Channel One Russia
Channel One (Russian: Первый канал, tr. Pervý kanal, IPA: [ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal], lit. 'First Channel') is a Russian state-controlled television channel. It is the first television channel to broadcast in the Russian Federation. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow.
| Country | Russia |
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| Headquarters | Ostankino Technical Center, Moscow, Russia |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Russian |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) 4K (during World Cup 2018) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | (in 2020) Federal Agency for State Property Management (38.9%) National Media Group (29%) VTB Capital (20%) TASS (9.1%) Ostankino Technical Center (3.0%) |
| Key people | Konstantin Lvovich Ernst, CEO |
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| History | |
| Launched | 9 March 1938 |
| Replaced | Programme One (Soviet Era) (1951–1991) |
| Former names | 1991–1995: Channel 1 Ostankino 1995–2002: Public Russian Television (ORT) |
| Links | |
| Website | www www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 1 |
| Streaming media | |
| Channel One internet broadcast | www |
From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (Russian: Общественное Российское Телевидение, tr. Obshchestvennoye Rossiyskoye Televideniye, ORT [oˈɛrˈtɛ]).
Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015.
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