Idman Azerbaijan TV

İdman Azərbaycan TV (Sport Azerbaijan TV)
CountryAzerbaijan
Programming
Picture format16:9 1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerAzerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting Closed Joint-stock Company (Government of Azerbaijan)
Sister channelsAzTV, Mədəniyyət TV
History
Launched1 January 2009; 15 years ago (2009-01-01)
Links
Websitewww.idmantv.az

Idman Azerbaijan TV (Azerbaijani: İdman Azərbaycan TV, "Sport Azerbaijan TV") is a state-controlled television channel in Azerbaijan. It began broadcasting from Baku on 1 January 2009 and primarily airs live sporting events and sport-related programming.[1][2]

The channel is owned by the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting Closed Joint-stock Company (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Televiziya və Radio Verilişləri Qapalı Səhmdar Cəmiyyəti),[1] of which the Government of Azerbaijan is the only shareholder.[3] This company also owns the channels AzTV and Mədəniyyət TV (Culture TV).

Idman Azerbaijan TV channel, satellite and internet broadcasts are partially interrupted due to international sports rights. It is valid in terrestrial and cable broadcasts in Azerbaijan. When there is a match on the Azerspace-1 satellite, the BISS is encrypted from the satellite. All programs are available on terrestrial and cable television broadcasts in Azerbaijan.

  1. ^ a b "Television Channels in Azerbaijan". Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ^ Hasret, Azer (5 January 2009). "Azerbaijan: New TV channel starts to broadcast". Central Asian and Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression Network (CASCFEN). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ Huseynov, Emil (2012). "Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan: The Internet as the last island of freedom". Pluralism and Internet Governance (PDF). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). p. 90. ISBN 978-92-9234-642-3. Retrieved 14 March 2014.