GEM TV ( fa, جم تی‌وی) is an Iranian group of entertainment satellite channels. Its headquarters is located in

Istanbul, Turkey ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_in ...

. This group also launched various channels in Arabic,

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

to expand its viewers.

History

GEM Television commenced work in 2006, owned and managed by GEM Group ("General Entertainment and Media Group"). GEM Group was established in 2001.

Current programs

GEM's current programming consists of movies, documentaries and acquired programs and shows like '' America's Got Talent'' and ''

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''. GEM also airs dubbed Turkish TV series such as '' Magnificent Century'', '' Kuzey Güney'', ''

Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? ''Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?'' ( ''What is Fatmagül's Fault?'' or "What Did Fatmagul Wrong?") is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on Kanal D. The series is based on Vedat Türkali's scenario, ''Fatmagül'ün Su ...

'' and ''

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''. All of the programs are either dubbed or subtitled in

.http://www.gemgroup.tv GEM GROUP OFFICIAL WEB SITE

Assassination of Saeed Karimian

On 29 April 2017, Director of the GEM Group, Saeed Karimian, was assassinated in Istanbul.

Tasnim News Agency Tasnim News Agency ( fa, خبرگزاری تسنیم) is a semi-official news agency in Iran. It has links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Launched in 2012, its purpose is to cover a variety of political, social, economic and int ...

, which is close to Iran Revolutionary Guards, had accused him of formerly being a member of the

People's Mujahedin of Iran The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) ( fa, سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران, sâzmân-e mojâhedīn-e khalq-e īrân), is an Iranian pol ...

. Jam News, another news agency close to Iran's government, referred to GEM as "The most destructive anti-culture media" when reporting the incident. Some suggest that he was killed by

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

, although it is not credible.

References

{{reflist Television stations in Dubai Persian-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2006