Shayan TV

Country	Russian Federation Republic of Tatarstan
Headquarters	Kazan, Tatarstan
Ownership
Owner	Tatarstan State Television Broadcasting Company "New century"
History
Launched	12 November 2018; 5 years ago (2018-11-12)
Former names	Shayan TV
Links
Website	www.shayantv.ru

Shayan TV (Tatar: Шаян ТВ, romanized: Şayan TV) is the first kids and teen's entertainment channel in Tatar language available in Russian Federation (through the Internet) with 24-hour broadcasting.

History

Supported by the President of Tatarstan Republic, the channel was launched in Tatarstan Republic on 12 November 2018 as the first Tatar channel for kids and teens.^[1][2]

Contemporary programming

The channel offers more than 20 original educational and learning programs, game shows and quizzes, animated films (popular science, documentary, feature films) dubbed in Tatar for audiences from 3 to 15 years old.^[3][4]

Shayan Channels services

• There are special apps to follow the channel on smartphones in Google Play and App Store.^[5]
• The channel has a YouTube channel, where videos from television series and films are posted.
• The official website of the channel works in Tatar, Russian and English languages and gives an ability to follow the channel 24 hours all over the World.

Awards

• Shayan TV is the winner of the contest "The main heros - 2019" (held by Carousel International) in nomination "The discovery of the year".^[6]
• Shayan TV won the first place in the X-th World internet-projects contest "The Knowledge Pearls" ("Belem cäwhärläre") in nominations "The most popular and useful project in the fields of culture and education" and "The most popular and useful Tatar app".
• The broadcast "Kaleb" (English: "The soul") of the Channel became the winner of the IX-th All-Russian journalists and mass media contest in the nomination "The best achievements on the subject of lifestyle and activities of Tatar nation in mass media".