''puhutv'' is a Turkish

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and

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launched in December, 2016 in

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. It is owned by

Doğuş Media Group Doğuş Media Group (''Doğuş Yayın Grubu'') is a Turkish media conglomerate, part of the Doğuş Group conglomerate. Its properties include the news channel NTV (since 1999) and the entertainment channel Star TV (since 2011). From 2009 to 201 ...

and offers variety of

Turkish TV series Turkish television series ( tr, Türk dizileri) has grown radically since the 2000s. Most dramas reflect Turkish culture and are the country's most well known economic and cultural exports. Turkey is the world's fastest growing television series e ...

. Puhutv entered the content-production industry in 2017, debuting its first series, '' Fi''. All the content is free and ad-supported, there is no paid version. Registration is optional, also

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List of original content

* Fi / Çi (2017–2018) * Dip (2018) * Şahsiyet (2018)

History

Doğuş Group previously launched a similar service called "Sipru" in 2007. "Sipru TV" has been shut down a few years later, however "Sipru RD" for radio service is still available as an iOS application.

Competitors

After the web site launched, similar services followed. Doğan Media Group opened

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about one month after. Also, Apple

iTunes Store The iTunes Store is a digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It opened on April 28, 2003, as a result of Steve Jobs' push to open a digital marketplace for music. As of April 2020, iTunes offered 60 million songs, 2.2 million apps, 25,00 ...

opened for Turkey in December 4, 2012 only for music and films.

TTNET TTNET A.Ş., operating under the Türk Telekom brand, is the largest Internet service provider in Turkey and has around 7 million subscribers. TTNET is a subsidiary of Türk Telekom Group. Currently, Mohammad Hariri is Chairman of the Board ...

also has a similar subscription-based service, Tivibu.

References

Turkish entertainment websites Internet properties established in 2012 {{Asia-tv-stub