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; 23 years ago (2002-06-01)
Replaced| TV-6, NTV Plus Sport
Closed| 22 June 2003; 22 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

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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.

Logo used from June to September 2002

On June 1, 2002 TVS began broadcasting. On July 22, 2003 the Moscow Arbitration Court ruled that MNVK was taken off the air unlawfully.

## Editorial policy

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

## Closure

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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 Vnesheconombank (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 test.[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, Twice Two).

## See also

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* Media freedom in Russia
* NTV (Russia)
* NTV affair

## Notes

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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
* Shabolovka Telecenter
* Moscow Scientific-Research Television Institute
* All-Russian Research Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting
* Gazprom Space Systems
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* TSTRS

Terrestrial Nationwide
Digital Broadcasting
Program|

| RTRS-1|

* Channel 1HD
* Channel 2HD
* Channel 3HD
* Channel 4HD
* Channel 5HD
* Channel 6HD
* Channel 7HD
* Channel 8HD
* Channel 9HD
* Channel 10HD
* Radio 1
* Radio 25.1
* Radio 3

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RTRS-2|

* Channel 11HD
* Channel 12
* Channel 13HD
* Channel 14HD
* Channel 15HD
* Channel 16HD
* Channel 17HD
* Channel 18HD
* Channel 19HD
* Channel 20HD

Terrestrial and
Analog Broadcasting
or Nationwide channels|

| VGTRK|

* Russia-1
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* Russia-K

|

Gazprom-Media|

* NTV
* Match!
* TNT
* TV-3
* Pyatnitsa!
* Subbota!

National Media Group|

* REN TV (82%)
* Channel Five (72,4%)
* Channel One (19,5%)
* CTC
* Domashny
* Muz-TV
* Solntse
* U
* Che

Other state-owned
channels|

* Carousel2
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Cable/
Satellite/
IPTV/
OTT|

| VGTRK|

* RTR-Planeta (HD)
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| Digital Television3|

* My Planet (HD)
* Live Planet
* Nauka (HD)
* Doctor (HD)
* History
* T24
* Russian Roman (HD)
* Russian Bestseller
* Russian Detective
* Komediya
* Mosfilm. Gold collection (HD)
* Patriot (HD)
* Cinema
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* Sarafan
* NST
* Strashnoe HD
* FAN (HD)
* Mama
* Multimuzyka
* Kinomult (HD)
* Mult (HD)
* ANI

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RT|

* RT English (HD)
* RT DE (HD)
* RTD Russian (HD)
* RTD English (HD)1
* RT French (HD)1
* RT Spanish (HD)1
* RT Arabic (HD)1

Gazprom-Media|

| GPM Entertainment TV|

* TNT4 (HD)
* 2x2 (HD)

|

GPM Information TV|

* NTV Style (HD)
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* NTV Serial (HD)
* NTV Hit (HD)
* Neizvestnaya Rossiya (HD)

GPM Movies
and Thematic TV|

* Kinopremiera (HD)
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| distribution|

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* Zhivi! (HD)
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* Big Planet (HD)
* KVN TV
* Europa Plus TV (HD)
* Supergeroi (HD)
* V gostyakh u skazki (HD)

|

GPM Match!|

* Match! Planeta
* Match! Arena (HD)
* Match! Igra (HD)
* Match! Strana (HD)
* Match! Boets (HD)
* Match! Premier (HD)
* 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)
* 78 (HD)
* CTC Love
* CTC Kids (HD)
* Katyusha (19,5%) (HD)1

| Media Telekom4|

* Kineko (HD)
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* Terra (HD)
* Udar (HD)
* .Red (HD)
* .Black (HD)
* .Sci-Fi (HD)
* Mi (HD)
* Appetitny (HD)

| distribution|

* Dialogi o rybalke
* Star Media
* Star Cinema (HD)
* Star Family (HD)
* BOLT (HD)
* Russian History (HD)
* Fenix Film
* Fenix plus kino (HD)
* Oruzhie
* Anekdot TV
* Start Broadcasting
* Start (HD)
* Start Triumpf (HD)

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Moscow Media|

* Moscow 24
* Moscow Doveriye
* Central Television Channel
* 360 - Moscow Region (HD)
* 360 - Moscow News (HD)

SAFMAR Media|

* Bridge (HD)
* Bridge Russian Hits (HD)
* Bridge Classic (HD)
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* Bridge Shlyager (HD)
* Bridge Deluxe (HD)
* Bridge Rock (HD)
* Bridge Fresh (HD)
* Bridge Ethno (HD)
* Baby Time (HD)
* Vkus (HD)

Viasat Russia|

* Viju TV1000 Russkoe (HD)
* Viju TV1000 (HD)
* Viju TV1000 Action (HD)
* Viju TV1000 Novella (HD)
* Viju TV1000 Romantica (HD)
* Viju Explore (HD)
* Viju History (HD)
* Viju Nature (HD)
* Da Vinci Russia (HD)
* Viju+ Premiere (HD)
* Viju+ Megahit (HD)
* Viju+ Comedy (HD)
* Viju+ Serial (HD)
* Viju+ Planet (HD)
* Viju+ Sport (HD)

Tricolor|

| Digital TV Family|

* Dom Kino (HD)
* Dom Kino Premium (HD)
* Muzika Pervogo (HD)
* Vremya (HD)
* Telecafe (HD)
* Bober (HD)
* O! (HD)
* Poekhaly! (HD)
* Pobeda (HD)
* Lapki Live (HD)

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First HDTV|

* Arsenal (HD)
* Perviy Kosmicheskii (The First Space) (HD)
* Blockbuster (HD)
* Hit (HD)
* Nashe Muzhskoe (HD)
* Nash kinopokaz (HD)
* Pro Lubov (About Love) (HD)
* Comedy (HD)
* Kinopokaz (Film Show) (HD)
* Scream (HD)
* Den Pobedy (Victory Day) (HD)
* Sovetskaya Kinoklassika (Soviet film classics) (HD)
* LoveStory (HD)
* Ohotnik i Rybolov (Hunter and Fisherman) (HD)
* Rybolov (Fisherman) (HD)
* Insight TV (4K)
* Our Siberia 4K (4K)
* Priklucheniya (Adventures) (HD)
* Teleputeshestviya (Teletravels)
* Zagorodnyi (Countryside)
* Our Siberia (HD)
* V Mire Zhivotnyh (Animal World) (HD)
* Zoo TV
* Tonus
* Kapitan Fantastika (Captain Fantastic) (HD)
* Ryzhiy (Redhead)
* TipTop (HD)
* Chizhik (HD)
* Eda (Food)
* FoodTime (HD)
* TV Sport (HD)
* Hockey TV (HD)
* Myach (Ball) (HD)
* Sila (HD)
* Poyedinok (HD)
* Igra (HD)
* Era (HD)
* Bolshoy Efir (HD)
* Tricolor TV Sport (HD)
* Kino UHD (4K)
* Premialnoe (HD)
* Ostrosyuzhetnoe (HD)
* Shockiruyuschee (HD)
* Komediynoe (HD)
* Romantichnoe (HD)
* Dushevnoe (HD)
* Nashe (HD)
* Lubimoe (HD)
* Kriminalnoe (HD)
* Scream (HD)

Others|

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

| Internet and
satellite only|

* TV Rain (HD)
* eQualitie EQTV (HD)
* Euronews Russian (HD)
* Current Time TV (HD)
* DW Russian (HD)
* Vot Tak (time slots) (HD)
* FreeDom (HD)
* Svoboda Satelite
* Svoboda
* Svoboda News
* Russia's Future

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Defunct|

* Life
* Life78
* A-One
* AMC Russia
* 1st channel Ostankino
* 4th channel Ostankino
* Russia-2
* Russian Universities
* Telenyanya
* Bibigon
* MGM Russia
* TV-6
* TVS
* Seven
* DTV
* Rambler Teleset
* Otkrytyi Mir
* M1
* Moscow Television Channel
* TeleExpo
* 4Multimania (in Russia)
* Nashe TV
* Tsargrad TV
* MIR Premium
* RT America
* RT UK
* Euronovosti
* Sony Channel
* Sony Turbo
* Sony Sci-Fi
* UFC TV
* FOX
* FOX Life
* National Geographic
* National Geographic Wild
* 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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