ARB 24
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| type = News channel
| country = Azerbaijan
| area = Nationwide
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| headquarters = Yasamal, Baku
| language = Azerbaijani
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| owner = ARB Media Group
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| key_people = Radik Ismailov
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- {{Start date|2010|06|01|df=y}} (regional)
- {{Start date|2018|11|27|df=y}} (nationwide)
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| former_names = Türkel TV (2010–2016)
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ARB 24 is an Azerbaijani privately-owned national news-oriented television channel owned by ARB Media Group. It was originally launched as Türkel TV on 1 June 2010, a regional channel based in Tovuz, being rebranded in its current form in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://news.milli.az/society/655931.html|title=Azərbaycanın ilk xəbər kanalı "ARB24" 8 yaşını qeyd edir|date=1 June 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Milli.az|language=az}} ARB 24 is headquartered in the Yasamal raion of Baku.{{cite web|url=https://arb24.az/elaqe|title=Əlaqə|access-date=16 October 2024|website=ARB 24|language=az}} Radik Ismailov is the current executive director of ARB 24.{{cite news|url=https://www.kaspi.az/az/jurnalist-radik-ismayilov-arb-24e-yeni-direktor-teyin-olundu|title=Radik İsmayılov "ARB 24"ə direktor təyin olundu|date=26 September 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Kaspi.az|language=az}}
History
Türkel TV was launched on 1 June 2010, replacing Simurq M TV after it was acquired from its original owner, Musa Suleymanov.{{cite news|url=https://musavat.com/news/son-x%C9%99b%C9%99r/B%C3%96LG%C6%8F-TELEKANALLARI-SAH%C4%B0BL%C6%8FR%C4%B0ND%C6%8FN-ALINIR_83812.html|title=BÖLGƏ TELEKANALLARI SAHİBLƏRİNDƏN ALINIR|date=28 August 2010|access-date=16 October 2024|work=|language=az}} Simurg M TV was launched in 1995 serving Tovuz, which also broadcast to audiences in Ganja and Qazax after receiving permission to do so in 2005, as well as in remote villages alongside the border with Armenia.{{cite news|url=https://apa.az/sosial/-69578|title="Simurq" TV Azərbaycanın Ermənistanla sərhədindəki ucqar kəndlərdə də yayımlanacaq|date=6 September 2007|access-date=16 October 2024|work=APA|language=az}}
Originally operated as a television station devoted to programming regarding culture, Türkel TV, or TTV, was converted into a news-oriented channel in early 2012. At the time, the broadcasts of TTV only reached seventeen districts in northwestern Azerbaijan. It also broadcast in some parts of neighboring Georgia.{{cite news|url=https://news.milli.az/hitech/118153.html|title=Hər kəsin TTV kimi tanıdığı "Turkel" TV bu gün 2 yaşını qeyd edir|date=1 June 2012|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Milli.az|language=az}}{{cite news|url=https://azertag.az/xeber/turkel_televiziyasi_1_yasini_qeyd_etdi-527288|title=Türkel televiziyası 1 yaşını qeyd etdi|date=16 June 2011|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Azertac|language=az}} Its signals were later expanded to cover thirty districts in total.{{cite news|url=https://modern.az/news/66810/|title="Türkel" TV-nin baş direktoru: "Dedi-qodu və şayiələri efirə vermirik"|date=6 November 2014|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Modern.az|language=az}} TTV was one of the six regional television stations in Azerbaijan to form Region TV on 10 May 2014.{{cite web|title="Region TV" televiziya şirkəti MTRŞ-nın keçirdiyi tenderin qalibi olub|url=http://www.azadinform.az/news/a-65987.html|website=Azad Inform|access-date=16 October 2024|language=az|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312104754/http://www.azadinform.az/news/a-65987.html|archive-date=12 March 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/2661913.html|title=Region TV brendini yeniləyib ARB TV oldu|date=19 September 2016|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Trend News Agency}} On 10 April 2015, the National Television and Radio Council granted TTV a six-year license to broadcast via satellite, allowing the station to commence satellite broadcasts on the same day.{{cite news|url=https://www.aznews.az/news/cemiyyet/78897.html|title=Türkel TV-nin peyk yayımına icazə verildi|date=10 April 2015|access-date=16 October 2024|work=AzNews|language=az}}{{cite news|url=https://news.milli.az/hitech/333907.html|title=Cənubi Qafqazın ilk xəbər kanalı Türkel TV (TTV) peyk yayımına çıxdı|date=11 April 2015|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Milli.az|language=az}} TTV was rebranded as ARB 24 on 19 September 2016.{{Cite web |title=Azərbaycanda məşhur TV adı dəyişdi |url=http://www.gununsesi.info/az%C9%99rbaycanda-m%C9%99shur-tv-adini-d%C9%99yisdi/ |date=19 September 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016 |work=Günün Səsi |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018221727/https://www.gununsesi.info/az%C9%99rbaycanda-m%C9%99shur-tv-adini-d%C9%99yisdi/ |url-status=live }}
A competition was held by the National Television and Radio Council on 16 November 2017 seeking the launch of a new nationwide news-oriented television channel. Three companies, Baku Art Lab LLC, Media Master LLC, and Türkel TV LLC were the participants of the competition, which ended on 16 December. Eventually, Türkel TV LLC, which operates ARB 24, was announced as the winner, subsequently being given a perpetual license to broadcast terrestrially as a national news television channel.{{cite news|url=https://azertag.az/xeber/turkel_tv_mmc_ye_umumrespublika_televiziya_yayimi_uchun_muddetsiz_lisenziya_verilib-1125009|title="Türkel TV" MMC-yə ümumrespublika televiziya yayımı üçün müddətsiz lisenziya verilib|date=28 December 2017|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Azertac|language=az}}{{cite news|url=https://www.azadliq.org/a/28943880.html|title=MTRŞ müsabiqənin qalibini açıqlayıb|date=28 December 2017|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Azadlıq Radiosu|language=az}} The channel would continue operating as ARB 24 and its administrative headquarters would be in Baku.{{cite news|url=https://news.milli.az/society/612416.html|title=Yeni xəbər kanalı açılır|date=28 December 2017|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Milli.az|language=az}}
In preparation for the launch of ARB 24 as a full-fledged specialized national news channel, the channel temporarily went off air on 24 September 2018.{{cite news|url=https://demokrat.az/az/news/4645/arb-24un-yayimi-dayandirildi-sebeb|title="ARB 24"ün yayımı dayandırıldı|date=24 September 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Democrat.az|language=az}}{{cite news|last=Fərhadoğlu|first=Famil|url=https://turan.az/en/politics/arb-24-turned-into-turkel-tv-and-got-high-status|title=ARB 24 Turned into Türkel TV and Got High Status|date=24 September 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Turan Information Agency}} It later resumed broadcasts on 8 October with all equipment being moved to Baku from Tovuz.{{cite news|url=https://unikal.az/news/193748|title=ARB:24 yayımını bərpa etdi|date=8 October 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Unikal.az|language=az}} ARB 24 was officially launched as a national news television channel on 27 November 2018 in the DVB-T standard in full high-definition format through the Baku TV Tower.{{cite news|url=https://report.az/ikt/azerbaycanin-yeni-televiziya-kanali-umumrespublika-yayimina-baslayib/|title=Azərbaycanın yeni televiziya kanalı ümumrespublika yayımına başlayıb|date=27 November 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Report.az|language=az}} Later on 27 December 2018, the National Television and Radio Council decided to terminate the license given to Türkel TV LLC for regional broadcasting and formalize it utilizing the "ARB 24" name.{{cite news|url=https://modern.az/news/187663/|title="Türkel TV"nin lisenziyasına xitam verildi|date=27 December 2018|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Modern.az|language=az}}
In February 2020, ARB 24 signed a cooperation agreement with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, allowing the channel to broadcast DW's Tomorrow Today, Global3000, and Reporter.{{cite news|url=https://axsam.az/news/112678-arb24-deutche-welle-ile-emekdasliq-edecek|title=ARB24 "Deutche Welle" ilə əməkdaşlıq edəcək|date=8 February 2020|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Axsam.az|language=az}} The channel later signed a cooperation agreement with the Baku State University on 29 April 2022,{{cite news|url=https://azertag.az/xeber/bdu_ve_arb_24_telekanali_arasinda_emekdasliq_muqavilesi_imzalanib-2116163|title=BDU və "ARB 24" telekanalı arasında əməkdaşlıq müqaviləsi imzalanıb|date=29 April 2022|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Azertac|language=az}} with the "ARB 24 NewsLab" being subsequently organized.{{cite news|url=https://report.az/media-xeber/bdu-ve-arb-24-un-birge-telim-proqrami-yekunlasib-4-nefer-ise-goturulub/|title=BDU və ARB 24-ün birgə təlim proqramı yekunlaşıb, 4 nəfər işə götürülüb|date=23 September 2022|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Report.az|language=az}} ARB 24 signed a memorandum of cooperation with Kyrgyz television channel Ala-Too 24 at the Shusha Global Media Forum on 22 July 2023.{{cite news|last=Aghajanova|first=Humay|url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3776055.html|title=Azerbaijan's ARB 24 signs memorandum with Kyrgyzstan's Ala Too 24 TV channel|date=22 July 2023|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Trend News Agency}}{{cite news|url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/azerbaijani_arb_24_kyrgyz_ala_too_24_tv_channels_ink_memorandum-2704687|title=Azerbaijani ARB 24, Kyrgyz Ala-Too 24 TV channels ink memorandum|date=22 July 2023|access-date=16 October 2024|work=Azertac}}
Programming
ARB 24 broadcasts news and current affairs programming all day. Its notable programs include İşgüzar səhər, İş vaxtı, Nə baş verir, Gündəm, Oyundankənar, Peşəkar müsahibə, Həftəyə baxış, Gələcəyin peşəsi, and Kreativ sənaye, in addition to its main news program Xəbərlər.{{cite news|url=https://525.az/news/207036-arb-24-telekanalinin-informasiya-siyaseti--cahangir-memmedli-yazir|title=ARB-24 telekanalının informasiya siyasəti|date=25 November 2022|access-date=16 October 2024|work=525.az|language=az}}
In addition, in cooperation with distribution companies, Bloomberg's "The Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer" project and various documentaries on global topics are presented.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.arb24.az/}} {{in lang|az}}
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130901203915/http://www.turkeltv.az/|name=Former website before rebrand}}
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