Foundation In 2012, the then
President of Kazakhstan,
Nursultan Nazarbayev, in his article "Қазақстанның әлеуметтік жаңғыртылуы: Жалпыға ортақ Еңбек қоғамына қарай 20 қадам (Social modernization of Kazakhstan: 20 steps towards a universal labour society)" tasked the Agency for Sports and Physical Education and the Ministry of Culture and information to jointly open a specialized sports channel. In a short period of time, relevant work was done, and on 1 July 2013, the new TV channel "KAZSport" began broadcasting. 70% of the total broadcasts on "QAZSport" are live and original broadcasts, mainly of domestic championships and prestigious international competitions that are popular in Kazakhstan in both the
Kazakh and Russian language. The opening ceremony for the new channel was held at Kazmedia Center in Astana. ==References==