Country | Latvia |
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Headquarters | Riga, Latvia[1] |
Programming | |
Language(s) |
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Picture format | 16:9 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Baltic Media Alliance |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 4 September 2002 |
Replaced | ORT TEM |
Closed |
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First Baltic channel (Latvian: Pirmais Baltijas kanāls; abbreviated PBK; Russian: Первый Балтийский канал, romanized: Pervyy Baltiyskiy kanal) was a Baltic pay television channel based on the largest Russian Channel One to broadcast its programs in the Baltic states. It was launched on 4 September 2002.[3][4] The channel had also broadcast the local news programme Latvian time (Russian: Латвийское время) since June 2003.[5] The channel was closed in Latvia on 26 October 2021 due to misinformation about COVID-19 and two other violations.[6] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its license was revoked and the channel was effectively banned in all three Baltic States.[7][8][9]
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