Artsakh Public Television was established in 1988. The first program was broadcast on June 1, which is considered to be the birthday of Artsakh Public TV. In the autonomous region of Nagorno Karabakh Television was created within the framework of the program to create local TV channels in the Soviet Union autonomous republics and regions, the implementation of which was delayed because of the Azerbaijani policy towards the Armenian population of the region. In 1988 the dream of the Artsakhian people to have television alongside with the regional radio with a 60-year-old history came true.

The birthday of Artsakh Television coincided with the new stage of the Artsakhian people's national liberating struggle. The newly-created television became the mouthpiece and ideology of the Karabakh movement. The Armenian television and specialists from Yerevan greatly contributed to the  process of creating television, which was by all means hindered by Soviet and Azerbaijani power structures. Besides, there were also obstacles and restrictions because of the state of emergency in the region. As the TV relay station was in Shushi, which was mainly settled by Azerbaijanis at that time, the work of the television was entirely dependent on the whim of the Azerbaijani people and, therefore, was periodically interrupted. Despite all the difficulties and persecutions, the television accomplished its mission at this stage with credit.

During the years of Artsakhian war the considerable part of the television workers joined the army for the sake of their motherland's defense, while the rest had to do the hard work of throwing light on the liberating struggle and creating the war chronology. The producer of Artsakh TV Alexandr Gasparyan, operator Sergey Hambardzumyan and engineer Aram Zakaryan laid down their lives for the sake of their motherland. Operator Armen Sargsyan is in the list of the missing. The invaluable shots, programs and films, made during the war years, have been shown in different countries of the world and helped people to have the true picture of the  Artsakhian war.

In February of 1992 the building of TV relay station was completely destroyed as a result of rocket and artillery bombing from Shushi. Immediately after the liberation of Shushi within a short period of time the TV workers with the help of their Armenian colleagues set to creating a new temporary TV studio, from where the first programs were broadcast on June 23, 1992.

During the war years Artsakh Public TV was a source of information and inspiration both for those in the rear of people and for the soldiers fighting on the front lines. At the post-war period in the conditions of "no peace, no war” the issues of Artsakh revival and the strengthening of its defense were in the focus of attention of television. 

In 1988 the TV relay station was moved to a  new comfortable building. The new TV studio was created with the support of the Argentinian Armenian benefactor Eduardo Ernekyan.

In 2003 by the adoption of the "Law about Television and Radio” Artsakh TV attained a public status.

In 2008 Artsakh Public TV celebrated its 20th anniversary, broadcasting by jubilee year a daily three-hour program, consisting of informative, political, economical, youth, children, cultural and many other telecasts.