STV (Uzbek TV channel)

STV
CountryUzbekistan
Broadcast areaSamarkand
HeadquartersSamarkand, Uzbekistan
Programming
Language(s)Uzbek
Russian
Picture format16:9 SDTV
History
Launched21 March 1991; 33 years ago (1991-03-21)
Closed21 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-21)

The STV TV and Radio Broadcasting Company (Uzbek: STV teleradiokompaniyasi, Russian: Телерадиокомпания СТВ) was the first independent television and radio company in Uzbekistan, in the city of Samarkand. Formally founded in 1987, it was officially registered in August 1991. It became the first independent television station and overall media outlet in the Republic of Uzbekistan.[1][2]

History

In 1987, the deputy director of the Samarkand Printing School, Firdavs Abdukhalikov, suggested that like-minded people open an independent television company, based on a similar experience in creating an earlier student television studio. A youth coordination center was founded under the regional Komsomol committee, whose task was to implement a project related to the creation of regional TV. In August 1990, local authorities decided to create a youth center for the public television company TKS (“Samarkand Television Company”) on the basis of the studio. The first program on the new channel aired on March 21, 1991. Regular broadcasting to Samarkand and the Samarkand region (coverage of about 3 million people) began on May 15, 1991.

The TV channel had a generalist offer. For the most part, the content was locally produced, including regional news, reports, analytical and news programs.[3] Films in Uzbek and Russian were also shown. In 1992, the television company was renamed Samarkand-STV. In 1996, the information and entertainment newspaper “Darakchi” appeared under the editorship of STV.[4]

The station gained exclusive rights to retransmit Russian TV-6 in 1994.[5]

STV also collaborated with NTT.[6]

In 2000, broadcasting began on the FM 104.5 radio wave, and the company was renamed the STV television and radio company (then STV). With the development of the Internet, the official information website STV.uz appeared, then pages on social networks, as well as a YouTube channel. At the beginning of its existence, the advertising studio “STV-design” operated, which, according to the creators of STV, allowed the television and radio company to remain independent at first.[7] Broadcasting of the STV channel was stopped on July 27, 2018. The cause for the closure was the airing of violent scenes in I Am Legend and alleged pornographic content in Sausage Party, the latter of which was shown in a 9am slot aimed at children.[8][9]

Programming

TV

  • Боллалар соати (Children's Hour) — cartoons
  • Государство и общество — social problems
  • Мохият — presented by the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Zarafshan” (“Samarkand Bulletin”) Farmon Toshev
  • 100% молодёжно! — youth patriotic program
  • Шоми Самарканд (Evening in Samarkand) — cultural and educational program (one of the first programs on the channel. Broadcast since 1991)[10]
  • Хабарлар (News) — news bulletins
  • Телеинформ and телемаркет — commercial programs

Radio

  • Хабарлар (News) — news bulletins

References

  1. ^ Ермамат Рустамов (22 November 2021). "Телерадиокомпании Самарканда: век минувший и нынешний". "Самаркандский Вестник" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ "СТВ сегодня исполнилось 32" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ Юсупалиева Д.К. ""Некоторые страницы деятельности региональных телевещательных компаний в Узбекистане"". "Культура. Духовность. Общество". Archived from the original on 13 November 2023.
  4. ^ ""ДАРАКЧИ ПЛЮС": ИНТЕРЕСНЫЕ ФАКТЫ, ЦИФРЫ И ПОЗДРАВЛЕНИЯ". Darakchi (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Fariddin Sharapov: I Was at the Origins of Independent Broadcasting in Uzbekistan". TKT1957. Retrieved 17 October 2024. In the distant 1994-95, [...] granted us exclusive rights to retransmit the TV-6 channel across Uzbekistan.
  6. ^ "В Узбекистане создается новая молодёжная телестудия "Творческая молодёжь"". Intranews. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ "История СТВ". СТВ. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Behayo sahnalarni efirga uzatgan "STV" telekanali faoliyati toʻxtatildi, "Sevimli" jiddiy ogohlantirildi". Xalq soʻzi. 28 July 2018. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  9. ^ ""STV" telekanali faoliyati toʻxtatildi, "Sevimli" telekanali qat'iy ogohlantirildi". Xabar.uz. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Шоми Самарқанд. Қаринаҳо. 1991 сол" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.