Alvin Channel

**Alvin Channel** is a low-budget Azerbaijani television channel broadcasting from Mingachevir, Azerbaijan. The channel is available in Turkey on cable providers, in Russia and Israel on IPTV providers and worldwide via an official live stream. The channel has programs for all audiences, including films, series and cartoons, except for ones featuring "fear, violence and bad habits". They also air tobacco disclaimers. The channel is broadcasting from 08:00 to 02:00 local time.

## History

### Pre-launch (2014-2020)

Alvin Channel's official website, alvinchannel.com, was registered on July 30, 2014, by Vasif Kerimi from Baku.

The first archive of the site is from July 2, 2016, showing the text **Alvin Channel Film Studio M.M.C** and **Sayt təmirdədir** (lit. The site is under maintenance). Going off of this, Alvin Channel was planned at least 6 years before it launched.

The next archive is from April 20, 2017, when the site was actually developed. Supposedly, the channel only launched in 2020, so it's unknown why there are several things on the site presenting the site as a legit site of a television channel, although none of these are accessible. However, the page was most likely only used for the film studio. Later captures showing the site more accessibly point to this, althought none of the sublinks are functional.

In other captures, the sublinks are more functional, but they don't really have anything to go off of.

Most likely, there was a planned TV channel before 2020, but the site and name was only used for the film studio.

### 2020-2023

The channel started its test broadcasting on August 22, 2020, "with the support of Dreamstar, Digitürk, D-Smart and many Turkish IPTV companies". It officially started broadcasting on December 3, 2020.

In December 2020, they started airing a program called "Gecəniz Xeyrə" (lit. Good Night), airing every weekday from 19:30 to 19:55. The program was focused on educating children, and getting them to go to sleep. It started with fairy tales for children, and ended with local Azerbaijani cartoons. They created another television show at the same time, titled "Kreativ Vaxt" (lit. Creative Time). This program was focused on educating children on being creative.

On December 23, 2020, the channel became available in Israel and Russia through IPTV. The channel was officially added to the popular Azerbaijani IPTV site, LiveTV.az on January 5, 2021.

In March 2021, the channel, partnering with it's parent company - a film studio - Mr.Alvin Film Studio, created "Mingəçevir biz səninləyik-1", a short film featuring events in Mingachevir and children from Azerbaijan. The project also promised viewers to add other viewers who sent in their videos to the studio by September 10. However, for unknown reasons, a second part was never created.

In September 2022, the channel was officially added to a popular Turkish IPTV site, CanliTV.Center.

On December 12th, 2022, the channel suspended it's broadcast for the Memorial Day of Heydar Aliyev.

### 2023-present

On May 5, 2023, it was announced that the channel would rebrand by September 2023, and they have started preparations for it. They will introduce a new logo, and new programs. The reason for this was said to be "requests from viewers". It was also revealed that the channel will stop broadcasting for a few days in preparation for the rebrand.

As of December 2023, this hasn't yet happened and no updates were given.

## Logos

### 2020 - 2023

#### Variations

Version with "TV", used on their websiteSilver version, used on their YouTube bannerVersion with "Mingəçevir", used as their screen-bugVersion with "Mingəçevir" and snow, used as a winter screen-bug in DecemberVersion with colored "Mingəçevir" text, used on their Instagram profile pictureWhite version with an Azerbaijani flag in the background and a "TEST YAYIM" test, used as a screenbug during their test airingsHigher quality but cropped version of the test screenbug

## Idents

### 2020-2023

Generic ident with a movie setGeneric ident with a Rubik's CubeGeneric ident with colored smokeAd break identAd break ident (winter version)Announcement identPromo identMovie identSpectacle identCartoons identTobacco disclaimer2023 New Year's ident, Coca-Cola version2023 New Year's ident, Christmas version2023 New Year's disclaimer, Mr.Alvin Film Studio version2023 New Year's disclaimer, Alvin Channel version2023 New Year's disclaimer, Qelim Qeyimləri Mağazasi version2023 New Year's disclaimer, Ovçu Firması version

### Promos

#### 2022-2023

Tom və Ceri (Tom and Jerry) - Mon-Fri 19:40Cənab Bin (Mr. Bean: The Animated Series) - Sat-Sun 20:00Gülməşəkər şar (Kikoriki) - Fri 20:00

## Providers

###  Türkiye

* Digitürk (Satellite)
* D-Smart (Satellite)
* Dreamstar (Satellite)
* CanliTV.Center (IPTV)

## Trivia

* The channel is officially available on generally illegal IPTV services from Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey.
* The channel broadcasts every program, except for those made by them, illegally.
	+ Some of these, mainly Tom and Jerry and Mr. Bean: The Animated Series are YouTube videos.
	+ A few movies are taken from the Azerbaijani website, video.az.
* The channel cooperates with 2 Azerbaijani companies, *Qelim Qeyimləri Mağazasi* and *Ovçu Firması*.
* The channel's website, alvinchannel.com, is full of malicious pop-ups.

## Gallery

### 2022

Alvin Channel (Mingachevir, Azerbaijan) - Continuity (2022 May 2)May 2nd, 2022Alvin Channel (Mingachevir, Azerbaijan) - Continuity (2022 December 11)December 11th, 2022Alvin Channel (Mingachevir, Azerbaijan) - Suspended broadcast (2022 December 12)December 12th, 2022Alvin Channel (Mingachevir, Azerbaijan) - Continuity (2022 December 13)December 13th, 2022

## External links

* Official website
* Facebook account
	+ Alternative Facebook account, formerly used for the parent company, Mr.Alvin Film Studio
* Instagram account
* YouTube channel, formerly used for the parent company, Mr.Alvin Film Studio

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/alvinchannel/
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/alvinchannel/photos/a.4992072067513614/4992072030846951/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJImAv-A555/
4. ↑ http://www.alvinchannel.com/
5. ↑ http://www.alvinchannel.com/haqqimizda.html
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/alvinchanneltv/
7. ↑ https://who.is/whois/alvinchannel.com
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160702130456/http://alvinchannel.com/
9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170420220825/http://www.alvinchannel.com:80/
10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170825055607/http://www.alvinchannel.com/
11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180419182541/http://alvinchannel.com/
12. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/alvinchannel/photos/a.3362911193763051/3362911093763061/
13. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/alvinchanneltv/
14. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIfrLuwBs0j/
15. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIfsCUehEGM/
16. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/alvinchannel/photos/a.4992072067513614/4992072030846951/
17. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJImAv-A555/
18. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJqezN3gzI9/
19. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaHjxJRAyue/
20. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaHjxJRAyue/
21. ↑ http://www.alvinchannel.com/news/6-alvin-channel-televiziyasi-yeni-movsum-hazirliqlarina-start-verdi.html
22. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/929300922763477032/1087459724963872961/Screenshot\_2023-03-20\_203107.png
23. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/929300922763477032/1087471843176349766/image.png
24. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/929300922763477032/1087713297907855452/image.png