Qazsport is the first
Kazakh national sports TV channel. The channel launched on 1 July 2013, as KAZsport and is based in
Astana
Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...
, Kazakhstan.
Qazsport broadcasts the Kazakh championships alongside live broadcasts of major international sporting events, which account for 70% of broadcasting. The commentators are well-known Kazakh sports journalists, who commentate in Kazakh and Russian. The channel also broadcasts news, own productions and sports documentaries in their programme schedule.
History
Foundation
In 2012, the then
President of Kazakhstan
The president of Kazakhstan, officially the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the executive head of state of the Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As the highest-ranking official ...
,
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council of ...
, in his article "Қазақстанның әлеуметтік жаңғыртылуы: Жалпыға ортақ Еңбек қоғамына қарай 20 қадам (Social modernization of Kazakhstan: 20 steps towards a universal labour society)" tasked the Agency for Sports and Physical Education and the Ministry of Culture and information to jointly open a specialized sports channel. In a short period of time, relevant work was done, and on 1 July 2013, the new TV channel "KAZSport" began broadcasting.
70% of the total broadcasts on "QAZSport" are live and original broadcasts, mainly of domestic championships and prestigious international competitions that are popular in Kazakhstan in both the
Kazakh and Russian language.
The opening ceremony for the new channel was held at Kazmedia Center in Astana.
References
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Sports television networks
Television stations in Kazakhstan
Television channels and stations established in 2013
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