Channel One
Since 1951
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
Academician Korolyov St.., d, 12
Top managers:
Ernst Konstantin Lvovich
Owners:
Federal Agency for State Property Management (Federal Property Management Agency)
VTB - 32,89%
Gas Industry Insurance Company (SOGAZ)
National Media Group (NMG)
Open Joint Stock Company "Channel One" is an all-Russian television channel. It has the largest audience coverage of the Russian Federation (98.8% of the population) Register of licenses). The second oldest television channel in the USSR and Russia after the St. Petersburg Fifth Channel. Broadcasts from Moscow, the headquarters is located in the Ostankino television center, on Academician Korolev Street, 12. Positioned as the country's main TV channel.
Aktivs
As of August 2014, in addition to:
- the main "Channel One" and
- "Carousels" (together with VGTRK) broadcasting on air frequencies, this company has five more channels that are distributed through satellite and cable networks. These are:
- "Channel One. Worldwide Network "- a foreign version of the main channel distributed abroad,
- "House of Cinema,"
- " Music of the First,"
- "Time" and
- "Telekafe." All of them are combined into the company "Channel One. World Wide Network (in August 2014 it was transformed into Channel One. Digital").
Owners
2021
VTB received a 32.89% stake in the channel
In September 2021, VTB Bank again became a shareholder of Channel One - now it owns 32.89% of the broadcaster's shares.
In April 2021, the Central Bank registered an additional issue of 490 ordinary non-documentary registered shares of Channel One JSC with a par value of 10 thousand rubles. each. They were placed by closed subscription, indicated in the materials of the Central Bank.
As a shareholder of Channel One, it is VTB that will propose to the broadcaster's board of directors the candidacy of a financial director, head of the security service and head of the internal audit service, follows from a government order of March 18, 2021. VTB has three representatives on the board of directors of Channel One, which has nine people.
In an interview with RBC, Kostin also noted that VTB was and remains a lender to Channel One.
Earlier, the press service of the Ministry of Digital Industry, commenting on the decision to increase the authorized capital of the joint-stock company, said that this was done for the "financial recovery" of Channel One.
The emergence of VTB in the management structure of Channel One (the bank is expected to join the Board of Directors and appoint its managers) and the statement of the head of the bank Kostin about the goal of profitability of the television company will probably cut the monopoly of the National Media Group. True, according to the source, NMG's monopolies on Channel One did not exist - "the Kovalchuk structure competes with the Rotenberg production structures and Ernst's team, which has direct access to the Kremlin."
However, there may be complaints about NMG - Channel One (and the rest of NMG's television projects) has been losing leadership positions for several seasons; problems with the emergence of new projects, the sale of content and the emergence of new technologies. "Sales are falling, financial discipline is weak, there is no income," says a source on Channel One. According to experts, NMG today is not the strongest structure for effective management and launch of new media projects. "They have few successful media projects, the reason for this is the weak management staff. And Channel One does not need controllers - there are many controllers there and without Kovalchuk - but a modern financial model and development. "
Sogaz bought 20% in Channel One from VTB
In early February 2021, it became known that the Sogaz insurance company had transferred a 20 percent stake in Channel One, which previously belonged to VTB. The bank at one time acquired this share from the structures of Roman Abramovich in March 2019.
At the disposal of the government of January 30, 2021, it is reported that the chairman of the board of Sogaz Anton Ustinov has been nominated for the board of directors of Channel One. In addition to him, federal officials, top managers of VTB and the channel's general director Konstantin Ernst are on the list.
The appearance in the list of the head of Sogaz is due to the fact that the insurer became a shareholder of Channel One with a share of 20%, three sources told RBC in the market.
According to the publication, the shareholders of Channel One are also Rosimushchestvo (38.9%), (FSUE "ITAR-TASS" 9.1%), FSUE Television Technical Center (3 Ostankino%). The remaining 29% are owned. National Media Group
By the beginning of February 2021, the state controls 51% of Channel One, but it is subject to privatization - this share, according to the presidential decree, Russia Vladimir Putin should decrease to 34% through an increase in the authorized capital. Channel One will be excluded from the list of strategic enterprises, but the government will have a "golden share" of the channel, allowing the state to control the privatized enterprise.
VTB did not rule out that it would return to the capital of the television company as a result of the conversion of the loan debt. According to a RBC source on the market, as a result, VTB, Sogaz and the National Media Group will be private shareholders of Channel One.
 | Channel One "is not Sogaz's first television asset. Vedomosti notes that the insurance company also owns 21.22% in the parent JSC National Media Group (NMG) and directly 18% in REN TV and 3% in Channel Five (owned by this holding[1]" |  |
2019
VTB Capital, the investment division of VTB Group, acquired a 20% stake in Channel One from ORT-KB, owned by Roman Abramovich, two sources familiar with the details of[2] deal[3] RBC.]
Channel One will be the second media project where VTB and NMG are partners. Their consortium owns 75% of STS Media (manages the entertainment channels STS, Domashny, Che, STS Love and STS Kid). Another 25% of STS Media belongs to the Cypriot company Telcrest, whose shareholders are also NMG, VTB and the structures of Severstal owner Alexei Mordashov.
2018
Roman Abramovich needs to sell 4% of Channel One so that the broadcaster's ownership structure complies with Russian law, RBC writes in June 2018 . At the end of May, the businessman received a passport of an Israeli citizen, and according to the law on media, foreigners or persons with dual citizenship cannot directly or indirectly own more than 20% of the share in the authorized capital of the company that is the founder of the Russian media.
According to RBC sources, the buyer of 4% will be one of the current shareholders of the TV channels. They call NMG the most likely buyer.
The state now controls 51% of Channel One JSC: 38.9% from the Federal Property Management Agency, 9.1% from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise ITAR-TASS, and 3% from the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Television Technical Center Ostankino. The remaining 25% through LLC Rastrkom-2002 belongs to NMG.
2012
According to Interfax (November 2012), the Federal Property Management Agency controls about 39 percent of the shares of Channel One. Another 9.1 and 3 percent of the shares belong to the state agency ITAR-TASS and FSUE Television Technical Center Ostankino. Thus, the state controls a controlling stake (51 percent of securities) of the channel. The rest of the shares, according to business media, are distributed between the structures of Yuri Kovalchuk and Roman Abramovich.
Board of Directors
2023: The government nominated Maksut Shadayev to the board of directors of Channel One
In February 2023, the Government of the Russian Federation issued an order to nominate candidates for state representatives on the board of directors and the audit commission of Channel One JSC. The list of nominees included:
- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Leonid Levin;
- presidential aide Maxim Oreshkin;
- Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev.
It is noted that Pavel Bogushevich, head of the department of management of the Federal Property Management Agency, became a candidate for the audit commission.
| | The Federal Property Management Agency shall ensure that the specified candidates are included in the list of candidates for voting for elections to the board of directors and the audit commission of the First Channel joint-stock company in the prescribed manner, the order says, an excerpt from which is quoted by Interfax[4] | |
2012
As of November 2012, the Board of Directors of Channel One includes:
- its CEO Konstantin Ernst and
- Deputy Kirill Kleimenov, as well as
- directors Nikita Mikhalkov and
- Karen Shakhnazarov,
- editor-in-chief of Russia Today Margarita Simonyan,
- MGIMO rector Anatoly Torkunov and
- musician Andrei Makarevich.
Performance indicators
2020: Decrease in revenue by 6.7%, to 25.2 billion rubles, net profit - 6.3 billion rubles due to state subsidies
The company's revenue in 2020 fell by 6.7% compared to 2019 - to 25.2 billion rubles. At the end of 2019, it amounted to 26.99 billion rubles.
In 2020, Channel One got rid of losses for the first time in seven years, recording a net profit of 6.3 billion rubles against a net loss of 4.15 billion rubles a year earlier. The last time before that the company showed profit in 2013 - then it was measured at 2.7 billion rubles.
According to Interfax with reference to the reporting of Channel One, net profit was mainly due to the item "other income" - 11.9 billion rubles in 2020 against 6.9 billion rubles in 2019.
Along with the provided subsidies from the federal budget in 2020, Channel One received an additional 10 billion rubles. from the government reserve fund, according to the materials of the Federal Treasury.
As of December 31, 2020, the total payables of the broadcaster reached 21.9 billion rubles.
The cost decreased sharply - immediately by a quarter - from 37.3 to 28 billion rubles, due to which the gross loss decreased 3.7 times, to 2.8 billion rubles. In the published reports of Channel One, both of these factors - a sharp reduction in material costs and an increase in other revenues - are not deciphered, the agency notes.
Channel One has been experiencing difficulties since 2014 and has already asked the state for regular subsidies for the production of content. The channel estimated the necessary amount of support to stabilize its financial condition at 6.5 billion rubles annually in 2018-2021 and five billion rubles each in 2022-2025.
"Channel One," according to experts, is increasingly losing popularity with viewers. In addition, the channel began to be inferior in number to the audience of Russia 1, which is part of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. According to Mediascope, the Russia 1 TV channel became the leader among broadcasters in 2020, gathering an average daily audience in major Russian cities of 1.3 million people, the second place was taken by Channel One with an audience of 1.28 million people. According to the results of 2020, the shares of TV channels are estimated at 12.4% and 10.5%, respectively.[5]
2019: Losses - RUB 4.15 billion (-40%)
Channel One's revenue in 2019 amounted to 26.9 billion rubles, down 18% compared to 2018. Net losses during this time decreased by 40%, to 4.15 billion rubles. Losses of Channel One in the amount of 6.8 billion rubles became the largest among Russian broadcasters in 2018.
The assets of the federal TV channel in 2019 decreased by 11% and reached 32 billion rubles. Channel One reduced credit debt by 6.6%, by the end of December it amounted to 20.4 billion rubles, according to MBH Media, citing SPARK-Interfax.
At the same time, the television company gained new loans - by 11.4 billion rubles. This is 2.4 times more than in 2018. Channel One spent this money, among other items of expenditure, to pay suppliers and contractors for the services provided: in just a year it took 24 billion rubles, which is 26% more than a year ago. The salary fund of the channel's employees amounted to 4.6 billion rubles, which is 3.5% more than in 2018.
According to SPARK-Interfax, Channel One received two subsidies from the budget from Rospechat in 2019: one in the amount of 2.5 billion rubles was allocated for "costs related to the production and purchase of a software product," the other in the amount of 1.26 billion rubles - for broadcasting programs in settlements with a population of less than 100 thousand people.
In September 2019, the Ministry of Finance of Russia announced the allocation of a budget of more than 130 billion rubles for the production and purchase of programs for the joint-stock company Channel One, the state unitary enterprise [[[VGTRK|[VGTRK]] and the autonomous non-profit organization TV-Novosti (owner of the Russia Today TV channel). In total, according to the plans of the Ministry of Finance, state funding for the media was supposed to increase by almost a third.[6]
2018: The loss of Channel One according to RAS in 2018 increased 4 times
The first channel retained its leadership in terms of revenue at the end of 2018 among Russian broadcasters, follows from the annual reporting under RAS, analyzed by RBC.
The revenue of Channel One in 2018 exceeded 32.8 billion rubles, the net loss amounted to 6.8 billion rubles, writes RBC. Compared to 2017, Channel One's net loss quadrupled. "Other revenues" of Channel One amounted to 7.6 billion rubles.
2017: Loss of RUB 1.56 billion, accounts payable - 12.85
According to the SPARK database, at the end of 2017, revenue from Channel One sales amounted to 31 billion rubles, the company's net losses in the same period were estimated at 1.56 billion rubles, payables - at 12.85 billion rubles.
2015: Channel One cuts net loss by more than 10 times
At the end of 2015, Channel One's net loss decreased by more than 10 times to 92.3 million rubles compared to 2014, when this figure was 938.4 million rubles. Such information is contained in the materials of the Corporate Information Disclosure Center.
During the reporting period, for the first time since 2009, the channel's revenue fell by 12% year-on-year to 26.5 billion rubles. Advertising revenue excluding sponsorship decreased by 15.6%. The drop in Channel One's advertising revenues generally correspond to the overall negative market dynamics. According to the Association of Communication Agencies (AKAR), in 2015 the volume of the TV advertising market amounted to 136.7 billion rubles. This is 14% less than in 2014, when the figure was at around 159.8 billion rubles. Of this amount, 134.2 billion rubles fell on the main channels and 2.5 billion rubles - on niche.
In 2015, the audience of Channel One was also reduced. The share of viewers aged 14-59 who watched the channel at least once a day fell from 13.6% in 2014 to 12.6% in 2015.
According to Vedomosti, Channel One was able to reduce its net loss, despite the drop in revenue, through additional income. Thus, the channel received 3.5 billion rubles as additional subsidies from the state during the crisis. At the end of last year, the company also sold Dmitry Firtash and Sergey Levochkin a 29% stake in the Ukrainian TV channel Inter. The transaction amount amounted to $100 million. Channel One has already received 10% of the amount (6.9 billion rubles are already reported), the rest will be paid within five years[7].
2014: "Channel One" received a net loss of 938 million rubles
The net loss of Channel One in 2014 amounted to 938.44 million rubles, according to a report published by the television company. In 2014, Channel One's revenue grew by 2.9 percent to 30.105 billion rubles. At the same time, revenues from federal advertising decreased to 23.609 billion rubles (23.665 billion rubles a year earlier), and revenue from regional and sponsorship advertising increased by 12.6 and 15 percent, respectively[8].
In 2014, it follows from the report, Channel One received state aid in the amount of 4.029 billion rubles. In addition, he received from states 66 million rubles for the production of television versions of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics in. Sochi Of these funds, 56.66 million rubles were spent, the balance was returned to the budget.
Channel One, noted[9] Vedomosti's[10], the largest revenue as a single TV channel broadcasting in Russia. He receives the vast majority of the revenue from advertising.
2013: Channel One ended 2013 with a loss of 1 billion rubles
The net loss of the television company amounted to 1.33 billion rubles. In 2012, the broadcaster showed a profit of 287.7 million rubles.
Judging by the document, Channel One had several reasons for this result last year. This is an increase in expenses, a twofold increase in the loss from sales, and an increase in the cost of production by 7.3% (in 2012 it amounted to 31.9 billion rubles, and in 2013 - 34.3 billion), and a decrease in revenue from regional advertising.
As for other financial indicators, in 2013 the broadcaster's revenue increased by 1.6% and amounted to 29.55 billion rubles (in 2012 it amounted to 29.08 billion rubles). Channel One received the most funds through the placement of federal advertising - 23.66 billion rubles. The channel earned 1.9 billion rubles on sponsorship advertising, 2.9 billion rubles on regional advertising, 576.7 million rubles on granting the rights to use AVP, and 447.1 million rubles on other advertising.
In 2013, Channel One received about 4 billion rubles in state subsidies. 3.7 billion rubles went to communication services and coverage of RTRS expenses (that is, activities related to the distribution of the Channel One signal in the first broadcast multiplex), 2.8 million rubles - to provide television programs with subtitles, 34.6 million - to cover the costs associated with the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. ″
History
2025: Allocation of state subsidies for ₽6 billion rubles
In December 2024, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Finance increased funding for state media for 2025 by ₽45 billion to ₽139,6 billion. The corresponding federal law was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Channel One will be allocated ₽6 billion in 2025 and ₽4,6 billion in 2026. Read more here.
2022
A Moscow court ordered Google to pay Channel One 100 thousand rubles a day until its YouTube channels are unlocked
In November 2022, the Moscow Arbitration Court declared illegal Google's actions to block YouTube channels of Channel One and other projects of the Russian broadcaster. among which "Evening Urgant," "Let them say," "Live great," "Minute of Glory," etc. Read more here.
Tricolor bought 10 channels of the Digital Television Family from Channel One
As it became known in early June 2022, the UltraRu company associated with Tricolor bought 10 channels of the Digital Television Family from Channel One. Financial and other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The press service of Tricolor only told RBC that it was concluded "on market conditions." Read more here.
2012: Worst of state-owned companies
Channel One is the worst of the state-owned companies in terms of corporate governance quality. About this in the issue of November 26 writes the newspaper "Vedomosti" with reference to an unnamed representative of the Federal Property Management Agency.
According to him, only one or two boards of directors of Channel One take place in full-time form per year, and the information is not published. "Often, the instructions of the state as the owner are not executed," the source said.
The representative of the channel Larisa Krymova told the newspaper that the state-owned company had not received written claims from the Federal Property Management Agency. The channel usually holds three board meetings a year, she said. This, Krymova notes, corresponds to the charter of Channel One and the legislation on joint-stock companies[11] One[11].
In addition, in the spring, the channel published on its website annual reports since 2008. Krymova suggested that the difficulties of the Federal Property Management Agency may be associated with "some bureaucratic procedures."
The report published on the website of the Federal Property Management Agency reports that recently the department has had difficulty obtaining reports from Channel One. In addition, the department notes, the state company held an insufficient number of meetings of the board of directors for systematic work.
On November 23, 2012, the Commission for the Selection of Professional Directors of the Federal Property Management Agency nominated six people to the Board of Directors of Channel One. The agency proposed to keep the post on the board for director Fedor Bondarchuk and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways Kirill Androsov.
The commission also proposed four new candidates:
- Director of the New Business direction of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) Artem Avetisyan,
- Heads of the Board of Directors of Summa Telecom Vladimir Androsik,
- General Director of Capital Management Company Vadim Soskov and
- Professor of the "Higher School of Economics" Ivan Rodionov.
2011: Transition to broadcast format 16:9
On June 1, 2011, the first channel, the first of the federal channels in Russia, switched to a 16:9 broadcasting format (for digital and satellite broadcasting), as well as to 14:9 (for a regular antenna and cable analog networks). Until the end of July, advertising was shown in 4:3 format (some videos were able to attach to the First format). From August 1, advertising completely switched to the new format of Channel One.
2003: Switching to 24-hour broadcasting
Since March 24, 2003, in order to "more fully and fully inform Russian viewers about the latest events in Iraq," Channel One switched to round-the-clock broadcasting, news releases were released every hour. All major news anchors were involved:
- Ekaterina Andreeva,
- Kirill Kleimenov,
- Peter Marchenko,
- Andrey Baturin,
- Olga Kokorekina,
- Zhanna Agalakova,
- Evgeny Agoshkov, as well as
- Vladimir Pozner and
- Svetlana Sorokina.
After some time, round-the-clock broadcasting was canceled. Since October 1, 2003, round-the-clock broadcasting has been launched on an ongoing basis.
In November 2003, there was a transition to partial stereo broadcasting. The TV channel is becoming the most profitable among all Russian TV channels. From November 2003 to December 14, 2008, in the lower left corner of the screen, there was periodically a stereo sound logo in the form of two crossed squares - an identification mark for programs in stereo format. Used in the TV programs "The Last Hero," "Can you? Sing!, "" Guess the melody, "" Star Factory, "" Big Races, "" Two Stars, "" New Year's Eve on Channel One, "" Circus with the Stars, "" Golden Gramophone, "" Stars on Ice, "in some films, TV series, sports broadcasts, concerts and entertainment programs of the channel. The last time this identifier appeared on the air on December 14, 2008 and was removed.
In November 2004, Kirill Kleimenov was appointed Director of the Directorate of Information Programs of Channel One. Alexey Brodsky, who worked in the Good Morning program and executive director of the Directorate of Information Broadcasting of the TVS channel, was appointed deputy head of the PIA. After their arrival, the reform of the information service begins: Pyotr Marchenko, Andrei Baturin, Vyacheslav Kriskevich, Oksana Rostovtseva and others left the air at different times, Dmitry Borisov, Yulia Pankratova, Maxim Sharafutdinov, Valeria Korableva, Anatoly Lazarev, Pyotr Tolstoy, Vitaly Yeliseyev and Natalya Semenikhina appeared on the air at different times.
In 2005, the Night Time program was closed, and the night newscast was restored. The Sunday issue also underwent significant changes (increased the timing from 45 minutes to 1 hours, Peter Tolstoy became its host, and the program became known as "Sunday Time") (before that the host said "Results of the outgoing week in the Sunday program Time..."). The Main Instinct program was replaced by the Judge Yourself program. Evgeny Agoshkov and Svetlana Sorokina are leaving the TV channel.
In 2008, a new information complex was launched on the site of the former Ostankino concert studio. The transition from analog to digital broadcasting was carried out.
2002: Renamed Channel One
On June 25, 2002 in Belarus, ORT ceased broadcasting and was replaced by ONT.
On July 29, 2002, at the annual meeting of ORT shareholders, a decision was made to rename the television company.
On September 2, 2002, the ORT television company changed its name and became known as Channel One OJSC, the international branch - Channel One CJSC. World Wide Web, "a videotape company, subsequently DVDs -" First Video Company, "and the site - www.1tv.ru. The reason for the renaming is the change of face, the disappearance of many programs that have been on ORT for many years.
In the fall of 2002, Vremya began to air at 18:00, and in July 2003 the Sunday edition of the Vremya program was restored, its hosts were Pyotr Marchenko and Andrey Baturin.
On September 4, 2002, in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Channel One was replaced by the First Baltic Channel.
1995-2002: ORT. Berezovsky. Loss of broadcasting in the CIS
On November 29, 1994, the President of the Russian Federation issued a decree "On improving the operation of the first frequency (Moscow) television channel and its distribution network" according to which the first television channel was transmitted to the Joint Stock Company "Public Russian Television." According to the same decree, the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company became the co-alternator and co-owner of Public Russian Television. The first General Director of ORT was the famous TV journalist Vladislav Listyev, who soon introduces a moratorium on advertising on his channel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ORT became Chairman of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Alexander Yakovlev, and Konstantin Ernst became the General Producer of ORT.
After the murder of Listyev, Sergei Blagovolin became the general director of the channel, Alexander Lyubimov became the general director of the VID television company, and Boris Berezovsky appeared as the owner of the largest stake in ORT. A number of programs were closed - Politburo and Delo, Dmitry Mendeleev became the host of the Theme program, Sergey Shatunov and Dmitry Kiselev became the hosts of the Rush Hour program. The main political talk show was the One-on-One program, hosted by Alexander Lyubimov. ITA RGTRK Ostankino became the manufacturer of information programs for ORT, while it, together with the REN-TV television company, began to produce the Versiya program.
On October 1, 1995, the Versions program was closed, and around REN-TV began to create a television network - the Independent Broadcasting System, and in 1997, REN-TV programs began to air on a separate, 49th channel [9]. In September 1995, the TV game "Understand Me" and the entertainment program "Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov," produced by the ATV television company, were also closed, after which "Understand Me" began to appear on NTV, and "Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov" on RTR. After the appointment of Sergei Shatunov, Andrei Razbash became one of the hosts of the Rush Hour program. On October 12, 1995, the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company was abolished and ORT began to independently produce information programs.
In 1996, the Directorate of Information Programs of ORT was headed by Ksenia Ponomareva. The hosts of the Vremya program were Arina Sharapova and Igor Gmyza, daytime news hosts Igor Vykhukholev, Alexandra Burataeva, Ekaterina Andreeva, Kirill Kleimenov. In October 1996, after the failure of the analytical program "19.59" at ORT (The Sunday analytical program was closed in April 1996, after Nelly Petkova left ORT, who replaced the former host of the program, Sergei Alekseev, in 1995) and the closure of the Characters program on NTV (replaced the Versions, which switched to NTV in October 1995), Sergei Dorenko returned to ORT and the final issue of the Vremya program, called the Information and Analytical Program Vremya with Sergei Dorenko, began to be released. At the very end of 1996, Dmitry Kiselev switched from ORT to REN-TV. Andrey Razbash remained the only host of the Rush Hour program
October 20, 1996 in Ukraine ORT was replaced by Inter TV channel.
In October 1997, Ksenia Ponomareva became the General Director of ORT, and Alexander Lyubimov headed the ORT Information Programs Directorate (soon Larisa Sinelshchikova replaced him as General Director of VID Television Company).
On November 17, 1997, ORT-Eurasia began broadcasting on ORT frequencies in Kazakhstan.
On February 12, 1998, at a meeting of shareholders of ORT, Public Russian Television CJSC was transformed from a closed joint-stock company into an open one.
In 1998, Igor Shabdurasulov became the General Director of ORT, Sergey Dorenko headed the Directorate of Information Programs of ORT. Instead of the Rush Hour program, the Here and Now program began to appear, hosted by Alexander Lyubimov, who also took the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of VID Television Company. In 1999, Boris Berezovsky owns a 49% stake in the channel. Along with TV-6, Our Radio, Kommersant and Nezavisimaya Gazeta, REAL Records, the channel entered the media empire of Boris Berezovsky.
In 1999, Konstantin Ernst became the General Director of ORT, Tatyana Koshkareva headed the Directorate of Information Programs of ORT. Sergei Dorenko began to lead another analytical program, called the "Author's Program of Sergei Dorenko," and the "Information and Analytical Program" Time "on Saturdays began to lead Pavel Sheremet and the program began to be called the" Analytical Program "Time." Ekaterina Andreeva and Kirill Kleimenov became the hosts of the Vremya program, Igor Gmyza and Alexander Burataev became the hosts of the daytime issues. The news release in the 18.00 was increased to 25 minutes, the program began to be called "News. Evening issue, "hosted by Zhanna Agalakova and Igor Vykhukholev.
On September 1, 1999, Prime TV channel was created instead of ORT in Moldova.
From January to October 2000, after the departure of Pavel Sheremet, Dorenko's program began to appear on Saturdays, and Ekaterina Andreeva became the host of the so-called analytical program and the program began to be called "Time. Sunday issue. " The "Here and Now" program began to be released as part of the "Time" program, which was called "Time. Information Channel. " Alexandra Burataeva left ORT in connection with her election as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Sergey Dorenko and Vladimir Pereturin also left the channel.
On August 27, 2000, during a fire at the Ostankino TV tower, ORT broadcasting stopped and switched to the frequency of the Stolitsa TV channel, the only one that then worked in Moscow. For several days, the ORT-RTR Joint Channel functioned, on which broadcasts of both channels were broadcast. On the screen were both channel logos: RTR (now the Rossiya TV channel) in the upper left corner and ORT (now Channel One) in the upper right corner; at the bottom was the signature "ORT-RTR Joint Channel." In other cities, the channels continued to broadcast separately.
In September 2000, Boris Berezovsky sold his stake (49% of the shares) to ORT.
In October 2000, the channel underwent a "big revolution," that is, a radical change in the broadcast network. ORT was experiencing a creative crisis, because of which 12 programs had to be closed. At the same time, the channel radically changes its design.
In the fall of 2000, the "Author's Program of Sergei Dorenko" was closed, and the Directorate of Information Programs of ORT was headed by Sergey Goryachev. Soon the program "Time: Sunday Issue" was also closed. Until 2001, ORT did not have its own Sunday analytical programs, and instead the analytical talk show "Times," which served as the final program, was hosted by Vladimir Pozner and Zhanna Agalakova. In the same year, the Theme program was closed.
In April 2001, the program "Vzglyad" and "Here and Now" were closed, and Alexander Lyubimov was appointed First Deputy General Director of ORT/Channel One, having stayed in this position until the spring of 2003. In the fall of 2001, the night news broadcast was closed, and instead of it the information and analytical program "Night Time" was published, hosted by the former channel correspondent Andrei Baturin. Some stars of the old NTV came to the channel, among them Dmitry Dibrov, Nicolai Nikolaev, Pyotr Marchenko, Pavel Lyubimtsev, as well as Arina Sharapova (from TV-6).
1991-1995: Ostankino Television and Radio Company. Egor and Alexander Yakovlevs
Since the end of 1991, the First Program ceased to exist and was replaced by Channel 1 Ostankino as part of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, based on the USSR State Radio and Radio Broadcasting Company. The chairmen of the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company at different times were Yegor Yakovlev and Alexander Yakovlev.
At the beginning of 1995, Ostankino finally lost its former leading positions in relation to other channels. Sociological data from research of the television audience in Moscow, carried out at that time, showed that Ostankino was significantly inferior in terms of audience volume in the daytime to 2x2 TV channel, and in the evening hours to NTV, in this regard, it was decided to close the channel. By presidential decree on October 6, 1995, the Ostankino television and radio company was liquidated.
1951-1990: Soviet period
The first program of the USSR State Radio and Television has existed since March 22, 1951. Initially, it was the second TV channel in the USSR, without constant broadcasting, but over time other channels appeared. The first program did not have a clearly expressed theme, broadcasting:
- news, such as the "Time" program,
- music programs, and films, Soviet cartoons,
- educational programs: "Travelers Club" and "In the Animal World."
- Humorous programs: "Around Laughter," "KVN" and "Zucchini" 13 chairs. "
- Children's: "Visiting fairy tales," "Alarm clock," "ABVGDeyka."
- TV games: "Field of Miracles," "Happy Occasion," "What? Where? When?. "
- Entertainment: "MuzOboz," "Morning Star," "Blue Light."
- Socio-political programs "Vzglyad" and "Up to 16 and older."
The main screensaver of the first program was an antenna star on a blue background with moving rings symbolizing radio waves, and the signature at the bottom "I program," which then changed to "TV USSR." Around February 1988, the screensaver was changed: the circles became motionless, the inscription "TV USSR" disappeared, and the background became light blue with a white gradient.
Chronology of the names of the TV channel
- March 22, 1951 - December 24, 1991 "The first program of the CT of the USSR"
- December 25, 1991 - March 31, 1995 "Channel I Ostankino"
- April 1, 1995 - September 1, 2002 "Public Russian Television"
- August 28, 2000 - September 3, 2000 (Moscow and the region) "Joint channel ORT + RTR due to a fire at the Ostankino TV tower in Moscow"
- September 2, 2002 - today Channel One
Logo
The channel changed 3 logos. The current one is the 4th in a row.
- From 1995 to the present, it stands in the upper right corner.
- From April 1 to September 30, 1995, the logo was round, white transparent in color, inside the circle there was a white transparent strip. It was in the upper right corner.
- From October 1, 1995 to December 31, 1996, the logo was a bold italic unit of iron color, on which there was a half-rectangle with the inscription "ORT." It was in the upper right corner.
- From January 1, 1997 to September 30, 2000, the logo was a bold unit, gold in color, surrounded by a ring. It was in the upper right corner.
- From October 1, 2000 to September 23, 2001, the logo became white, with a bifurcated unit. It was in the upper right corner.
- From September 24, 2001 to the present, the logo is the same, but has become transparent. Located in the upper right corner.
Slogans
- "On the air television Ostankino" - from 1991 to 1995.
- "This is the First!" - spring and summer 1995.
- "Let's See?!" - from 1999 to 2003.
- "The First Will Show" - from 2003 to 2005.
- "Formula One" - from 2006 to 2007.
- "Team One. Aces of Ether "- from 2007 to 2009.
- "Chance for Fresh Television," "The Right to Fresh Television," "Time for Fresh Television," "Time for Fresh Television" - from 2009 to February 2011.
- Since March 1, 2011, the slogan has not been heard on the air.
Notes
- ↑ ). SOGAZ went to the "First
- ↑ [https://www.rbc.ru/business/07/03/2019/5c80cc3c9a7947125d24a97e VTB's
- ↑ bought Abramovich's stake in Channel One told
- ↑ The government nominated Oreshkin and Shadayev to the board of directors of Channel One
- ↑ Channel One made a profit for the first time in seven years
- ↑ Channel One received a loss of 4.15 billion rubles for the year
- ↑ The net loss of Channel One has decreased 10 times
- ↑ Channel One received a net loss of 938 million rubles
- ↑ Channel One showed
- ↑ loss
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 [http://www.lenta.ru/news/2012/11/26/theworst/ , the Federal Property Management Agency called Channel
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