List of Kurdish-language television channels explained

This is a list of Kurdish language television channels.

Iraq

See also: Television in Iraq.

Channel	Category	Owner/Political Party	United MixMedia	iStar HD	HD Box	Family Box
Afarin Kids TV	Kids	Afarin Company
4 Chra
ACE Kids	Kids	MDC Company
ACE Music	Music
ACE Movies	Cinema, Film
All Doc HD	Documentary
All Sport HD	Sport
Ace Gaming HD		MDC Company
Ace Family HD	Religious	MDC Company
Ace Documentary HD
Art Tv
Asman HD
Aso Sat
ASO Sport Tv	Sport
Astera HD
Astera Baby
Astera Documentary
Astera Movies	Cinema, Film
Astera Music	Cinema, Film
Astera Show
Astera Sport	Cinema, Film
AUC1 Kurdistan TV	Business
AUC2 Kurdistan TV	Business
ATV AVA
AVA Entertainment	General
Azadi Tv
Babylon HD
Bangawaz	Religious
Biaban Family HD
Biaban Movies HD	Cinema, Film
Biaban Music HD	Music
Biaban Sport HD	Sport
Bablyon TV	English Music
Badinan TV
Business Media Channel (BMC)	Business
Chara HD
Cihan HD
Channel 8 Kurd
Dahen Tv
Delal TV
Democracy HD	General
DUHOK
Effect HD
ESTA
Ezdan TV	Religious	Video Essyan

|-|Falcon Eye HD||| || || |||-|Falcon Family HD||| || || |||-|Gali Kurdistan|| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Gali Kurdistan Slemani|| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Gali Kurdistan Sport|Sport| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Gali Kurdistan Hawler|| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|GEM KURD|General|| || || || |-|Hawler TV||| || || || |-|Hettaw TV||| || || || |-|iBaby HD|Kids|| || || |||-|iMovies HD|Cinema, Film|| || || |||-|Jamawari Kurdistan HD|| style="background: #06299C;" |Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party| || || |||-|Jojo Mama|Kids|| || || |||-|JSN HD||| || || |||-|Judi||| || || |||-|Kurdistan K24|News, Documentary| style="background: ;" | Kurdistan Democratic Party
Masrour Barzani| || || || |-|Kanal4||| || || || |-|KIRKUK|General| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|KOMALL HD|Religious|| || || |||-|Korek TV|Music|| || || || |-|Kurdino|||-|Kurd Shop|Shopping|| || || || |-|Kurd Sport TV|Sport| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || || |-|Kurdistan Sport HD|Sport|| || || |||-|Kurd1 Channel||| || || || |-|Kurdish News Network (KNN)|News| style="background: ;" | Gorran Movement| || || |||-|Kurdistan Parliament TV|Government|Kurdistan Regional Government| || || || |-|Kurdistan TV|General| style="background: ;" | Kurdistan Democratic Party| || || |||-|Kurdmax||| || || |||-|Kurdmax Show||| || || |||-|Kurdmax Pepule|Kids|| || || |||-|Kurdsat|General| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Kurdsat News|News| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|LAWAN HD||| || || |||-|MaxTV|Music|| || || |||-|MINARA||| || || |||-|Net TV|General|Aramo Media| || || |||-|New Art||| || || || |-|Newline 1||| || || |||-|Newline 2||| || || |||-|Newline Bollywood||| || || || |-|Niga Family HD||| || || |||-|Niga Kids|Kids|| || || |||-|Niga Movies|Cinema, Film|| || || |||-|NIROJ TV||| || || || |-|Nishtimani MN HD||| || || |||-|NRT News|News| style="background: #FF681F;" |New Generation Movement
Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir| || || |||-|NRT2|General| style="background: #FF681F;" |New Generation Movement
Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir| || || |||-|-|NRT3 Kids|Kids| style="background: #FF681F;" |New Generation Movement
Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir| || || |||-|NRT4|Religious| style="background: #FF681F;" |New Generation Movement
Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir| || || |||-|-|ntv Drama||| || || |||-|Payam Tv|Religious| style="background: " |Kurdistan Islamic Group| || || || |-|Pelistank TV|Kids|| || || |||-|Parwarda|Education || || || |||-|Qalat Tv||| || || |||-|Rangin TV||| || || || |-|Rasan||| || || |||-|Rebari||| || || || |-|Rega|Political| style="background: #E70A0A" |Communist Party of Kurdistan| || || || |-|Reklam 4u|Marketing|| || || || |-|Reng (TV channel)||| || || |||-|Reng Documentary|Documentary|| || || |||-|Reng Kids|Kids|| || || |||-|Rudaw|News, Documentary| style="background: ;" | Kurdistan Democratic Party
Nechirvan Barzani| || || || |-|Silemani Tv||| || || |||-|SOZ QURAN|||SOOZ HD MOVIS|General| style="background: ;" | لە ولاتی فینلەندا پەخشی خۆی دەکا|| || || |||-|Speda TV|Religious| style="background: ;" |Kurdistan Islamic Union| || || |||-|Srusht|Religious|| || || || |-|Tueshw HD||| || || |||-|U TV|Religious| style="background: ;" |Kurdistan Islamic Union| || || |||-|U2 Channel|Religious| style="background: ;" |Kurdistan Islamic Union| || || |||-|U TV Sulaimani|Religious| style="background: ;" |Kurdistan Islamic Union| || || |||-|UMM|| United MixMedia| || || |||-|Vîn TV|Music|Sarkat Junad Rekani & Kawa Junad Rekani| || || || |-|WAAR TV|General|Palo Co.| || || || |-|WAAR TV Sport|Sport|| || || || |-|Xak TV|| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Xak Kids|Kids| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Xak Movies|Cinema, Film | style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Xak Music|Music| style="background: ;" |Patriotic Union of Kurdistan| || || |||-|Zagros TV|General| style="background: ;" | Kurdistan Democratic Party| || || |||-|Zaro tv|Government, Kids|Kurdistan Regional Government| || || || |-|Zarok TV (Based in Turkey)|Kids|| || || || |-|ZOOM TV Kurd|General|| || || ||

Turkey

• TRT Kurdî – Turkish state channel (pro-government)
• Zarok TV – Kurdish Children's channel (animation)

Defunct

These television channels were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• Denge TV - based in Diyarbakır
• Dîjle TV - based in Diyarbakır
• Dünya TV - based in Gaziantep
• Batman TV
• Amed TV - based in Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Amed)
• Gün TV
• TV 10
• Hayat TV

Iran

• Sahar TV – Multilingual TV based in Tehran, Iran and affiliated to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) which has program in different languages, including Kurdish
  • Kordestan TV Is the provincial TV of Kordestan province based in Sanandaj.
• Zagros TV Is the provincial TV of Kermanshah province based in Kermanshah.
• Aflak TV Is the provincial TV of Lorestan province based in Khorramabad.
• Ilam TV Is the Provincial TV of Ilam province based in Ilam and affiliated to IRIB which has program in both Kurdish and Persian
• Atrak TV Is the provincial TV of North Khorasan province based in Bojnurd.
• Mahabad TV Is the Local TV of Mahabad city and affiliated to IRIB which has program in both Kurdish and Persian.
• West Azerbaijan – Provincial TV based in Wirmê (Urmîye or Urmia) and affiliated to IRIB which has program in Kurdish, Azeri and Persian.

Syria

• Rojava TV – based in Syrian Kurdistan
• Ronahî TV – based in Syrian Kurdistan
  • Minbij TV – Local TV of Manbij JIN TV – Kurdish feminists channel by the Newa Women's Foundation and dedicated to Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in Paris in 2013, assassinated by Turkish National Intelligence Organization agents, in the Triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris.^[5]

Europe

• ASOsat TV – based in Sweden
• Çira tv
• Gün TV
• KMC TV – based in Sweden, music channel
• Komala TV –
• Kurd 1 – based in Paris, France, independent Kurdish channel
• Medya Haber
• Med Muzîk – music channel, pro-PKK
• Med Nûçe – based in Europe, for whole Kurdistan, specific northern Kurdistan
• Newroz TV – based in Sweden, PJAK
• Rojhelat TV – based in Sweden
• Stêrk TV^[6]
• Ronahî TV – for Syrian Kurdistan
• Tishk TV – based in France, KDPI
• Ezdan TV – based in Germany, religiös channel

Defunct

• Med TV
• Roj TV – based in Denmark

Notes and References

1. News: Gareth Jones . Ercan Gurses . Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals . . 2016-07-28 . 2016-07-28.
2. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-raid-tv-station-over-terror-propaganda-cut-broadcast.aspx?pageID=238&nID=104577&NewsCatID=341 Police raid TV station over ‘terror propaganda,’ cut broadcast
3. News: İMC TV de kapatıldı. IMC TV was also closed. BBC World Service. 30 September 2016. 4 October 2016. tr.
4. News: Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel live on air . . 4 October 2016. 4 October 2016 .
5. Web site: Region . The . Jin TV, a new Kurdish station dedicated to women . 2022-08-28 . theregion.org.
6. Book: Saeed, Seevan. Kurdish Politics in Turkey: From the PKK to the KCK. Routledge. 2016. 978-1138195295. 89.