Press TV
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Iranian state-owned English-language channel
Key facts
- Type
- State-run media
- Country
- Iran
- Broadcast area
- Worldwide
- Headquarters
- Tehran , Iran
- Languages
- English , French , Turkish , Hebrew
- Picture format
- 16:9 ( 576i , SDTV ) 16:9 ( 1080p , HDTV )
- Owner
- Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
- Sister channels
- Al-Alam News Network , HispanTV
- Launched
- 8 July 2007 ; 18 years ago ( 2007-07-08 )
- Website
- presstv .ir , presstv.co.uk
- Jamaran
- CH43 UHF Digital (SD)
- Alvand
- CH34 UHF Digital (Full HD)
- Zuku tv kenya
- Channel 563 (Zuku Fiber only)
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Official website
PressTV
Press TV is an Iranian news and documentary network that broadcasts in the English and French-language. It is affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the only organisation legally able to transmit radio and TV broadcasts in Iran.
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Described at
Press TV - LyngSat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- news broadcasting
- Country
- Iran
- Headquarters
- Tehran
- Industry
- journalism
- Official website
- presstv.ir
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- Commons category
- Press TV
- topic's main category
- Category:Press TV
- language of work or name
- French
- inception
- 2007-07-08
- language used
- English language
- streaming media URL
- www.presstv.ir/Live
- social media followers
- 278274
- has characteristic
- state media
- web feed URL
- www.presstv.ir/rss.xml
- described at URL
- www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/ir/Press-TV.html
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Encyclopedic overview
Press TV (stylised as PRESSTV) is an Iranian state-owned news media organisation, owned by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), that broadcasts in the English and French languages. The 24-hour channel, which has headquarters in Tehran, was launched on 8 July 2007 and was intended to compete with western English language services. It has been criticized as an outlet for Iranian government propaganda.
Background and purpose
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Press TV” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.