TV5 (Mongolia)

TV5 Mongolia (TV5)
CountryMongolia
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersUlaanbaatar, Mongolia
History
Launched2003
Links
Websitewww.tv5.mn

TV5 Mongolia, or TV5, is a television broadcasting station in Mongolia.

The station works closely with the Mongolian National Broadcaster and is financed by advertising, sponsoring, and government subsidies. The program is also available in streaming format online for a fee. This access method is primarily used by Mongolians living abroad.

TV5 started broadcasting in 2003 under the tagline Let's Develop Mongolia (Монгол Улсаа Хөгжүүлье).[1] The station also activated its live stream, airing its programming online between 7pm and midnight, using the RealVideo format.[2] By 2006 it carried Archived Cases (Хавтаст хэрэг), about criminal topics, produced in association with the Mongolian police.[3] In 2007, it aired the country's first home shopping program.[1] In 2016, the channel was owned by Supervision Media Group LLC, according to the Communications Regulatory Commission, however, it is actually owned by Gergen Dalai LLC, a local conglomerate.[1]

As of 2025, the channel's Facebook profile had almost one million followers.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "TV 5". Media Ownership Monitor 2016. Press Institute.
  2. ^ "Mongolia 5th Television". tv5.mn. Archived from the original on 4 February 2003.
  3. ^ Toutes les télés du monde, Mongolia, ARTE France and Point du Jour, 2006
  4. ^ Explainer: How Russia shapes Mongolian opinion over gas pipeline project