Ukrayina (TV channel)
| TV Channel Ukraine Телеканал Україна | |
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| Launched | 1993 |
| Owned by | Ukraina Media Group (owns 99.93% of shares)[1] |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Broadcast area | Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Sister channel(s) | Football TV Сhannel |
| Website | http://kanalukraina.tv/ |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Astra A4 | 11766 H - 27500 - 3/4 |
| Cable | |
| Available on most cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
TV Channel "Ukraine" (Ukrainian: Телеканал «Україна») is one of the most popular television channels in Ukraine.[1] Its broadcast range covers 95% of the Ukrainian territory.[2] The corporate mission of the channel is to maintain one general interest channel and few theme channels, such as the "Football TV Сhannel", that was launched in November 2008,[2] and is planning to launch specialized channels for women and youth by 2013.[3]
History
The channel began as a regional channel operating only in Donetsk-region,[4] in the year 2004 the channel was granted national status.[2] To help its growth, Ukraina hired foreign media managers, secured broadcasting rights for the Ukraine national football team matches and in 2008 recruited TV star Savik Shuster to host a nightly political talk show.[4]
Ukraina was the first Ukrainian TV channel to be awarded as a Chartered Certified Accountant by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (2009).[5]
Criticism
Since 2014 "Ukrayina" channel was criticised for broadcasting Russian serials. According to results of monitoring made by activists of "Boycott Russian Films" campaign, during the period from 8th to 14th of September "Ukrayina" demonstrated the largest amount of Russian serials among top-10 nationwide TV channels — 12 hours 45 minutes per day.[6][7] According to monitoring data of 27th of September, by the end of month part of Russian content on the channel reached 87% of all time of broadcasting.[8] According to monitoring results held from 1st to 7th of December, amount of Russian origin content increased to 15 hours 15 minutes per day and in particular days to more than 20 hours per day.[9]
Also activists have published data, according to which by the end of September 2014 there was almost 90% of Russian language content on "Ukrayina" channel.[10]
From December 5 to 11, 2015 activists of "Boycott Russian Films" campaign have conducted a monitoring. Its results show that "Ukrayina" TV-channel violates legal requirement of 50% of national content in broadcasting (article 9 of Law Of Ukraine "About television and radiobroadcasting"). Activists found out there is 16% of Ukrainian content on the channel.[11][12]
See also
References
- 1 2 ABOUT US, TVi official website
- 1 2 3 Official (PowerPoint ) presentation
- ↑ TRK Ukraina likely to launch specialized TV channels for women and youth by 2013, Kyiv Post (June 25, 2009)
- 1 2 Nation’s news media: Free or still captive to their owners?, Kyiv Post (October 15, 2008)
- ↑ First Ukrainian Media Company was recognized by ACCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- ↑ Російське кіно все ще домінує на українському телепросторі (Ukrainian). Espreso TV. 09.09.2014
- ↑ Українські канали показують у день по 7,5 годин російських передач (Ukrainian). Tvoye misto. 23.09.2014
- ↑ Кількість російського контенту на українських екранах збільшується, — дослідження (Ukrainian). Espreso TV. 30.09.2014
- ↑ Обсяги російського контенту на українському ТБ зростають попри війну, — «Відсіч» (Ukrainian). Galinfo. 19.11.2014
- ↑ (Ukrainian). Boycott Russian Films. 01.10.2014
- ↑ (Ukrainian). Бойкот російського кіно. 12.01.2015
- ↑ Телеканали «Україна» та «Інтер» порушують закон, - Громадянський рух Відсіч (Ukrainian). Galinfo. 12.01.2015
External links
- Official website (Ukrainian)/(Russian)/(English)
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