Volodymyr Ivanenko

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Ivanenko
Born(1954-01-21)21 January 1954
Died15 October 2006(2006-10-15) (aged 52)

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Ivanenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Іваненко) was founder of the first nongovernmental cable and essential television network in the USSR (1988); initiator and organizer of the first direct satellite broadcast from the territory of the former USSR (1994); founder of the first nongovernmental TV stations in Ukraine: TONIS and TET; television and cinema producer; and public figure.