Altyn Asyr (TV channel)

State-owned Turkmen television channel

Television channel

Altyn AsyrCountry| Turkmenistan

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Headquarters| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Programming
Language(s)| Turkmen
Ownership
Owner| Maksat Altayev, Government of Turkmenistan[1]
History
Launched| November 7, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-11-07)
Former names| TMT-1 (1997-2000)

Altyn Asyr, meaning "Golden Age" in Turkmen, is one of the seven television channels owned by the government in Turkmenistan.[2] It is mainly focused on broadcasting the news in Turkmenistan.

The Watan Habarlary newscast airs six times a day (7:00, 9:00, 12:00, 15:00, 21:00 and 23:00). The channel's TV startup is at 7:00, while the closedown is usually at 1:00, averaging 18 hours on air.[3][4] Other programs include Diýar, which has separate editions covering each of the regions of Turkmenistan as well as programs on agriculture and technology. Feature films are broadcast at 23:30 on weekends, after the late edition of Watan Habarlary.[4] Watan Habarlary frequently repeats stories from the previous night in its morning editions.[5]

The Altyn Asyr's clock ident is the same as all other news channels excluding the Türkmen Owazy and Aşgabat channels.

## History

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Television arrived to Ashgabat, the capital of the Turkmen SSR, in 1959,[6] with a transmitter on VHF channel 1 in the Russian standard.[7] Initially it was an experimental service carrying out feature films, with regular service pending the completion of its television center.[8]

Altyn Asyr no longer plays Russia's Channel One Russia since 1998.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Президент Туркменистана назначил руководителей четырех телерадиоканалов | Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru". www.turkmenistan.ru.
2. ^ "Turkmen Tv". turkmentv.gov.tm.
3. ^ "Göni ýaýlym". turkmentv.gov.tm.
4. ^ a b Türkmenistan Watan, 21-27 January 2023
5. ^ A day watching Turkmen television
6. ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1136-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
7. ^ "Broadcasting Stations of the World" (PDF). September 1961. p. 334. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
8. ^ Radio and Television in the USSR, S. V. Kaftanov, 1960
9. ^ "В Туркмении прекращено вещание российской радиостанции "Маяк"". NEWSru.com. July 12, 2004.

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