Television in Turkmenistan

In Turkmenistan, television has been operating for over 50 years and is subject to vigorous state censorship. Notorious for a totalitarian control on media, Turkmenistan has consistently occupied one among the last three spots of the annual Press Freedom Index since its inception in 2006.^[1]^[2]

There are 8 television channels — Altyn Asyr, Yashlyk (Yaşlyk), Miras, The Turkmenistan TV Channel, Türkmen Owazy, Ashgabat TV, Arkadag TV and Turkmenistan Sport.^[3]^[4]^[5] All of them used to be under the aegis of Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting of Turkmenistan, before being subsumed under the jurisdiction of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on TV, Radio and Film on 17 October 2011.^[6]^[3] The channels broadcast from Yamal 201, before shifting to their indigenous satellite TürkmenÄlem 52oE.^[7]^[8]

^ "Turkmenistan : Ever-expanding news "black hole" | Reporters without borders". RSF. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ Belin, Laura (2003-01-01). "Freedom of the Press in the Former Soviet Republics". Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. pp. 155–167. doi:10.1016/B0-12-387670-2/00104-7. ISBN 9780123876706.
^ ^a ^b "State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography – ABU". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Turkmenistan - The World Factbook". cia.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ Media Sustainability Index: Turkmenistan (PDF). IREX. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-18.
^ Information about television, radio and film industry of the country Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Satellite broadcasting of Turkmen TV and radio channels temporarily suspended | Turkmenistan.ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Turkmenistan's first communications satellite begins broadcasting Turkmen TV and radio channels | Turkmenistan.ru". turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[1] "Turkmenistan : Ever-expanding news "black hole" | Reporters without borders". RSF. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[2] Belin, Laura (2003-01-01). "Freedom of the Press in the Former Soviet Republics". Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. pp. 155–167. doi:10.1016/B0-12-387670-2/00104-7. ISBN 9780123876706.

[:0-3] "State Committee of Turkmenistan for Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography – ABU". Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[4] "Turkmenistan - The World Factbook". cia.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[5] Media Sustainability Index: Turkmenistan (PDF). IREX. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-18.

[6] Information about television, radio and film industry of the country Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Satellite broadcasting of Turkmen TV and radio channels temporarily suspended | Turkmenistan.ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[8] "Turkmenistan's first communications satellite begins broadcasting Turkmen TV and radio channels | Turkmenistan.ru". turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

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