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UT1 (Ukraine)
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Pershyi Natsionalnyi is the state-run television channel
in Ukraine
, operated by the National Television Company of Ukraine
. It is the only Ukrainian TV channel covering over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are oriented on all social layers of the Ukrainian society
and national minorities. Among priority directions of the network are informative publicism, popular scientific, culturologic, entertaining and sport-oriented
On 1 September 2008, the State Television went through a major rebranding that includes logo, idents change and new program openers. The new logo consists of the word "Pershyi" ("First").
UT-1 (short for Ukrayinske Telebachennia - 1) is a traditional professional abbreviation of this channel.
UT plans to acquire public broadcaster status by 2009. The government will lose its direct control over the national network. The Public Television Network will consist of several channels, such as, "First Channel", "Second Channel", "Euronews Ukraine" and "Ukraine and the World".
There is only clock is the history. The current clock. (Green background with white clock with logo inside the clock) Used since 1993 until now.
Until 2000, The testcard is only broadcast for 2 minutes before startup. With YMCA
song
During the Soviet era, Every channel had to close before 4am.
, on November 6 and 7, 1951. When the Kievan studio broadcast two shows. The next attempt was conducted on May 1, 1952 when the studio broadcast a concert anchored by Novela Separionova. In 1953 was accomplished the building construction of Kievan telecenter at 26 Khreschatyk
. It was the third official telecenter established in the Soviet Union
. Although the regular broadcasting was established only since November 1956. Until then the studio was only presenting couple of shows per day.
On 20 January 1965, spectators in some Ukrainian oblast
s (regions) could see a screen with two big capital letters "УТ" ("UT") that symbolized the beginning of the united all-republican teleprogram. Its time on air was over 200 hours in 1965. On 6 March 1972, the UT started to go on air on two channels at a time - УТ-1 (UT-1) and УТ-2 (UT-2). In the end of the 1970s the building of the UT on Khreshchatyk was reconstructed and the employees got three new studios, but the question of building a new modern TV-center was raised soon. The construction of the new UT headquarters started in 1983 and was finished in 1993. The new center was built at 42 Melnykov Street and was officially inspected by the President of Ukraine
, Leonid Kravchuk
.
In 2002 the National Television Company of Ukraine
and the Ukrainian Space Agency started to broadcast First National (UT-1) through a satellite
abroad. In 2004 the UT-2 channel stopped its broadcasting. UTR
started its broadcasting on UT-2's frequency. UT-1 was renamed First Channel. In 2005 Taras Stets'kiv became the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine
. First Channel prepared to and held the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
successfully in Kiev
. In 2006 Vitaliy Dokalenko was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine
by former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko
. In 2010 Yehor Benkendorf, former chief producer of Inter TV channel
, was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine
by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich.
With 1972 by 1997 stand in left upper corner. With 1997 by present time stand in right upper corner.
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, operated by the National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
. It is the only Ukrainian TV channel covering over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are oriented on all social layers of the Ukrainian society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
and national minorities. Among priority directions of the network are informative publicism, popular scientific, culturologic, entertaining and sport-oriented
On 1 September 2008, the State Television went through a major rebranding that includes logo, idents change and new program openers. The new logo consists of the word "Pershyi" ("First").
UT-1 (short for Ukrayinske Telebachennia - 1) is a traditional professional abbreviation of this channel.
UT plans to acquire public broadcaster status by 2009. The government will lose its direct control over the national network. The Public Television Network will consist of several channels, such as, "First Channel", "Second Channel", "Euronews Ukraine" and "Ukraine and the World".
Clocks
Clocks on UT introduced in 1991.There is only clock is the history. The current clock. (Green background with white clock with logo inside the clock) Used since 1993 until now.
Test card
The testcard UT1 is UEIT introduced in 1996.Until 2000, The testcard is only broadcast for 2 minutes before startup. With YMCA
YMCA (song)
"Y.M.C.A." is a song recorded by American disco group Village People. It was released in 1978 as the only single from the album Cruisin. The song reached No. 2 on the U.S. charts in early 1979 and reached No.1 in the UK around the same time, becoming the group's biggest hit...
song
Closing and Opening times
"Closing time" is 100%. It will choose the time randomly like 4:40. But it announced in the schedule.During the Soviet era, Every channel had to close before 4am.
UT1
- 1965-1986 opens at 11:00. Closes sometimes between 0:00 and 2:30
- 1986-1988 opens at 9:00. Closes sometimes between 2:30 and 3:30
- 1988-1992 opens at 8:00. Closes sometimes between 1:00 and 6:00.
- 1992-1996 opens at 7:00. Closes sometimes between 2:00 and 4:30.
- 1996-1999 opens at 6:10 and closes sometimes between 2:30 and 5:00.
- 1999-2006 opens at 5:00 closes sometimes between 2:00 and 4:05.
- One day in 2006 it opens at 9:00 and never close again. Anthem is played at 5:55 everyday
UT2
- 1972-1986 opens at 11:30. Closes sometimes between 0:00 and 2:00.
- 1986-1989 opens at 11:00. Closes sometimes between 23:30 and 1:00
- 1982-1991 opens at 9:00. Closes sometimes between 23:30 and 4:30
- 1991-1999 opens at 8:00. closes sometimes between 0:00 and 6:00
- 1999-2001 opens at 7:25. closes sometimes between 1:30 and 7:15
- 2001-2004 opens at 7:00. closes sometimes between 2:00 and 7:00
History
The first attempt of broadcasting was accomplished on February 1, 1939 which lasted for 40 minutes. The second attempt was only after some time upon conclusion of World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, on November 6 and 7, 1951. When the Kievan studio broadcast two shows. The next attempt was conducted on May 1, 1952 when the studio broadcast a concert anchored by Novela Separionova. In 1953 was accomplished the building construction of Kievan telecenter at 26 Khreschatyk
Khreschatyk
Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kiev, Ukraine. The street has a length of 1.2 km. It stretches from the European Square through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square where the Besarabsky Market is located....
. It was the third official telecenter established in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. Although the regular broadcasting was established only since November 1956. Until then the studio was only presenting couple of shows per day.
On 20 January 1965, spectators in some Ukrainian oblast
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
s (regions) could see a screen with two big capital letters "УТ" ("UT") that symbolized the beginning of the united all-republican teleprogram. Its time on air was over 200 hours in 1965. On 6 March 1972, the UT started to go on air on two channels at a time - УТ-1 (UT-1) and УТ-2 (UT-2). In the end of the 1970s the building of the UT on Khreshchatyk was reconstructed and the employees got three new studios, but the question of building a new modern TV-center was raised soon. The construction of the new UT headquarters started in 1983 and was finished in 1993. The new center was built at 42 Melnykov Street and was officially inspected by the President of Ukraine
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
, Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk is a Ukrainian politician, the first President of Ukraine serving from December 5, 1991 until his resignation on July 19, 1994, a former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and People's Deputy of Ukraine serving in the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine faction.After a...
.
In 2002 the National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
and the Ukrainian Space Agency started to broadcast First National (UT-1) through a satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
abroad. In 2004 the UT-2 channel stopped its broadcasting. UTR
UTR
In molecular genetics, an untranslated region refers to either of two sections on each side of a coding sequence on a strand of mRNA...
started its broadcasting on UT-2's frequency. UT-1 was renamed First Channel. In 2005 Taras Stets'kiv became the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
. First Channel prepared to and held the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
successfully in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
. In 2006 Vitaliy Dokalenko was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
by former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
. In 2010 Yehor Benkendorf, former chief producer of Inter TV channel
Inter (TV channel)
Inter is the major TV channel in Ukraine. Based on it later was formed the whole new media group with variety of different other channels. Inter is among the top-rated networks in Ukraine, competing with such as 1+1 and Pershyi Natsionalnyi channels...
, was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich.
Logotype
TV channel replace 4 logotypes. Present — 5th on account.With 1972 by 1997 stand in left upper corner. With 1997 by present time stand in right upper corner.
- With March 6, 1972 by September 14, 1997 logotype be there with big word «УТ-1» and logotype be there white and semitransparent. Find in left upper corner.
- With September 13, 1997 by July 10, 2005 logotype be there with white one and transparent vertical line and logotype be there white and semitransparent. Find in right upper corner.
- With July 11 by December 18, 2005 white one include in ring with white boundary paths and red background. Find there while.
- With December 19, 2005 by August 31, 2008 white one include in ring with white boundary paths and transparent background and logotype be there white and non-transparent. Find there while.
- With September 1, 2008 by present time white and transparent logotype, on piss big letters in Ukraine language word «ПЕРШИЙ». Find there while.
Presidents
- until 1995 (National Television Company of Ukraine - State Tele-Radio Company of Ukraine)
- June 1, 1995 - August 21, 1996 O.M. Savenko
- August 21, 1996 - November 18, 1996 Z.V. Kulyk (interim)
- November 18, 1996 - October 1, 1998 V.K. Leshyk
- October 5, 1998 - November 17, 1998 M.L. Kniazhytskyi
- November 17, 1998 - June 21, 1999 Z.V. Kulyk
- June 21, 1999 - July 15, 1999 O.M. Savenko (interim)
- July 16, 1999 - November 19, 2001 V.O. Dolhanov
- November 19, 2001 - March 28, 2003 I.A. Storozhuk
- March 28, 2003 - February 25, 2005 O.M. Savenko (second term)
- February 25, 2005 - September 8, 2005 T.S. Stetskiv
- October 27, 2005 - February 18, 2008 V.V. Dokalenko
- February 25, 2008 - March 17, 2010 V. Ilaschuk
- March 17, 2010–present E. Benkendorf