Television in Kazakhstan

Overview of television in Kazakhstan

Television in Kazakhstan was first introduced in 1958. There are 116 private channels and 4 national commercial television.

Qazaqstan is the State Television Channel of Kazakhstan. Other country-wide television stations are Khabar and Yel Arna.

Gakku TV and Toi Duman are music channels dedicated solely to only airing music produced in Kazakhstan.

In December 2021, Kazakh Information and Social Protection Minister Aida Balayeva announced that the film industry in Kazakhstan produced over 250 TV series from 2016 to 2021.[1]

Public channels

  • Qazaqstan - public broadcaster
  • KTK - commercial
  • NTK-TV - commercial
  • Stan TV - commercial

Private channels

  • NTV Plus - news
  • Digital-TV - news
  • Orbita Telecom - other
  • JSC Alma-TV - other
  • JSC ICON - other
  • JSC Digital-TV - other
  • IDNet - other
  • Astana TV - other
  • Balapan (channel) - children
  • Channel 31 (Kazakhstan)
  • Channel One Eurasia - other
  • Gakku TV - music, entertainment news
  • HiT TV - music
  • Kanal 7 - information
  • Kazakh TV - information
  • Khabar - news
  • Khabar 24 - news
  • KZ Sport 1 - sport
  • Qazsport - sport

Most viewed channels

Position Channel Share of total viewing (%)
1 Qazaqstan TV 16.5
2 Channel One Eurasia 14.1
3 Khabar 8.4
4 NTK TV 6.2
5 Kanal 7 4.8
6 Astana TV 3.5
7 KTK 2.5
8 Channel 31 2.1
9 Kazakh TV 1.2
10 Khabar 24 0.6

References

  1. ^ INFORM.KZ (2021-12-02). "Over 250 TV series made for past 5 years in Kazakhstan". www.inform.kz. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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