Novyi Kanal (

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: Новий Канал) is a

television channel. The channel is a part of the Starlight Media broadcasting group, created by Viktor Pinchuk.

History

The channel was launched on July 15, 1998. At first, it was broadcast only in

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, but since 1999, it has extended its range to six other regions of

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. Starting in 2000, the channel has been received in more than 17 major cities. Novyi Kanal has been transmitted by satellite since December 20, 2000. On March 1, 2001, the channel was the first in Ukraine to switch to round-the-clock broadcasting. In 2002, Novyi Kanal was third in Ukrainian television ratings after

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. However, the channel's ratings have steadily decreased in recent years: 10.11% in 2004, 9.1% in 2005, 8.5% in 2006, and in 2007, only 7.42%. September 2, 2008 took the lead in commercial audience 14-49 (cities 50+): audience share increased to 13.83%. On November 11, 2009, Elena Pinchuk, Head of the Supervisory Board of the TV Group, held a presentation of the

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brand, which brought together the leaders of the Ukrainian media market — Novy Kanal, ICTV, STB, M1, M2 and Kui-TB. Novyi Kanal broadcasts in

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ended on March 9, 2014 at 14:30 o'clock East European time due to the

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.Dmitry Tymchuk,

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, translation Vladimir Germanov In 2014, Novy Kanal was criticized for broadcasting Russian TV series. According to the results of monitoring by activists of the “Boycott of Russian Cinema” campaign, for the period from September 8 to 14, 7 hours and 35 minutes of Russian content were shown on the TV channel. On July 6, 2015, a new entertainment broadcasting network was launched. Information and sports programs were removed, leaving only animated and feature films, television series, and entertainment shows. Because of the

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, on February 24 and 25, 2022, the TV channel broadcast the United News information marathon around the clock. Since February 25, the TV channel has reprogrammed its broadcast for children and teenagers. There are no commercials on the air.

Personalities

In 1999-2004 the channel was headed by Oleksandr Tkachenko. In 2005-2012 the Novyi was run by Iryna Lysenko. The channel was managed by Vladimir Lokotko since May 2012, in 2019 Alexey Gladushevsky became General Director Many prominent journalists have worked at the channel since its inception, including Andriy Kulykov,

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politic ...

Hanna Homonai Hanna Stanislavivna Homonai ( uk, Ганна Станіславівна Гомонай, born 29 May 1979) is a Ukrainian TV news anchor. She was born in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day Ukraine). Career in Jour ...

, Lidiya Taran, and Sviatoslav Tseholko.

References

External links

Official website of Novyi Kanal
Television stations in Ukraine Ukrainian brands Television channels and stations established in 1998 Mass media in Kyiv {{Ukraine-tv-stub