TVS (Russia)

Russian TV channel

Television channel

TVS
ТВС

Country| Russia
Broadcast area| Russia
Headquarters| Moscow, Russia
Programming
Picture format| SECAM (576i 4:3) (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner| Media-Sotsium Partnership
History
Launched| 1 June 2002; 22 years ago (2002-06-01)
Replaced| TV-6, NTV Plus Sport
Closed| 22 June 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-22)
Replaced by| Sport
Links
Website| http://tvs.tv/ (Defunct)
Availability
Terrestrial
Terrestrial| 6
TVS channel advertisement, Prospekt Mira (Sukharevskaja)

TVS Television (Russian: Телекомпания ТВС) was a private Russian television network which was shut down by the Press Ministry of Russia on June 22, 2003.[1][2]

## Creation[edit]

On January 11, 2002, a separate Russian television channel, TV-6 lost a court battle over bankruptcy and was placed into liquidation by a unanimous decision of thirteen judges of the Russian High Arbitration Court.[3][4]

At midnight on January 22, 2002 the Press Ministry pulled TV-6 off the air. The frequency was temporarily filled with programming from the NTV Plus Sports satellite channel. The auction for TV-6's old frequency took place on March 27, 2002. The Media-Sotsium partnership won the frequency auction, becoming the licensee and broadcaster, with the employees of the former channel TV-6 forming much of the production staff.

On June 1, 2002 TVS began broadcasting. On July 22, 2002 the Moscow Arbitration Court ruled that MNVK was taken off the air unlawfully.

## Editorial policy[edit]

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Many Russians and foreigners consider TVS' editorial policy to be critical towards the government of Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Kasyanov. It was considered to be the last channel with completely independent editorial policy.

## Closure[edit]

Suffering from low ratings (the main channel projects, Dengi series and reality show Za steklom 3: Teper ty v armii failed) and poor advertising revenue,[5] TVS had many financial problems. TVS's debt to Vneshekonombank (the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity) came to about US$100 million. TVS also owed more than $6 million in back pay to employees, who had not been paid for some three months.

Mostelekom (the city-owned cable operator that carried TVS in Moscow) began switching TVS' signal off Moscow's cable television networks on June 2, 2003, which rendered more than 90% of Moscow residents unable to view it. Mostelekom demanded that the TV company's shareholders pay off arrears of RUB 245,672m ($8 million).

On June 17, 2003 TVS editor-in-chief Evgeny Kiselyov announced that lack of funding had made it impossible for the company to continue operating, and that after June 23 the channel suspended broadcasting.

Stating it was "for viewers' benefit" the Ministry of Press switched off all TVS broadcasts on June 22, 2003 – 24 hours before the shutdown planned by station management was to happen. Like the closure of TV-6 the year before, the regularly scheduled programming was suddenly interrupted by a brief announcement that the channel was "taken off the air" before switching to a testcard.[6] It was widely speculated in the press that such a hurried closure was performed to prevent the final broadcast of Evgeny Kiselyov's "Itogi" show, the only remaining opposition political broadcast at the time. Later MNVK allowed the state all-sports channel to broadcast on the vacant channel 6.[7][8][9][10][11]

At the same time, former TVS employees moved to work on other TV channels, both national and regional or international (Channel One, VGTRK - Russia, Kultura, Sport and Vesti, TV Center "," The third channel "," The fifth channel ", REN-TV, TNT, STS, 7TV, RBK-TV," TV Stolitsa ", RTVi, Euronews), on the radio" Echo of Moscow Most of the channel's employees for several years or have completely left journalism. Some of the staff went to small production production studios that worked with broadcasters under a contract. Many programs aired on TVS (which closed both with the channel and before the events of June 22) were subsequently restarted at different times on other channels, both on the above and on some others (among them - Domashny, DTV, Bibigon (now Karusel), Television Ladies' Club, Humor TV, Disney Channel (USA), Cartoon Network, Twice Two, PBS).

## See also[edit]

* Media freedom in Russia
* NTV

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down". Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. 23 July 2003. Translation of Where The End Began For TVS. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, p. 4. Media-Sotsium was a nonprofit partnership, founded by Arkady Volsky, president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Yevgeny Primakov, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
2. ^ Zolotov Jr., Andrei (31 May 2002). "TV6 Team Goes Back on the Air Saturday". The Moscow Times.
3. ^ Boudreaux, Richard (12 January 2002). "Russia's Last Free Channel Dealt a Blow; Media: Higher court rules that the TV station is insolvent and must be liquidated. Critics say the Kremlin is cracking down on free speech". Los Angeles Times: 3. States that there were "13 arbitration judges", not 14.
4. ^ Traynor, Ian (12 January 2002). "Kremlin's last TV critic silenced: Senior judges put independent station into liquidation". The Guardian: 15.
5. ^ Leonid Parfyonov's Namedni: 2003 summing up
6. ^ "Farewell! We are taken off the air"
7. ^ "Russia: Rosmediakom to sue former head of TV-6 over non-return of property". BBC Monitoring World Media. 2 October 2003. Text of report by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 24 September
8. ^ "Russian TV Channel Finds An Audience - Abroad Kremlin Silences Some Local Critics". The Boston Globe. 28 September 2003.
9. ^ Birch, Douglas (6 September 2003). "For Russian television shows, independence is the exception; Years after Soviet rule, government still keeps tight grip on broadcasts". The Baltimore Sun: 1A.
10. ^ "Russia: TV Channel To Return Equipment To Moscow-Based Broadcaster". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 7 August 2003. A200308072D-5620-GNW.
11. ^ "Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down". Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. 55 (25): 1. 23 July 2003. Translation of: Government Hits The 'Off' Switch Again. -- Yevgeny Kiselyov Doesn't Even Get to Say Goodbye. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, pp. 1, 4.

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Television in Russia

Broadcasting
and regulation|

* Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media
* Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network
* Russian Satellite Communications Company
* Ostankino Technical Center
* Moscow Scientific-Research Television Institute
* Gazprom Space Systems

Terrestrial Nationwide
Digital Broadcasting
Program|

| First Multiplex|

* Channel 1HD
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* Channel 4HD
* Channel 5
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* Channel 8HD
* Channel 9HD
* Channel 10HD
* Radio 1
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Second Multiplex|

* Channel 11HD
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* Channel 14HD
* Channel 15HD
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* Channel 20HD

Terrestrial and
Analog Broadcasting
or Nationwide channels|

| VGTRK|

* Russia-1
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Gazprom-Media|

* NTV
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National Media
Group|

* REN TV (82%)
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* CTC (75%)
* Domashny (75%)
* Che (75%)

Media-1|

* Muz-TV
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Other state-owned
channels|

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Cable/
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IPTV/
OTT|

| VGTRK|

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RT|

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* GPM Entertainment TV
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* Match! Football 1 (HD)
* Match! Football 2 (HD)
* Match! Football 3 (HD)
* KHL (HD)
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* Konnyi Mir (HD)

National Media
Group|

* Izvestia (branded as "iz") (HD)
* CTC Love
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* 78 (HD)

| Channel One (19,5%)|

* Dom Kino
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* Pobeda (HD)
* Lapki Live (HD)
* Katyusha (HD)1

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Media Telekom (50%)3|

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* Fenix Film (distribution)
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* Oruzhie
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Moscow Media|

* Moscow 24
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* Central Television Channel
* 360 - Moscow Region (HD)
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SAFMAR Media|

* Bridge
* Bridge Russian Hits
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* Baby Time
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Viasat Russia|

* Viju TV1000 Russkoe (HD)
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* Viju History (HD)
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* Viju+ Comedy (HD)
* Viju+ Serial (HD)
* Viju+ Planet (HD)
* Viju+ Sport (HD)

Others|

* 24.KZ (HD)
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* CCTV-4
* CGTN
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* Russian Music Box (HD)
* Music Box Gold
* TNT Music (planned Fonbet Music)
* O2TV (HD)
* Shanson TV
* TV channel Strana FM (HD)
* Zhara! TV (HD)
* Zvezda Plus
* RU.TV (HD)
* RBC TV (HD)
* MIR 24 (HD)
* RTVI1
* RTVI Retro1

| Internet and
satellite only|

* TV Rain (HD)
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* Current Time TV (HD)
* DW Russian (HD)
* Vot Tak TV (programm blocks) (HD)
* FreeDom (HD)

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Defunct|

* Life
* Life78
* A-One
* AMC Russia
* Russia-2
* Telenyanya
* Bibigon
* MGM Russia
* TV-6
* TVS
* Seven
* DTV
* Rambler Teleset
* Otkrytyi Mir
* M1
* TeleExpo
* 4Multimania (in Russia)
* Nashe TV
* Tsargrad TV
* MIR Premium
* RT America
* RT UK
* Euronovosti
* Sony Channel
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* Sony Sci-Fi
* UFC TV
* FOX
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* BabyTV
* Kanal Disney
* Discovery
* Animal Planet
* Discovery Science
* Travel Channel
* ID
* DTX
* TLC
* HGTV
* Food Network
* Motor Trend
* Eurosport 1
* Eurosport 2
* Eurosport Gold
* Eurosport 4K
* Discovery Ultra
* CNN International
* Cartoon Network
* Boomerang
* VH1 Russia
* VH1 Europe
* Club MTV
* MTV Hits
* MTV Russia
* Paramount Comedy
* Paramount Channel
* Nickelodeon
* Nickelodeon HD
* Nick Jr.
* Nicktoons
* Zee TV Russia

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