TV channels Armenia

Armenian television runs on two tracks at once. Studios in Yerevan speak to the country itself, while a busy diaspora wing in the United States keeps Armenian-language broadcasting alive for communities in Los Angeles and further afield. Regional stations from Kotayk and Shirak add their own local reporting to the mix.

The Yerevan screens

Armenian Public TV is the country's public broadcaster, on air since 1956, with national news, culture and public affairs. Around it sits a group of commercial channels: Armenia TV with series and entertainment, Shant TV, broadcasting from the capital since 1994, Kentron TV with news and talk programming, and 5 TV Channel, which mixes news blocks with lighter fare.

Newsrooms that went on air

News is where Armenian television is most crowded. Azatutyun TV is the television service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian Service, known for independent reporting. Yerkirmedia TV covers the country and the diaspora from Yerevan, CivilNet works out of the Civilitas Foundation with analysis and civic journalism, and the newsrooms behind 1in TV and 1Lurer have carried their reporting onto the screen. ABnews follows business and the economy, while A1Plus continues the independent journalism that lost its terrestrial frequency in 2002.

Armenian broadcasting from America

Horizon Armenian TV runs around the clock in Armenian for viewers across the United States. AMGA TV, the Armenian Media Group of America, works from Los Angeles, and ARTN TV has served the diaspora from California for years. USArmenia and Panarmenian TV add entertainment and cultural programmes for Armenians living abroad.

Regions, faith and entertainment

Outside the capital, Kotayk TV broadcasts from Hrazdan to the Kotayk region and GalaTV covers Gyumri and Shirak, both carrying local news of their own. Shoghakat TV, run by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, transmits services and programmes of the Armenian Apostolic Church. 21Tv and Nor Hayastan fill the entertainment side of the schedule.