The Persian Broadcasting Company (also known as Tapesh طپش or Tapesh Media, LLC; Persian: تپش; English: "heartbeat") was a Persian-language television company based in the United States, launched in October 1989. It was founded by Alireza Amirghassemi and Masoud Jamali, consists of two channels, Tapesh 1 and Tapesh 2; a magazine; and a record company. The Persian Broadcasting Company network was closed in 2009; then reopened under the name PBC Tapesh.