Armenia TV is an Armenian 24—hour TV channel created shortly after the formalization of independent Armenia. The station was founded in 1997 by two children of the famous Armenian television personality, intellectual, historian and writer — Artem Sargsyan. The broadcast network of the TV channel includes a variety of shows, art series and films, sitcoms, political, educational, social and cultural programs, programs for children and much more. International broadcasts are carried out in the USA, Canada, Russia, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Spain, France, Portugal and Italy.