Тоҷикистон
CountryTajikistan
Broadcast areaTajikistan
United States
HeadquartersDushanbe, Tajikistan
Programming
Language(s)Tajik, Russian
Ownership
OwnerGovernment of Tajikistan
History
LaunchedOctober 3, 1959
Former namesШабакаи Якум (Shabakai Yakum)
Links
Websitewww.tvt.tj

Televizioni Tojikiston (Tajik: Телевизиони Тоҷикистон), formerly known as Shabakai Yakum (Tajik: Шабакаи Якум, meaning “Channel One”), is the national broadcaster of the Central Asian state of Tajikistan, headquartered in the capital city, Dushanbe. It began broadcasting on October 3, 1959.

History

Tajik Television was formed in 1959. The first programme aired by the station aired on October 3, 1959. The first programme consisted of a bilingual Tajik/Russian news bulletin followed by a movie, Light in the Mountains. The first words were spoken by Rafuat Abdusalomov.

By the early 1980s, the USSR State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting (Gosteleradio USSR) began broadcasting in the SECAM standard[1] in the Tajik SSR's TV channels, the First and Second Programs, the State Committee of the Tajik SSR (Gosteleradio of the Tajik SSR) - the Tajik Program TV channel (aka Tajik television), State Committee of the Uzbek SSR in Dushanbe and areas of republican subordination - Uzbek program television channel (aka Uzbek television), all three committees were created in 1932.

24-hour broadcasts commenced in 2012. Most of the channel's schedule is made up of local content. External content (especially foreign movies) is aired in Russian.

In June 2016, the channel's current name was adopted.

On April 1, 2022, it was announced that it would be launched in HD quality, and it broadcasts programs, including films, series, and various programs, which were broadcast on the Iraqi satellite ShababSat on DMN.

Broadcast

Broadcasting is conducted throughout the territory of Tajikistan on meter waves. In other countries, the television channel is accessible through cable television and the Internet. The channel is owned by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the state institution "Television Tajikistan".[2][3]

References

  1. История телевизионного вещания в СССР Archived 2016-10-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Закон Республики Таджикистан "О телевидении и радиовещании" | Контент-платформа Pandia.ru".
  3. "Постановление Правительства Республики Таджикистан "О Комитете по телевидению и радио при Правительстве Республики Таджикистан" - Недействующая редакция".
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