Miras (TV channel)

{{Short description|State-owned television channel in Turkmenistan}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Miras

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| launch_date = 1 January 2001

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| picture_format = 16:9 HDTV

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| owner = State Committee of Turkmenistan on TV, Radio and Film

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| country = Turkmenistan

| language = Turkmen

| area = Turkmenistan R5 channel (93.25 MHz) in Ashgabat

| headquarters = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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| replaced = ORT relays (1998){{Cite web |url=http://www.newsru.com/world/12jul2004/mayak.html |title=В Туркменистане прекращено вещание российской радиостанции "Маяк" |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-date=2017-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114551/http://www.newsru.com/world/12jul2004/mayak.html |url-status=live }}

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| website = http://tdh.gov.tm/

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Miras ({{IPA|tk|mɪˈɾɑθ|lang}}) ('Inheritance' in Turkmen) is one of the eight state-owned television channels of Turkmenistan. Programming on the network is in the Turkmen language and focuses on Turkmen art and culture.{{Cite web |url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/articles/37425.html |title=Президент Туркменистана назначил руководителей четырёх телерадиоканалов |access-date=2012-05-29 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110105/http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/articles/37425.html |url-status=live }}

The channel broadcasts from 07:00 to 23:30 (on average) and transmits all editions of Watan Habarlary along with Altyn Asyr and Ýaşlyk.

Almost all Miras programs are of its own production. These include news programs related to the cultural life of the country and abroad, discussion programs, and broadcasts from concert and theater venues.

Miras relays two hours (16:00 to 18:00)Türkmenistan Watan, 21–27 January 2023 of pre-recorded programming from Russia's Channel One (still referred to as "ORT" in schedules). Before giving permission to broadcast them, the management of the Miras TV channel, together with curators from the Ministry of National Security, carefully studies the content of the programs broadcast from Moscow.{{cite web

| title =Out of the loop

| publisher =Chronicles of Turkmenistan

| url =http://www.chrono-tm.org/en/2012/11/out-of-the-loop/

}} The Field of Wonders is one of the programs carried.[https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/day-watching-turkmen-television/ A day watching Turkmen television]