Show TV

Show TV
Launched March 1, 1991 (France)
March 1, 1992 (Turkey)
Owned by Ciner Media Group[1]
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Slogan Smile To Life
Country Turkey
Language Turkish
Broadcast area Turkey
Headquarters Istanbul
Sister channel(s) Show Max
Show Turk
Website www.showtv.com.tr
Availability
Satellite
Digiturk Channel 22 (HD)
Cable
Ziggo (Netherlands) Channel 770

Show TV is a nationwide television channel in Turkey owned by Ciner Media Group (since 2013, acquired from Çukurova Media Group after Çukurova was forced to sell due to tax debts. The channel was originally established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi and were originally launched on March 1, 1991, although it commences its test transmissions. A year later, the channel moved its headquarters to Istanbul, Turkey, and were at the same time starting its official broadcasts. Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Max and Show Turk to its group.

Show TV aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey. Among them were S.W.A.T., The Master, The Rookies, Silk Stalkings, T. J. Hooker, Booker, Roseanne, The Wonder Years, Superboy, Tequila and Bonetti, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Dream On, Generations, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Seinfeld, In the Heat of the Night, Friends, Beverly Hills, 90210, Power Rangers and Premiers Baisers.

Furthermore, it re-aired some television series like Fame, Charlie's Angels, The Twilight Zone and Dallas, which were very popular during the monopolistic era of TRT in Turkey.

Show TV's old logo used from March 1, 1991 to September 30, 2002.

The channel's personalities include Mustafa Ceceli, Begüm, Alişan, Asuman Krause, Ali Sunal, Jülide Ateş and Çağla Şikel.[2] The channel also aired successful Turkish television series like Kurtlar Vadisi, Doktorlar, Adını Feriha Koydum, and Muhteşem Yüzyıl.[3][4]

Turkish television series

Entertainment shows

References

  1. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 1 June 2013, Ciner group acquires seized broadcaster Show TV
  2. ↑ "Show TV Programs List" (in Turkish). 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'ın hayatını anlatan dizi Muhteşem Yüzyıl devletle mahkemelik oluyor" [The state goes to court with Muhteşem Yüzyıl TV series that depicts the life of Suleiman the Magnificent]. NTV (Turkey) (in Turkish). Turkey. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  4. ↑ http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3045501


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