Channel One Russia
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Not to be confused with Public Television of Russia or Russia-1.
Channel One (Russian: Первый канал, tr. 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.
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Country | Russia |
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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; 86 years ago (1938-03-09) |
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 |
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From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (Russian: Общественное Российское Телевидение, tr. 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]