Qatar Television

Qatar TV
	Logo used since 2012
Country	Qatar
Broadcast area	Middle East and North Africa
Headquarters	Doha, Qatar
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Qatar Media Corporation
History
Launched	23 August 1970; 54 years ago
Links
Website	qtv.qa

Qatar Television, (Arabic: تلفزيون قَطَر, romanized: Tilifizyūn Qaṭar); abbreviated as Qatar TV or QTV), is a Qatar Government owned public service national television channel in Qatar which is owned and run by Qatar Media Corporation.^[1] The channel broadcasts various programmes including news, economical bulletins, documentaries, religious programmes and entertainment.

Launched in August 1970, QTV was the first television network to produce and transmit its own programmes in the country. Programmes were aired every day for three to four hours with a 50 kW transmitter^[2] broadcast on channel 11.^[3] Spillover enabled its signal to be received in parts of other Gulf countries and southern Iran.^[4] In 1974, it began transmitting color broadcasts. It had a monopoly on television audience until 1993, when Qatar Cablevision began broadcasting satellite channels. Despite the broadening of television offerings, Qatar TV remains popular amongst locals.^[5]

References

^ "Media". Embassy of Qatar in Italy. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ "The era of reform". New York: Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nation. 1973. p. 4.
^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1126-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ "World Communications" (PDF). UNESCO. 1975. p. 335. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ Tourya Guaaybess (2013-01-11). National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1899–1900. ISBN 978-1-137-25765-9. Retrieved 2013-06-13.