MOM Armenia reports that 5th Channel is owned by Shark LLC, whose sole shareholder is Armen Tavadyan.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
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5th Channel is owned by Shark LLC, whose sole shareholder is Armen Tavadyan.
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5th Channel
5tv.am- Ownership and ties
- Independent monitoring
- Word choice
Confidence: high
Why this label
- Ownership and ties: 4 facts
- Independent monitoring: Yerevan Press Club
- Word choice: 4 cases of loaded wording in 8 analysed articles
Owners and funding
MOM Armenia lists Shark LLC's 2024 operating result as a loss of AMD 1,505,207,508, against revenue of AMD 97,539,394 shown on the same page; it does not state how the loss was financed.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
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AMD -1,505,207,508 / USD -3,832,677 Connections
MOM Armenia cites media reports associating owner Armen Tavadyan with former President Robert Kocharyan's circle.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
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5th Channel is owned by Shark LLC, whose sole owner is Armen Tavadyan. According to media reports, Tavadyan is associated with Robert Kocharyan's circle. MOM Armenia cites media reports that Tavadyan took part in rallies supporting Kocharyan.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
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Media reports indicate Tavadyan participated in rallies supporting Kocharyan. What independent reports say
Yerevan Press Club
Yerevan Press Club recorded zero positive and 183 negative references to Civil Contract on 5 TV Channel, against 24 positive and zero negative references to the Armenia Bloc.
Yerevan Press Club · 2026-07 · p. 9 · Open the source
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“5 TV Channel” should be singled out: “Civil Contract” received zero positive and 183 negative references on its air, while the “Armenia” Bloc received 24 positive and zero negative references. Yerevan Press Club recorded an emphasized negative attitude toward Nikol Pashinyan on 5 TV Channel, including describing him as 'Azerbaijan's agent'.
Yerevan Press Club · 2026-07 · p. 14 · Open the source
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On “5 TV Channel”, an evidently emphasized negative attitude toward Nikol Pashinyan was recorded, including descriptions of him as “Azerbaijan’s agent”, a person “destroying the state”, or a person threatening society through war manipulation. Other findings
This is a separate axis, not pro-government or opposition, and it does not affect the label.
DFRLab lists News.5tv.am among the pro-Russian Armenian media outlets in its 2026 study, with examples of its content.
DFRLab (Atlantic Council) · 2026-08-24 · from the table embedded in the article · Open the source
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Uses European populist voices (Wagenknecht, Mema) against Kyiv aid; treats Donbas as Russian territory; blames anti-Russian policy for the Upper Lars border crisis.checked on the source page
Word choice in real news
8 articles analysed: 4 with loaded wording, 4 neutral.
What happenedEAEU report: suspending Armenia's membership could raise gas prices 69%
ԵԱՏՄ-ից դուրս գալու հետևանքները կարող են ապոկալիպտիկ լինել․
Loaded word Calls the possible consequences "apocalyptic" and speaks of "leaving" the EAEU; the summary describes a report on the possible effects of suspending Armenia's membership, including a possible 69% rise in gas prices.
OriginalWhat happenedSamvel Karapetyan to renovate Gyumri's Kirk Kerkorian Street
Սամվել Կարապետյանը Գյումրիին նվեր արեց News_5TV
Positive framingFavours the opposition The headline states without attribution that Samvel Karapetyan 'made a gift' to Gyumri, presenting a planned renovation announced by Narek Karapetyan as a completed act.
OriginalWhat happenedGagik Vanoyan dismissed as head of State Protocol Service
Փաշինյանը Ղազախստանն ու Ղրղզստանը շփոթել է և ազատել
Negative framingFavours the opposition The headline states without attribution that Pashinyan 'confused Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan' and dismissed the protocol chief (the opening credits Zhoghovurd), giving a reason the summary says was not made public.
OriginalEvery quote is checked: it appears word for word in its source. The highlighted words in the examples are taken unchanged from that outlet's own article.
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