Qazsport

Qazsport
Broadcast area	Kazakhstan
Network	Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation
Headquarters	QazMedia Ortalgy, Astana
Programming
Language(s)	Kazakh
Ownership
Owner	Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation
Sister channels	Qazaqstan (TV channel)
History
Launched	1 July 2013; 11 years ago
Former names	KAZsport
Links
Website	www.qazsporttv.kz

Qazsport is the first Kazakh national sports TV channel.^[1] The channel launched on 1 July 2013, as KAZsport and is based in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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Qazsport broadcasts the Kazakh championships alongside live broadcasts of major international sporting events, which account for 70% of broadcasting. The commentators are well-known Kazakh sports journalists, who commentate in Kazakh and Russian. The channel also broadcasts news, own productions and sports documentaries in their programme schedule.

Foundation

In 2012, the then President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in his article "Қазақстанның әлеуметтік жаңғыртылуы: Жалпыға ортақ Еңбек қоғамына қарай 20 қадам (Social modernization of Kazakhstan: 20 steps towards a universal labour society)" tasked the Agency for Sports and Physical Education and the Ministry of Culture and information to jointly open a specialized sports channel. In a short period of time, relevant work was done, and on July 1 2013, the new tv channel "KAZSport" began broadcasting.

70% of the total broadcasts on "QAZSport" are live and original broadcasts, mainly of domestic championships and prestigious international competitions that are popular in Kazakhstan in both the Kazakh and Russian language.

The opening ceremony for the new channel was held at Kazmedia Center in Astana.^[2]