Television in Azerbaijan was introduced in 1956, when Azerbaijan was still known as the Azerbaijani SSR.[1] [2]
Azerbaijan has a total of 47 television channels, of which 4 are public television channels and 43 are private television channels of which 12 are national television channels and 31 regional television channels. According to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan, the television penetration rate is 99% according to 2014 data.[3] The penetration rate of cable television in Azerbaijan totaled 28.1% of households in 2013, from a study by the State Statistical Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic. Almost 39% of the cable television subscriber base is concentrated in major cities. The penetration rate of cable television totaled 59.1% in the city of Baku in 2013.[4]
This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Azerbaijan.[3]
| Name | Owner | Established | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan TV and Radio Programme Society (state-owned) | 1956 | ||
| Azerbaijan TV and Radio Programme Society (state-owned) | 2009 | ||
| Azerbaijan TV and Radio Broadcasting Company | 2005 | ||
| Azerbaijan TV and Radio Programme Society (state-owned) | 2011 |
| Name | Owner | Established |
|---|---|---|
| Space TV | Vagif Mustafayev | 1997 |
| Azad Azerbaijan TV and Radio Broadcasting Company | 2000 | |
| Khazar TV | CJSC "Khazar TV" | 2007 |
| CBC TV | 2013 | |
| CBC Sport | 2015 | |
| Real TV | Real Analysis and Information Center LLC | 2018 |
| Azerbaijani TV Network | 2014 | |
| ARB 24 | Azerbaijani TV Network | 2018 |
| Azerbaijani TV Network | 2015 | |
| IQ TV | Azer-Sat | 1995 |
| Azadliq Radyosu TV | 1990 | |
| Zuhur TV | MFS | 2013 |
| InterAz | Group AZ | 2007 |
| Bütöv Azərbaycan | B&B | 2010 |
| MTV Azerbaijan | MTV Azerbaijan | 2012 |
| Name | Owner | Established | Region | Available in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternativ-Tele-Radio | 2001 | Aran Economic Region, Ganja-Gazakh | |||
| "A" MMC | 2004 | Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin | |||
| AS TV Society | 2007 | Lankaran | |||
| El TV MMC | 2009 | Aran Economic Region, Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh | |||
| Türkel TV | "TÜRKEL TV" MMC | 2010 | Ganja-Gazakh | ||
| "A" MMC | 2003 | Yukhari Garabakh, Aran Economic Region | |||
| Region Company | 2002 | Aran Economic Region | |||
| "N" AMC | 2006 | Yukhari Garabakh, Ganja-Gazakh | |||
| AgMMC | 1996 | Absheron Economic Region, Dagligh Shirvan | |||
| Cənub TV Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society | 2006 | Lankaran, Aran Economic Region | |||
| DA1 | 2013 | Shaki-Zaqatala | |||
| Sumgait City Radio & TV Company | 2001 | Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz | |||
| RTV Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society | 2007 | Guba-Khachmaz, Shaki-Zaqatala, Dagligh Shirvan | |||
| ASB+ | 2007 | Dagligh Shirvan, Shaki-Zaqatala, Aran Economic Region | |||
| Kanal-S Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society | 2008 | Shaki-Zaqatala, Ganja-Gazakh, Aran Economic Region | |||
| NMR | 2004 | Nakhchivan | |||
| NMR | 2007 | Nakhchivan | |||
| Yevlakh TV Mahdud Masuliyyatli Society | 2006 | Aran Economic Region, Shaki-Zaqatala, Ganja-Gazakh | |||
| Simurq M TV Company | 1996 | Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz | |||
| Simurq M TV Company | 1995 | Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz | |||
| East-West Company | 2012 | Aran Economic Region, Yukhari Garabakh | |||
| Vahid Mammadov | 1998 | Aran Economic Region, Shaki-Zaqatala, Yukhari Garabakh | |||
| Qütb Teleradio | 1995 | Guba-Khachmaz, Dagligh Shirvan, | |||
| SSMCC | 1998 | Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin | |||
| SSMCC | 2002 | Ganja-Gazakh, Kalbajar-Lachin | |||
| Tovuz Production | 1998 | Ganja-Gazakh, Kalbajar-Lachin, Yukhari Garabakh | |||
| PTV | PLOC | 2011 | Shaki-Zaqatala | ||
| Razi Television and Radio | 2014 | Aran Economic Region, Yukhari Garabakh, Dagligh Shirvan | |||
| Kapaz TV Company | 1993 | Ganja-Gazakh, Yukhari Garabakh, Kalbajar-Lachin | |||
| Qafqaz Independent TV and Radio | 1998 | Guba-Khachmaz, Daghlig Shirvan, Absheron Economic Region | |||
| Dünya TV Company | 1999 | Absheron Economic Region, Guba-Khachmaz | |||
| State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | 1963 | Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic |
| Name | Established | Disestablished |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2005 | |
| Name | Established | Disestablished | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2001 | ||
| 1991 | 2016 | ||
| 1992 | 1996 | ||
| 1993 | 1994 | ||
| 2000 | 2005 | ||
| 2000 | 2021 | ||
| 1996 | 2002 | ||
| 1991 | 1991 | ||
| 2000 | 2005 | ||
| 1999 | 2008 | ||
| 1993 | 1994 | ||
| 1992 | 1999 | ||
| 2004 | 2009 | ||
| 1997 | 2003 | ||
| 2005 | 2012 | ||
| 2005 | 2005 | ||
| 2017 | 2021 |
| Position | Channel | Share of total viewing (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.0 | ||
| 2 | 10.5 | ||
| 3 | Space TV | 5.0 | |
| 4 | Khazar TV | 4.4 | |
| 5 | Lider TV (defunct in 2021) | 4.0 | |
| 6 | 3.5 | ||
| 7 | 2.9 | ||
| 8 | 2.5 | ||
| 9 | Kepez TV | 2.0 | |
| 10 | GunAz TV | 1.9 | |
| 11 | 1.8 | ||
| 12 | Real TV | 1.6 | |
| 13 | ARB 24 | 1.1 | |
| 14 | CBC TV | 1.0 |