Kurdistan TV

Kurdistan TV (Kurdish: کوردستان تیڤی) is the first satellite television station in Iraqi Kurdistan that started broadcasting in 1999. It belongs to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and is based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region.^[1]

Kurdistan TV

Country	Iraq
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Programming
Language(s)	Kurdish
Ownership
Owner	Kurdistan Democratic Party
History
Launched	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)
Links
Website	www.kurdistantv.net
Availability
Streaming media
Kurdistan TV	www.kurdistantv.net/ku/live

The channel broadcasts programs mainly in Kurdish and can be viewed using a WS International satellite system. It transmits on the Eutelsat for Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, and on Galaxy 19 for North America.

Apart from its Kurdish language services, Kurdistan TV also offers an online news presence in Arabic and Turkish. Kurdistan TV's European offices are based in the Netherlands and Germany.

See also

• List of Kurdish-language television channels

References

1. Kareem Abdulrahman (4 December 2007). "Guide: Iraq's Kurdish media". BBC News. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

External links

• Official website  
• Kurdistan TV Live 2016-03-16 at the Wayback Machine