Shoghakat TV

SHOGHAKAT  is a spiritual-cultural TV Company. The founder is the Armenian Apostolic Church. Shoghakatis broadcast 18 hours a day through Spiritual-Cultural Public TV channel and H1 satellite TV channel. The coverage area of the TV channel within the territory of the Republic of Armenia, makes 90 %.

In 2002, Shoghakat obtained a broadcasting license, and from November it was already functioning as a TV Company with an 18 hour air-time. Shoghakat started broadcastingeducational, cultural series alongside with its traditional ecclesiastical-spiritual program.

Shoghakat TV, with its focus on spiritual-cultural issues, banned itself, through its Charter, broadcasting advertisements of alcoholic drinks, lotteries, casinos, which were legally permitted by most of the other Armenian TV channels in those years. Within the scope of its own airing policy, local and foreign films propagating violence and horror were also prohibited.

Starting from 2004, Shoghakat TV broadcasts its own program by satellite channel of Armenian Public Television, in compliance with a mutually signed Contract.

Independent Armenia saw two attempts of establishing a cultural TV channel. Third attempt was made in 2010 when the new Law on Television and Radio Broadcasting forced the Armenian Public TV to establish a separate spiritual-cultural TV channel. The Government of Armenia took into consideration the experience of Shoghakat TV and offered the newly-established channel to sign a cooperationcontract. From 2011, Shoghakat started to be broadcast by the public spiritual-cultural TV channel, and hence launched the coverage of the cultural life of Armenia.