IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) yearbook

This report was published by the General Directorate of Statistics and Information Technology Development to review the performance of IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) in 1399 (2020/21).

The national media, as the country's largest and most far-reaching media organization, undertakes extensive measures to increase its audience and to manage public opinion properly. Each year the most important of these measures—from program production and broadcast on radio and television networks and in cyberspace to technical and engineering activities, from human-capital and financial-resource development to scientific and research activities—are all published in the IRIB yearbook. In recent years this book has followed a path of growth, and each year, compared with the previous year, it has gained a new strength. The yearbook underwent extensive changes in 97 (2018/19). The basis of the book's chapter structure shifted from deputies to functions, and minor actions were removed from the organization's annual performance. The most important change occurred in 98 (2019/20), when three chapters—media technology, human capital, and financial resources—were added to the yearbook. But in the 99 (2020/21) yearbook now before you, many changes have taken place, which are noted below: until the early 80s (2001–11), IRIB's structure was published in the yearbook, but after that this practice had been discontinued. In the 99 (2020/21) yearbook, the organization's overall structure was printed once again. Until last year, the first chapter of the yearbook included only the deputies, the Office of the President, and four other organizational units. (16 units in total.) But this year, an effort was made for all units that report directly to the organization's president to be seen in the first chapter. For this reason, the number of organizational units listed in the first chapter rose to 28; except for the Center for Protection and Security, which declined to submit a performance report because of confidentiality, all other organizational units appear in this chapter. Continuing this same policy, the organization's subsidiaries, which had never before been seen in IRIB's performance, also found their way into the first chapter and other sections related to them, and the yearbook's umbrella expanded further. In the list of the organization's radio and television networks presented in the second chapter, city radios were never mentioned. In the 99 (2020/21) yearbook, these radios appear for the first time in the official list of the national media's networks. For this reason, the number of the national media's radio and television networks has increased from 158 networks in the 99 (2020/21) yearbook to 165 networks; the main reason for this change is city radios, which existed in the past as well but had never been included in the statistics. For the first time in the second chapter, each network has provided a list of series broadcast for the first time. In addition to the national networks, provincial networks have also listed series that went on the national media's air for the first time in 99 (2020/21), and overseas networks have named series whose dubbing was broadcast for the first time in a new language. In the third chapter, the production and broadcast performance of city radios is listed independently of provincial radio. Given the issuance of standard television program-making structures, television networks' production statistics were collected on the basis of these structures. In order to increase the readability of the production and broadcast tables, changes were also made to the table columns and the page layout of the third chapter. In 98 (2019/20) the largest volume of the yearbook had been allocated to the fourth chapter (content performance). In 99 (2020/21), with the production of diverse infographics, while presenting a digest of content performance, the number of pages in this chapter was reduced. In the cyberspace chapter of the 98 (2019/20) yearbook, lists of the national media's channels, pages, and websites had been included. Also, in the scientific and research chapter a major part of the book was devoted to lists of research studies, books, publications, and theses. In 99 (2020/21) an independent report named "Karnameh" was produced, in which a detailed list of the organization's various activities is published. All of the aforementioned lists were included in six independent "Karnameh" reports and published on the website of the Planning, Program, and Budget Center at Masir.irib.ir. Therefore there was no need to mention the same lists again in the yearbook. One of IRIB's sources of pride is the discerning audiences who are spread across the world, and the most important performance report of this large media organization is the very programs that have been broadcast and have received the audience's attention.

Statistics and material examined in more detail in the report:

• Chapter 1 – The national media's most important actions
• Chapter 2 – Introduction of networks and flagship programs
• Chapter 3 – Quantitative performance of message domains
• Chapter 4 – Content performance of message domains
• Chapter 5 – Cyberspace
• Chapter 6 – Scientific and research activities
• Chapter 7 – Media technology
• Chapter 8 – Human capital
• Chapter 9 – Financial resources and costs