ATV (Turkish TV channel)


ATV is a Turkish free-to-air television network owned by Turkuvaz Media Group. ATV was Turkey's most popular channel with a market share of 22%.

History

Founded by Dinç Bilgin of Sabah Group, the channel launched on 12 July 1993. The channel changed its ownership to Ciner Media Group in 2002. The Savings [Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey] seized the channel in 2007. ATV was acquired by the Çalık Holding's Turkuvaz Media Group at US$1.1 billion on 22 April 2008. It was rumored that the Çalık Holding wanted to sell the channel, and the News Corp. of Rupert Murdoch showed interest in 2012. Following the permission of the Turkish Competition Authority, the Kalyon Group's Zirve Holding, which was founded by Ömer Faruk Kalyoncu with a capital of 380 million on 23 August 2013, acquired various shares of Turkuvaz Group companies from Çalık Holding on 20 December 2013.

Programming

Notable local productions in its early years included Süper Baba, İkinci Bahar, Çiçek Taksi, Tatlı Kaçıklar, Mahallenin Muhtarları, İlişkiler, Gurbetçiler, Sıcak Saatler, Baba Evi, Böyle mi Olacaktı and Affet Bizi Hocam.

TV series

The Glance, a consulting company for international television markets, which analyzes the consumption habits of TV viewers on a global scale, published in its annual report "One TV Year In The World 2021" that the television series of ATV, Bir Zamanlar Çukurova was broadcast in Iraq, North Macedonia, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Dominica, Lithuania Hercai in Dominica, Georgia, Iraq, Puerto Rico, Lithuania Sen Anlat Karadeniz in Lebanon, Dominica and Kırgın Çiçekler in North Macedonia. ATV also made it onto the list as one of the top 10 most watched content in 2021.