Sport (Uzbek TV channel)

Sport
CountryUzbekistan
HeadquartersTashkent, Uzbekistan
Programming
LanguagesUzbek, Russian
Picture format16:9 (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNational Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan
Sister channelsYoshlar
O‘zbekistan
Madaniyat va Ma'rifat
Dunyo Boʻylab
O'zbekistan 24
Kinoteatr
Navo
Bolajon
History
Launched1990s
Former namesUzTV-4 (until 2004)
SporTV
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

Sport (Uzbek: “Sport” telekanali) is a sports state public television channel of Uzbekistan, owned by the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan. Broadcasting is conducted in Uzbek and partially Russian throughout the territory of Uzbekistan, on a 24-hour basis. The headquarters are located in Tashkent.

Before 2004, the channel was known as UzTV-4, a channel that relayed some of the content of the two Russian state channels, ORT and RTR. In addition to Russian programs, there were also Turkish state TV programs in their original language, BBC material (some in English, some translated into Russian or Uzbek), DW-TV (translated) and Doordarshan content (translated). In 2001, the channel started airing CNN Show, which was compiled from materials received off CNN International.