Television in Azerbaijan was
introduced in 1956, when
Azerbaijan was still known as the
Azerbaijani SSR
Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
.
Azerbaijan has a total of 47
television channels, of which 4 are
public television channels and 43 are
private television
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (an ...
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.
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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
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
in 2013.
Telecompaper - Azerbaijan cable TV penetration reaches 28% in 2013
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List of channels
This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Azerbaijan.
State-owned
Private
Nationwide
Regional
Discontinued
State-owned
Private
Most viewed channels
See also
* Television in the Soviet Union
References
External links
National Television and Radio Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan