Kurdsat Broadcasting Corporation (Kurdish: کوردسات, romanized: Kurdsat) is a satellite television station in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, broadcasting since 8 January 2000.[2] It belongs to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and is based in Sulaymaniyah.[3]
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| Country | Iraq |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Dabashan, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Kurdish |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 2000[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Kurdsat | [1] |
The channel broadcast programs in Kurdish. Other languages such as Persian, English and Arabic were also used in some programs with Kurdish subtitles. First established following the Gulf War, Kurdsat was among the Kurdish satellite stations in Kurdistan.
Kurdsat's head quarters is at Dabashan - As Sulaymaniyah.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "KURDSAT TV". 2010-12-17. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ Editorial Staff (2019-09-26). "Kurdsat stops broadcasting after 20 years, Iraqi Kurdistan". Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Guide: Iraq's Kurdish media". BBC. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ "Kurdsat Broadcasting Corporation". kurdsat.tv. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
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