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 125 video news segments, 800 text-based news stories and 450 photographs that reach its subscribers. Having 13 offices with 700 reporters using more than 400 cameras, IHA has a huge capacity for generating news in many forms. On March 19, 2001, IHA has obtained the ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Certificate from the American Quality Association (AQA). Regular clients 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,