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Arabic and Kurdish provide two major linguistic frameworks for television in Iraq. Arabic-language broadcasters include the Baghdad-based public media organization Iraqi Media Network alongside privately operated general and news channels, while Kurdish-language television is strongly associated with Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region. Iraqi Media Network also operates services in Kurdish, Syriac, and Turkmen, reflecting the country’s multilingual broadcasting structure.
This mix of national, regional, public, and private media makes geography especially important when comparing Iraqi broadcasters. The profiles bring together each broadcaster’s base, language, coverage, and programming focus, from national news and public affairs to cultural, educational, and general programming. Examining broadcasters across Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region helps show how television in Iraq connects different cities, languages, and regional audiences within the same national media environment.
Arabic-language TV| Arabic-language TV |  |
| Broadcaster / Channel | Genre | Language |
| Iraqi Media Network | General (News, Culture, Entertainment) | Arabic, Kurdish, Turkmen |
| Iraqi Media Network (IMN / شبكة الاعلام العراقي) is Iraq's public media organization headquartered in Baghdad, overseeing Al-Iraqiya television channels for news, culture, sports, and Kurdish, Syriac, and Turkmen programming. |
| Alsumaria TV | General (News, Culture, Entertainment) | Arabic |
| Alsumaria TV (قناة السومرية الفضائية / Al Sumaria) is an Arabic-language general television channel based in Baghdad, Iraq. Its programming combines Iraqi news and current affairs with social and cultural content, entertainment, and drama, while also following regional and international developments. |
| I News TV | News, Current Affairs | Arabic |
| I News TV (قناة اي نيوز الفضائية) is an Arabic-language news and current affairs channel based in Baghdad. Its coverage focuses on Iraqi politics, government, the economy, public affairs, and regional developments, supported by news reports, interviews, and discussion programs. |
| Al Sharqiya TV | News, Sports, Entertainment, Culture | Arabic |
| Al Sharqiya (قناة الشرقية) is an Iraqi privately owned satellite TV network headquartered in Baghdad, operating Al Sharqiya TV and Al Sharqiya News for general programs and news coverage. |
| Al Taghier Channel | News, Current Affairs | Arabic |
| Al Taghier Channel (قناة التغيير) is an Arabic-language news channel focusing on developments in Iraq and the wider Arab region. The channel is headquartered in Amman, Jordan. |
| Anwar TV2 | News, Current Affairs | Arabic |
| Alanwar TV2 (قناة الانوار 2) is an Iraqi Arabic-language satellite television channel focused on news, current affairs, reports, public issues, health topics, and regional developments. |
| Alawla TV | News, Culture, Sports | Arabic |
| Alawla TV (قناة الاولى العراقية) is an Iraqi Arabic TV channel based in Baghdad, with a general schedule covering news, current affairs, discussion programs, sports, women's programs, and public issues. |
| Zagros TV | News, Current Affairs | Arabic, Kurdish |
| Zagros TV is a satellite news channel based in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. |
| Al Rasheed TV | General | Arabic |
| Al Rasheed Channel (قناة الرشيد الفضائية) is an independent Arabic-language TV channel based in Baghdad. Launched in 2009, it combines news and current affairs with cultural, social, sports, and entertainment programming, focusing on Iraqi developments as well as broader regional topics. |
| Karbala TV | Religion | Arabic, English |
| Karbala Satellite Channel (قناة كربلاء الفضائية) is a Shia Islamic TV station based in Karbala. |
| Kurdish-language TV | |
| Broadcaster / Channel | Genre | Language |
| Rudaw TV | News, Current Affairs | Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji) |
| Rudaw TV (ڕووداو / Rûdaw TV) is a Kurdish-language news channel based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Part of Rudaw Media Network, it covers current affairs, reports, interviews, and documentaries about the Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Kurdish communities, and regional developments in Sorani and Kurmanji. |
| Kurdsat TV | General (Culture, Entertainment) | Kurdish (Sorani, etc.) |
| Kurdsat TV (کەناڵی کوردسات) is a Kurdish-language general television channel based in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Its schedule combines cultural, educational, documentary, and entertainment programs, with Central Kurdish, also known as Sorani, forming the main linguistic basis of its programming. |
| Kurdistan 24 | News, Current Affairs | Kurdish, English, Turkish |
| Kurdistan 24 (K24 / کوردستان 24) is a news and current affairs channel based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It reports on the Kurdistan Region, Iraq, the Middle East, and international affairs, with television programming in Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji), English, and Turkish. |
| Gali Kurdistan TV | General (News, Current Affairs, Culture) | Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji) |
| Gali Kurdistan TV (GK TV / کەناڵی ئاسمانی گەلی کوردستان) is a Kurdish-language general television channel based in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. One of the media institutions of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), it combines news and current affairs with cultural and social programming in Sorani and Kurmanji. |
| Kurdsat News | News, Current Affairs | Kurdish (Sorani, etc.) |
| Kurdsat News (کوردسات نیوز) is a Kurdish-language news channel based in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It focuses on politics, public affairs, and regional developments, with particular attention to the Kurdistan Region while also covering Iraq, the Middle East, and international events. |
| Kurdistan TV | General, News |
Kurdish, Arabic |
| Kurdistan TV is a satellite TV channel based in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. |
| Speda Channel | General | Kurdish |
| Speda TV is a Kurdish-language satellite TV channel based in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. |
Country Profile
- Country Name
- Republic of Iraq
جمهورية العـراق (Arabic)
كۆماری عێراق (Sorani / Central Kurdish) - Location
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- Languages
- Arabic (العربية), Kurdish
- Capital
- Baghdad
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