The ANS Group of Companies is a news and broadcasting company in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. It was founded by three young Azeri

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, brothers Vahid and Seyfulla Mustafayev in 1990. The Company name, ANS, derives from the first letters of ''Azerbaijan News Service''. ANS was the first privately owned company in the former

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. Being an independent news company, ANS Group of Companies has played a significant role in the development of the independent media in

. Currently ANS Group of Companies owns four sub-companies:

ANS TV ANS TV (also known as ''ANS Independent Broadcasting Media Company'', stylized as ⱭNẞ until 2012) was a news television channel in Azerbaijan, which was owned by ANS Group of Companies from its foundation on 26 November 1991 until its closure ...

, ANS ChM, ANS Press and ANS Kommers (Also first Azerbaijan

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maker Company VMF). The group has also been known for its outspokenness, as seen through its media outlets.

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ANS TV

ANS ChM

ANS Kommers
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