NTT (Uzbek TV channel)

NTT
CountryUzbekistan
Broadcast areaUzbekistan
HeadquartersTashkent, Uzbekistan
Programming
Language(s)Uzbek
Russian
Picture format4:3 SDTV
Ownership
OwnerTerra Group/Forum Fund (Gulnara Karimova)
History
Launched7 September 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-07)[1]
Closed21 October 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-21)

The Network of Independent Television Companies (NTT; Uzbek: Nodavlat Telekompaniyalar Teletarmog‘i; Russian: Телесеть негосударственных телекомпаний Узбекистана – УзНТТ) was an Uzbek private television network that existed from 2004 to 2013.

Launched on September 7, 2004 by initiative of the National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, created the previous year, with assistance from 22 independent local television stations in Uzbekistan,[2] the network broadcast in two formats: a daily block of programming that was shared between independent local television stations and a standalone full-time television channel available both by satellite, cable television and over-the-air in Tashkent from 2005. The channel was also available in border areas of Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan via signal spillover.[3] Programming was mainly produced by its affiliates.

The channel was led by Gulnora Karimova's Terra Group, whose assets were shut down in October 2013[4] and was one of the most popular private television networks in Uzbekistan until its closure.[5]

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  4. ^ "More Uzbek TV Channels Cease Broadcasting". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Gulnora Karimovaning telekanallari "o'chib qolgan"". BBC. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2024.