All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company
Russia TV and Radio
Native name
Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания
FormerlyRussian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR)
Company typeFederal State Unitary Enterprise
IndustryMass media
Founded14 July 1990; 34 years ago (1990-07-14)
Headquarters,
Key people
Oleg Dobrodeev
ServicesTelevision, radio, online
Revenue$518 million[1] (2017)
−$363 million[1] (2017)
$45.9 million[1] (2017)
Total assets$868 million[1] (2017)
Total equity$29 million[1] (2017)
OwnerFederal Government of Russia (unitary enterprise)
Websitevgtrk.ru
www.vgtrk.com

The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (Russian: Всероссийская государственная телевизионная и радиовещательная компания, romanizedVserossiyskaya gosudarstvennaya televizionnaya i radioveshchatelnaya kompaniya; VGTRK, Russian: ВГТРК) or Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company,[2] also known as Russian Television and Radio (Russian: Россия. Телевидение и радио, romanized: Rossiya. Televideniye i radio), is a national state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channels in 53 of Russia's languages.[3] The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Moscow.[4]

The broadcasting of the All-Russia TV and radio channels is located in Moscow, and also via the regional transmitting centres of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network forming the terrestrial transmitting network. TV and radio channels from Moscow are delivered to the regions via satellite and terrestrial communication channels.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the broadcaster has been accused of spreading propaganda and disinformation, while also inciting discord and hate.[5][6] Unlike RT, it was mostly produced for internal consumption. In 2017, one of its channels, RTR Planeta, was banned in Lithuania.[7]

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  2. ^ "RTR is the largest media corporation in Russia". Сетевое издание "Государственный Интернет-Канал "Россия".
  3. ^ Romanova, Alisa (4 November 2010). "Трудности перевода". Национальное вещание ВГТРК. BECTИ.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. ^ "The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Weapons of mass deception. Russian television propaganda in wartime". OSW Centre for Eastern Studies. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  6. ^ Michałowska-Kubś, Aleksandra; Kubś, Jakub (27 May 2022). "Coining lies. Kremlin spends 1.5 Billion per year to spread disinformation and propaganda". Debunk.org. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Propaganda in demand". EUvsDisinfo. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2023.