The results of the contest among journalists have been summed up in Almaty "Myng Boyauli Kala – “The City of Thousands Colors"

The governor of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek, Vice Minister of Information and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alan Azhibayev, as well as heads of the country's leading media have awarded the best representatives of the megapolis in the information sphere.

The competition has been held in seven nominations: the best publication in printed media, the best publication in news agencies (Internet resources), the best radio material, the best publication in social networks (bloggers' materials), the best photo material, the best infographics and the best television story.

Dinara Zheldibayeva, journalist of the newspaper Tyrkistan has won the category "Best newspaper material", the prize in the nomination for the best radio material has been shared between the music editor of the radio "Astana" Aigerim Bilyalova and the journalist "Kazakh radio" Aman Tasyynan. The editor of the World Association of Kazakhs Yerlik Kekbekbay has won the prize for the best material in Internet resources.The general director of design bureau "IGRAPHIC" Baglan Aidashov has been awarded for the best in infographics. Zhanna Akhmetova has published the best post in social networks. The work of Maxim Zolotukhin is known as the best photo material.The journalist of the Almaty branch of JSC "Khabar Agency" Ulan Narynbek and the journalist of the TV channel "Astana" Adil Onerbaev have been awarded by the nomination "Best TV story" of the victory.

The governor of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek has also visited the new modern pavilion of the "Almaty" TV channel, the area of which is more than 500 sq.m.

During the last year and a half, the channel was modernized: the equipment and production line were digitized in 16x9 high-definition format, modern television equipment was bouhgt for 1.2 billion tenge from the well-known world manufacturers.

Today, the "Almaty" TV channel has a mobile television station with the ability to go live from anywhere in the city and show any complex events. The coverage area of the channel has expanded throughout the country by making it available in all broadcasting networks - analogue, digital, satellite, cable and Internet.

According to the agency "TNS Gallup Media" the share of the television viewing has grown for 26% in this year in comparison with 2015.

All this makes the TV channel "Almaty" more attractive for advertisers. So, by the end of 2016 the channel's own income grew by 112% amounting to 256 million tenge., the channel has shown positive financial activity for the first time since the establishment. The broadcasting of the Almaty channel will be changed into a qualitatively new level by the introduction of a new studio pavilion equipped with modern equipment.