Andisheh TV is a Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

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 based free-to-air

Free-to-air

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 24 hour Television Station that broadcasts in Persian

Persian language

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, English

English language

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, Arabic, Turkish

Turkish language

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, Armenian

Armenian language

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 and Assyrian

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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 via Galaxy 25

Galaxy 25

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 satellite to the United States

United States

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 and Canada

Canada

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, and Hot Bird

Hot Bird

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 8 to Europe

Europe

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, Iran

Iran

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 and the Middle East

Middle East

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. The station is also widely viewed in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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 and Tajikistan

Tajikistan

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 that have large Persian speaking populations.

Andisheh features news, sports, cultural, music, drama, movies, current affairs and children programming with a strong line-up of locally produced shows.http://www.andisheh.tv/About.htm

Andisheh was formerly managed by Daryoush Zahab, an Iranian media personality and a household name for his popular nightly sports show, Sports Digest, from Los Angeles for the past decade. Effective May 5, 2010, Daryoush Zahab resigned from his management post and no longer is affiliated with Andisheh TV.