On Thursday, Nov. 25, the broadcasting of the new television channel "Summit TV" began.  It is based on the first national satellite channel “Caspionet.” During the preparation and the OSCE Summit itself in Astana, "Summit TV" will be broadcasting around the clock in English. Therefore, the main content in the coming days will be news from the Summit. The channel is available to more than 100 million viewers across Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa. Internet users will be also able to follow events in Astana on http://caspionet.kz/eng/online/

In addition to operational newscasts, viewers of "Summit TV" will see  new educational and entertainment programs, and the best concerts of classical and pop music, as well as best feature films from Kazakh film makers, with English subtitles which will be broadcast in the evenings. Additionally, some 60 documentaries about Kazakhstan will be shown in 2011. Other projects appearing in the viewing grid include: "Steppe Tales" – Kazakhstan in the eyes of foreign visitors, "Persona Grata" – TV portraits of foreign diplomats in Republic of Kazakhstan, "The Real Economy" – in-depth analysis of important business-news and others. The main goal is a wider representation of  the country in the international informational space.