Digiturk is a Turkish

satellite television Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems ...

provider founded in 1999, with services starting in mid-2000. They provide both national

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

channels and their own channels, national radio, and music streams of different genres. Digiturk is also the current owner of the broadcasting rights of

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

. In addition to Turkey, Digiturk offers its television service throughout Europe, mainly for members of the

Turkish diaspora The Turkish diaspora ( or ''Türk gurbetçiler'') refers to ethnic Turkish people who have migrated from, or are the descendants of migrants from, the Republic of Turkey, Northern Cyprus or other modern nation-states that were once part of the f ...

. Reportedly, they have over 3.5 million subscribers worldwide. Digiturk's service is provided from

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7A, positioned some 35 degrees west of the more traditionally used Türksat, and is encrypted via

Cryptoworks In television encryption, Cryptoworks is a DVB conditional access system, developed by Philips CryptoTec but now belonging to Irdeto. Cryptoworks is used by the following pay TV providers: *OSN * Digiturk (before 2011) *the BFBS satellite se ...

(2000–2011) and Irdeto (2011–present) conditional access systems. Digiturk channels include national channels, news channels, film and series channels, sports channels, children channels, music channels, documentary channels, entertainment and lifestyle channels and other international channels. The Qatar-based

beIN Media Group beIN Media Group ( /ˈbiːɪn/; Arabic: مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية, ''Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah'') is a Qatari state-owned global sport and entertainment network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. beIN distributes entertai ...

acquired Digiturk on 13 July 2015. On 13 January 2017, Digiturk rebranded its in-house channels (DiziMax, MovieMax and Lig TV) under the beIN brand ( beIN Series, beIN Movies and

beIN Sports beIN Sports ( ) is a Qatari multinational network of sports channels owned and operated by the media group beIN. The network has played a major role in the increased commercialization of Qatari sports. Its chairman is Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and its ...

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External links

Official website
{{CATV Mass media in Turkey Direct broadcast satellite services Private equity portfolio companies Providence Equity Partners companies BeIN Media Group Mass media companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Turkey 2015 mergers and acquisitions