Broadcasting in the Soviet Union news and television news was provided almost entirely by the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, commonly known as TASS until 1991. Under the rule of Emperor Nikolai II, the first broadcasting system began in 1904, and evolved into TASS in 1925. TASS still exists today, transformed into the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS). It occupies a Joseph Stalin-era building in Moscow, characterised by a bas-relief sculpture above the main entrance. However, much like its counterparts in cinema and the press, it has suffered since the break-up of Soviet Union. ITAR now broadcasts domestic news, while TASS reports the
İhlas News Agency İhlas News Agency Ihlas News Agency, Ihlas Haber Ajansı (IHA) is a Turkish news agency which was founded in 1993, and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. IHA is one of the leading video news agencies in the world. According to a BBC survey, IHA is the third biggest news agency worldwide based on criteria such as rapid access to international news, capacity of live footage and the number of technical facilities in foreign countries. It is part of the Turkish conglomerate İhlas Holding. It has 12 studios worldwide, including Berlin, Khartoum, London and Washington. Each day it processes an average of