Country | Kazakhstan |
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Broadcast area |
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Headquarters | Astana, Kazakhstan |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Kazakh |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation |
History | |
Launched | 8 March 1958 |
Former names | Almaty Television Studio (1958–1960s) Kazakh Television (1960s–1991) Kazakhstan 1 (1991–2002) Kazakhstan (2002–2017) |
Links | |
Website | qazaqstan |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 1 |
Streaming media | |
[1] | Free |
Qazaqstan is a Kazakh state television broadcaster which began broadcasting on 8 March 1958.[1] It is a part of the Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation.[1] The station broadcasts around the clock in the Kazakh language.[2]
The TV channel is broadcasting from Astana (from 1 December 2012, broadcasts have been moved into a new media center QazMedia Ortalygy in Astana) and Alma-Ata and has a regional network of branches in all regions of Kazakhstan.[2] Its program schedule consists of information, educational programs, films and TV series in the Kazakh language.[1][2] In the regions, the channel has different names (Kazakhstan Taraz, Kazakhstan – Friendly, etc. ), as local broadcast network affiliates controlled by Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation.[1]
Qazaqstan TV is also available in homes throughout Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China.