List of Russian language television channels
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This is a list of television channels broadcasting regularly programmes in Russian language
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Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
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State-owned
| Name | Owner | Established | Website |
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 Channel One RussiaChannel One (Russia) Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%... |
Rosimuschestvo (state-owned) and Roman Abramovich Roman Abramovich Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian businessman and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.In 2003, Abramovich was named Person of the Year by Expert, a Russian business magazine. He shared this title with Mikhail Khodorkovsky... |
1951 | http://www.1tv.ru/ |
| Channel One International | Channel One Russia | 1999 | http://eng.1tvrus.com/ |
| Russia 1 |
All-Russia State Television and Radio Company All-Russia State Television and Radio Company The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company is a Russian state-owned unitary enterprise which operates several television and radio channels. It was founded in 1990.-Operations:... |
1991 | http://rutv.ru/ |
| Russia K (ex Kultura) |
All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | 1997 | http://tvkultura.ru/ |
| RTR Planeta RTR Planeta RTR-Planeta is the international service of VGTRK, a state-owned broadcaster in Russia. It is available throughout the world via cable and satellite. In fact, RTR Planeta is the only provider of Russian-language programming to the Asia-Pacific region covered by the AsiaSat2 Satellite... (International version of Russia 1 and Russia K) |
All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | 2002 | http://www.rtr-planeta.com/ |
| Russia 2 (ex Sport) |
All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | 2003 | http://sportbox.ru/ |
| Russia 24 (ex Vesti 24) |
All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | 2006 | http://www.vesti.ru/ |
| Karusel Karusel Karusel is a Russian television channel dedicated to children and youth. It is owned by Russian state broadcaster VGTRK and Channel One Russia Worldwide. It is currently available in Russia and in the United States via DirecTV.... |
Channel One Russia and All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | 2010 | http://karusel-tv.ru/ |
| Karusel International (based on Telenyanya) | Channel One Russia and All-Russia State Television and Radio Company | 2010 | http://karusel-tv.ru/ |
| TV Center TV Center TV Center is a state-run Russia TV station with the fourth largest coverage area in Russia, after Channel One, Rossiya and NTV. It is owned by the administration of the city of Moscow and is dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of Moscow life.The channel is broadcast in the... |
Government of Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
1997 | http://www.tvc.ru/ |
| TVCI TVCi TV3CAT is a Catalan television channel operated by Televisió de Catalunya, formerly was called Televisió de Catalunya Internacional .... (International version of TV Center TV Center TV Center is a state-run Russia TV station with the fourth largest coverage area in Russia, after Channel One, Rossiya and NTV. It is owned by the administration of the city of Moscow and is dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of Moscow life.The channel is broadcast in the... ) |
Government of Moscow | 2003 | http://www.tvci.ru/ |
| NTV |
Gazprom Media Gazprom Media Gazprom-Media is the largest Russian media holding founded in 2000 as a subsidiary of Gazprom. In 2000 it acquired NTV, the only nationwide state-independent television in Russia of the time, as well as other media assets of Vladimir Gusinsky's Media Most group, which raised a major controversy... |
1993 | http://www.ntv.ru/ |
| NTV Plus NTV Plus NTV Plus is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W4 satellite at 36.0°E & from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E... |
Gazprom Media | 1996 | http://www.ntvplus.ru/ |
| TNT |
Gazprom Media | 1998 | http://tnt-online.ru/ |
 NTV CanadaNTV Canada NTV Canada is a Canadian Category B Russian language specialty channel. The channel is owned by HTB Canada Inc, although Ethnic Channels Group distributes and operates the channel on HTB's behalf.... |
NTV Canada Inc. | 2006 | http://www.ntv-canada.com/ |
| Telekanal Zvezda Zvezda (TV channel) Zvezda is a Russian nationwide TV network run by the Russian Ministry of Defense. As of January 2008, Zvezda's CEO was Grigory Krichevsky, previously known for his work on Vladimir Gusinsky's NTV Channel in the late 1990s.... |
Ministry of Defence | 2005 | http://tvzvezda.ru/ |
| Russia Today Russia Today Russia Today may refer to:* Russia Today, an English language 24-hour television news channel from Russia. It was launched in 2005 and is not related to an online news service of the similar name operated by EIN News... (in English) |
RIA Novosti | 2005 | http://www.rt.com/ |
| Russia Today Rusiya Al-Yaum Rusiya Al-Yaum a Russian TV news channel broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Moscow, Russia... (in Arabic) |
RIA Novosti | 2007 | http://rtarabic.com/ |
| TV Roskosmos |
Roskosmos Russian Federal Space Agency The Russian Federal Space Agency , commonly called Roscosmos and abbreviated as FKA and RKA , is the government agency responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research. It was previously the Russian Aviation and Space Agency .Headquarters of Roscosmos are located... |
2005 | http://www.tvroscosmos.ru/ |
 MIR |
10 states from CIS CIS CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:... |
1992 | http://mir24.tv/ |
Private
| Name | Owner | Established | Website |
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| Petersburg - Channel 5 Petersburg - Channel 5 Petersburg - Channel 5 is a television channel based in St. Petersburg, Russia, also known simply as Channel 5. Director General: Alexey Brodskiy, Producer General: Ljubov Sovershaeva... |
NMG (National Media Group) | 1938 | http://5-tv.ru/ |
| REN TV |
NMG (National Media Group) | 1997 | http://ren-tv.com/ |
| CTC TV |
CTC Media CTC Media CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan... |
1996 | http://ctc-tv.ru/ |
  CTC International |
CTC Media CTC Media CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan... |
2009 | http://www.ctci.tv/ |
| DTV Russia |
CTC Media | 1999 | http://dtv.ru/ |
| Domashniy |
CTC Media | 2005 | http://domashniy.ru/ |
| Muz-TV Muz-TV Muz-TV is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. Muz TV was founded by Sergey Lisovskiy... |
UTV Russia Holding | 1995 | http://muz-tv.ru/ |
| 7TV Russia 7TV Russia Semyorka, or Seven is a Russian federal television channel, broadcast under the UTH Russia television network from Moscow, Russia. The channel was officially founded in year 1997 and on 17 September 2001 it was registered as the national level television channel.Channel broadcasts wide variety of... |
UTV Russia Holding | 2001 | http://7tv.ru/ |
| MTV Russia MTV Russia MTV Russia is a Russian language free-to-air 24 hour entertainment and music service seen in 22 million households in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg, among other cities.-History:... |
Prof-Media | 1998 | http://mtv.ru/ |
| 2×2 (TV channel) |
Prof-Media | 1989 | http://2x2tv.ru/ |
| TV3 Russia TV3 Russia TV-3 is a Russian television channel focused on entertainment. It is part of Vladimir Potanin's Prof-Media company.- Programs :* MythBusters* Brainiac: Science Abuse* MonsterQuest* Urban Legends* Mysterious Signs... |
Prof-Media | 1994 | http://tv3russia.ru/ |
| RBC TV RBC TV RBC TV is the first 24-hour business news television channel in Russia. It is owned and operated by the RBC Information Systems... |
RBC-TV Moskva | 2003 | http://tv.rbc.ru/ |
| Discovery Channel Russia Discovery Channel Russia Discovery Channel Russia is a television channel which broadcasts to Russia and the CIS countries.According viewing research, Discovery had the second largest reach of all non-terrestrial television channel in the beginning of 2009... |
Discovery Networks EMEA | 2006 | http://www.discoverychannel.ru/ |
| Animal Planet Russia |
Discovery Networks EMEA | 2006 | |
| TLC Russia |
Discovery Networks EMEA | 2011 | |
| BRIDGE TV (music channel) |
Bridge Media Group | 2005 | http://bridgetv.ru/en/ |
| Russian Travel Guide Russian Travel Guide Russian Travel Guide is international documentary and travel television channel that airs programs covering nature, science, culture, and history of the Russian Federation.... |
Bridge Media Group | 2009 | http://www.rtgtv.com/ |
| RUSONG TV (music channel) |
Bridge Media Group | 2010 | http://rusongtv.ru/en/ |
| Disney Channel Russia |
Walt Disney Company | 2010 | http://www.disney.ru/kanal/ |
| Eurosport Russia |
TF1 Group TF1 Group TF1 Group is a French media holding company , the owner of channel TF1, the largest European private TV channel, and Eurosport, the largest European sports network.The group was formed after TF1 was privatised in 1987... |
1996 | http://www.eurosport.ru/ |
| TV1000 TV1000 TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group . It is also the name of the flagship channel.-History:... |
Modern Times Group Modern Times Group Modern Times Group is a Swedish media company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Kinnevik, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders. Among the assets were Viasat and Metro International... |
2003 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| TV1000 Russkoe Kino TV1000 Russkoe Kino TV1000 Russkoe Kino is a television channel broadcasting Russian language movies owned by Modern Times Group.... |
Modern Times Group | 2005 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| TV1000 Action East TV1000 Action East TV1000 Action East is a television channel broadcasting action movies to Russia, Ukraine, CIS countries and the Baltic states. It broadcasts action movies from the United States and Europe... |
Modern Times Group | 2008 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| Viasat History Viasat History Viasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel.... |
Modern Times Group | 2004 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| Viasat Explorer Viasat Explorer Viasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,... |
Modern Times Group | 2003 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball.... |
Modern Times Group | 2006 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| Viasat Nature |
Modern Times Group | 2010 | http://ru.viasatworld.com/ |
| Universal Channel Russia |
NBC Universal International | 2008 | http://www.universalchannel.ru/ |
| SyFy Universal Russia |
NBC Universal International | 2008 | http://www.syfyuniversal.ru/ |
| Diva Universal Russia |
NBC Universal International | 2010 | http://www.divauniversal.ru/ |
| Ru.TV |
RMG (RussianMediaGroup) | 2006 | http://www.ru.tv/ |
| O2TV O2TV O2TV is a Russian independent TV channel, the target audience of which are young people between 16 and 35, who,as the 2006 presentation reads, would constitute an influential portion of the electorate in the Russian legislative and presidential elections.The O2TV audience exceeds 17 million people... |
private investors | 2004 | http://o2tv.biz/en |
| A-One A-One (TV channel) A-One is a Russian rock music channel, broadcasting since 2005. Its main format is alternative rock music.Channel was launched on August 1, 2005, in Russia... |
private investors | 2005 | http://www.a1tv.ru/ |
 RTViRTVi RTVi is an international Russian-language private television network, with studios based in Moscow, New York and Tel-Aviv, as well as bureaus in Washington DC, Berlin and Kiev, which broadcasts by satellite and cable in Europe, North America, Israel and CIS countries... |
private investors | 2002 | http://www.rtvi.ru/english.html |
Other countries
| Country | Name | Owner | Notes |
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 Abkhazia |
Abaza TV Abaza TV Abaza TV is a television station operating in Abkhazia. It is owned by businessman and politician Beslan Butba. It claims to have an independent editorial policy that is not aligned with either the government or the opposition of Abkhazia. The station broadcasts twice a day in Russian and has a... |
Beslan Butba Beslan Butba Beslan Butba is a businessman and opposition politician from Abkhazia. He owns Abkhazia's only private television station Abaza TV and is the chairman of the Party of the Economic Development of Abkhazia... |
Not aligned with either the government or the opposition of Abkhazia. The station broadcasts twice a day in Russian and has a news roundup once a week. |
 Belarus |
Belarus TV Belarus TV Belarus TV is the state television and radio channel of Belarus. It was launched on 1 February 2005. It broadcasts primarily in Russian language programmes of other Belarusian state TV channels LAD and TV-First.- Logotype :TV channel replace 1 logotype... |
The Stas Nationality Television and Radio Company | |
 European Union |
Euronews EuroNews Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews.... |
SOCEMIE SOCEMIE SOCEMIE is the company that produces the news channel Euronews. As of September 2004, Philippe Cayla is the company's chief executive officer and Michael Peters joined the group on May 10, 2005, as the managing director... |
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| European Union |
Eurosport Eurosport Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events... |
TF1 Group TF1 Group TF1 Group is a French media holding company , the owner of channel TF1, the largest European private TV channel, and Eurosport, the largest European sports network.The group was formed after TF1 was privatised in 1987... |
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| Israel |
Israel Plus Israel Plus Israel Plus is a television station in Israel. It primarily broadcasts in the Russian language, with or without Hebrew subtitles, but also broadcasts some shows in Hebrew with Russian subtitles.... |
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 Estonia Latvia |
TV3+ Viasat | ||
| United States |
RTN | Russian Media Group | America's only domestic Russian language network |
| United States |
RTN Plus | Russian Media Group | Russian language movie channel |
 Cyprus |
RTCY | Russian Television Cyprus |