NewsOne (Ukrainian TV channel)

NewsOne
CountryUkraine
Programming
Picture format576i 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTaras Kozak, formerly Yevhen Muraev
History
LaunchedDecember 17, 2005 (2005-12-17)
ClosedFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
Links
Websitenewsone.ua

NewsOne was a pro-Russian information and educational TV channel in Ukraine. It was a member of the Novyny media holding group unofficially owned by politician Viktor Medvedchuk through his associate Taras Kozak.[1]

NewsOne aired from 2005 to 2021. Due to the anti-Ukrainian activities of its owners (Medvedchuk and Kozak), the signals of the TV channels of the media holding were blocked on 2 February 2021 by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the decision of the National Security and Defense Council.[2] On 26 February 2021, from the closed channels of the media holding—NewsOne, ZIK and 112 Ukraine—a new TV channel was created - "First Independent" , where the journalists of the closed TV channels moved.[3]

The TV channel had a clear anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian bias and was considered one of the leading pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian TV channels in Ukraine at the time.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Канал Медведчука NewsOne позапланово перевірять через зверхні висловлювання про українську мову" [Medvedchuk's NewsOne channel was inactivated due to statements about the Ukrainian language]. Channel 24 (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Вимкнули «канали Медведчука»: перші пояснення та реакції в соцмережах". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Команда «каналів Медведчука» розпочала мовлення на Першому незалежному". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ "«Формат телеканалу ZIK піде у бік проросійських «112» і NewsOne»". Високий Замок (in Ukrainian). 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ "NewsOne виправдовується: Телеміст із Росією – для народу, а не політиків". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ^ "У нас погані новини". ТЕКСТИ.ORG.UA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.