Kurdsat

Television channel

Kurdsat Broadcasting Corporation
Programming

Country	Iraq
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Dabashan, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Language(s)	Kurdish
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
History
Launched	1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)^[1]
Links
Website	www.kurdsat.tv
Availability

Streaming media
Kurdsat	[1]

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]

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]

References

^ "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.