Semyorka, or 7TV (russian: Семёрка) was a Russian federal
television channel
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, broadcast under the ''UTH Russia''
television network
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from
Moscow
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, Russia. The channel was officially founded in 1997 and on 17 September 2001 it was registered as the national level television channel.
Between 2010/11 season,
MegaFon
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Originally, 7TV broadcast sports. From March to August 2011, it says the channel was "reconstruction" before renaming. The channel used to broadcast a wide variety of TV programs related to entertainment, series and movies. As of March 1, 2011, 7TV rebranded itself as "SevenTV" with a new slogan "entertained benefit". Headquarters of the channel is located at the 3rd floor of the shopping centre on the
Varshavskoye Highway
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Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вск ...
in Moscow. According to TNS, in the third quarter of 2010 the average viewership for the category "18-54 years old", increased to 1.5% compared to the rating of 0.2% in 2009.
Despite those ratings increases, the channel was shut down on December 31, 2011. It was replaced with the Russian version of
Disney Channel
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on same day. The final program aired on the channel was the 1973 film
''Three Gifts for Cinderella''.
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BBC One
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Rede Tupi
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Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
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The network was well-remembered for its theme song, "Big Beautiful Country" ...
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RCTV
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ATV
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ABS-CBN
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