ANS Group of Companies

The ANS Group of Companies is the main news and broadcasting company in Azerbaijancite web
url = http://www.humanrightshouse.org/dllvis5_print.asp?id=4959
title= Human Right House
accessdate=2008-07-22 ] cite web
url = http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1073092.html
title= Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
accessdate=2008-07-22 ] . It was founded by three young Azeri journalists; brothers Vahid and Seyfulla Mustafayev, and Mirshahin Agayev in 1990. The Company's name, ANS, is deriven from the first letters of "Azerbaijan New Service"cite web
url = http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/American+Neurotology+Society
title= The Free Dictionary
accessdate=2008-07-22 ] . It was the first privately owned company in the former Soviet Union cite web
url = http://www.un-az.org/undp/bulnews44/m5new.php#First_FM_radio_station
publisher=UNDP
title= Azerbaijan Development Bulletin,
accessdate=2008-07-22 ] . By the time since in the territory of the former Soviet Union there were many local wars, it got popularized by reporting news from the frontlines - Chechnya, Georgia, Ossetia, Karabakh, Abkhasia, Afganistan, Ingushetia and also had been sold to BBC, CNN, NBC, ZDF, ARD, VOX, RAI, TF, RTR, CBS, TBS [ [http://www.anspress.com/index.php?stid=333005 ANS Group of Companies] ] . ANS Group of Companies by itself being the independent news company, has been playing significant role in the development of the independent media in Azerbaijancite web
url = http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav102606.shtml
title= EURASIA INSIGHT
accessdate=2008-07-22 ] . Currently ANS Group of Companies owns four sub-companies: ANS TV, ANS ChM, ANS Press and ANS Kommers.

References

External links

* [http://www.anspress.com/tv/ ANS TV]
* [http://www.radio.ans.az/ ANS ChM]
* [http://www.anskommers.az/?lang=en?lang=en ANS Kommers]