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| Country | Russia |
|---|---|
| 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%)[1] TASS (9.1%) Ostankino Technical Center (3.0%)[2] |
| 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 |
Channel One (Russian: Первый канал, romanized: Pervý kanal, IPA: [ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal], lit. 'First Channel') is a Russian state-controlled television channel.[3][vague] 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.
From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (Russian: Общественное Российское Телевидение, romanized: Obshchestvennoye Rossiyskoye Televideniye, ORT [oˈɛrˈtɛ]).[4]
Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015.[5]
- ^ "Abramovich has sold VTB share in the "Channel One"". Коммерсантъ. 7 March 2019.
- ^ "National Media Group acquired 4% of the shares of Channel One from Roman Abramovich's company". Интерфакс. 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Russian media brood over cause of air crash". BBC News. 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Home Page ORT (English)". 19 April 1997. Archived from the original on 19 April 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Annual report of the open joint-stock company "Channel One"