Type Broadcast Dissolved 18 July 2016 Founded 1991 Launch date 26 November 1991 | Official website Anstv.ws | |
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Slogan Döyüş alnınıza yazılıbDəqiq, qərəzsiz, vicdanlı Motto Döyüş alnınıza yazılıb; Dəqiq, qərəzsiz, vicdanlı Profiles | ||
ANS TV (also known as ANS Independent Broadcasting Media Company) was a news television channel in Azerbaijan, which was owned by ANS Group of Companies from its foundation on 26 November 1991 until its closure on 18 July 2016. Its name, ANS, stands for Azerbaijani News Service.
ANS was the first privately owned independent television company in the former Soviet Union.
In the early years of ANS' establishment, there were many local wars on the territory of the former Soviet Union. ANS TV got popularized by reporting news from the frontlines - Chechnya, Georgia, Ossetia, Karabakh, Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Ingushetia and frequently selling footage to BBC, CNN, NBC, ZDF, ARD, VOX, RAI, TF, Rossiya 1, CBS, TBS.
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