite to
Europe,
North America
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, and portions of
North Africa, the
Middle East, and
Central Asia.
References
External links
Official website
Official website
Television stations in Azerbaijan
Television networks in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1956
1956 establishments in the Soviet Union
1956 establishments in Azerbaijan
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