Armenia TV

Not to be confused with Public Television Company of Armenia.

Armenia TV (Armenian: Արմենիա հեռուստաընկերություն, romanized: Armenia herustaënkerut'yun), is one of the leading TV channels in Armenia. In 2012, Armenia TV became the first TV channel in Armenia to launch Full HD broadcasting. By the first half of 2020, Armenia TV was the highest rated among news, fiction movies, TV series, comedy, and music shows.^[1]

Armenia TV

Country	Armenia
Programming
Picture format	1080p (HDTV) 16:9
History
Launched	1997
Links
Website	Official website
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 2

History

Armenia TV was founded in 1997 by Gerard Cafesjian and Bagrat Sargsyan.^[2] Broadcasting was launched on 13 January 1998 in 24-hour regime.^[3]

In 2012, followed by technical modernization, broadcasting was tested and was officially launched in 2013.^[4]

In 2016, Armenia TV released the first Armenian 4K TV show – "Ancient Kings".

In 2019, the owner of 100% shares is Artur Janibekyan^[5] – founder and general producer of Comedy Club Production and general manager of Gazprom Media Entertainment TV.^[6] In November 2019, Armenia TV announced technical modernization and plans to launch 4K format.^[7]

By 2020, Armenia TV's program list included TV shows, TV series, situation comedy shows, news shows, Armenian and international movies.

Staff

Incomplete list of Armenia TV team members, involved in various TV shows, programs and movies:

• Nazeni Hovhannisyan
• Mkrtich Arzumanyan
• Hayk Marutyan
• Armen Petrosyan
• Hovhannes Azoyan
• Sos Janibekyan
• Khoren Levonyan
• Sofi Mkheyan
• Sos Janibekyan
• Diana Grigoryan
• Narine Sultanyan
• Syuzi Shahbazyan
• Vache Tovmasyan
• Grigor Danielyan
• Gor Hakobyan
• Mihran Tsarukyan
• Arpi Gabrielyan
• Vahe Ghazaryan
• Erna Elizbaryan
• Sona Torosyan
• Lili Hover
• Eduard Kalantaryan
• Diana Malenko
• Artak Vardanyan
• Sima Bagdasaryan
• Lusine Tovmasyan
• Avo Khalatyan
• Satenik Hazaryan, etc.

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  Nazeni Hovhannisyan

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  Grigor Danielyan

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  Vahe Ghazaryan

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  Erna Elizbaryan

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  Hayk Marutyan

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  Sos Janibekyan

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  Armen Petrosyan (Mench)

International Projects

Armenia TV is the rights owner of broadcasting Champions League, UEFA Nations League, Euro 2020 and World Football Tournament Qualification games in Armenia. In June 2019, Armenia announced purchase of license for Euro 2020.^[8] International partners of Armenia TV include Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Talpa, Endemol, TV Globo, etc. Armenia TV implemented the following international formats – "The Voice of Armenia", "The Brainiest", "What? Where? When?", "Deal or No Deal", "Fort Boyard", etc.

Armenia Premium

On 14 September 2015, Armenia TV in cooperation with Ucom, launched 6 new cable channels, available to Ucom users.^[9] The channels did not include advertisements, TV shows were broadcast one day earlier, as well as some shows were released never included in original Armenia TV.

Image	Name	Description
	Premium	Armenia Premium channel, broadcasting exclusively produced shows, movies and sitcoms.
	Hay Kino	Armenian movies channel – from Armenian National Film Center.
	Jan TV	Armenian music channel.
	Comedy	Armenian comedy channel – including TV programs, series, sketches, performances and other shows.
	Cineman	International movies channel.
	Tuntunik	Kids channel.

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Armenia TV and Armenia Premium

References

1. «Հանրապետական և մայաքաղաքային սփռում ունեցող հեռուստաընկերությունների եթերի կառուցվածքն ըստ ժանրերի» 13 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine
2. Մահացել է ամերիկահայ նշանավոր բարերար Ջերարդ Գաֆեսճյանը
3. Armenia TV – Մեր մասին
4. Armenia TV-ն առաջինը հայկական հեռուստաեթերում անցնում է 4K ձևաչափի (Տեսանյութ)
5. Медиахолдинг PanArmenian Media Group распался, Артур Джанибекян стал владельцем "Armenia TV" и "Radio jan"
6. Gazprom Media – Artur Janibekyan
7. . Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
8. . Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
9. Սեպտեմբերի 14-ից «Արմենիա TV»–ին կներկայացնի 6 տարբեր ալիքներ՝ ցանկացած նախասիրության համար

External links

• Official website