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23-399: The channel is owned by the media company Goldberry LLC. Prior to August 2017 99% of Espreso TV belonged to Larysa Knyazhytska, the wife of Mykola Knyazhytsky . In August 2017 Inna Avakova (the wife of former Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov ) acquired 40% of Goldberry LLC and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (former Prime Minister ) acquired 30%; the remaining 30% of Goldberry LLC stayed in

46-558: A Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament . He talked with different famous Ukrainian people about democracy , European values , Ukraine's relations with Poland and integration into the European Union and NATO . The program came on screens on Saturdays at 11AM. Novyi Kanal Novyi Kanal ( Ukrainian : Новий Канал, lit.   ' New Channel ' ) is a Ukrainian television channel. The channel

69-629: A video was filmed of a vehicle parked outside the TV station monitoring its activities. When the three occupants of the vehicle were asked what they were doing, they hid their faces and refused to answer questions. They then drove off, driving through a red light. TVi general director Mykola Kniazhytsky accused the SBU , Ukraine's main security agency, of carrying out this surveillance. Reporters Without Borders has condemned this as harassment. In April 2012, TVi accused government officials of trying to disrupt and shut down

92-522: Is a part of the Starlight Media broadcasting group, created by Viktor Pinchuk . The channel was launched on July 15, 1998. At first, it was broadcast only in Kyiv , but since 1999, it has extended its range to six other regions of Ukraine . 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,

115-529: The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , 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 since December 29, 2021. In 1999-2004 the channel was headed by Oleksandr Tkachenko . In 2005-2012 the Novyi was run by Iryna Lysenko. The channel

138-778: The Supervisory Board of the TV Group, held a presentation of the StarLightMedia brand, which brought together the leaders of the Ukrainian media market — Novy Kanal, ICTV, STB, M1, M2 and Kui-TB. Novyi Kanal broadcasts in Sevastopol ended on March 9, 2014 at 14:30 o'clock East European time due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation . In 2014, Novy Kanal was criticized for broadcasting Russian TV series. According to

161-614: The broadcast signal of the Espreso TV channel. The attackers broadcast a short footage of destroyed Ukrainian cities and a video of Joe Biden falling and stumbling with a call to stop, hinting at the alleged involvement of the United States in the war in Ukraine. Mykola Knyazhytsky TVi ( Ukrainian : ТВі ) was a Ukrainian TV channel that began broadcasting in 2008; it was widely seen as Ukraine's only independent TV channel. It

184-472: 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 Inter and 1+1 . 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

207-592: The documents showing that he sold the station were forged. The staff of TVi then went on strike to protest the change of ownership that they fear will undermine their ability to air news critical of President Viktor Yanukovych . According to press reports Altman, a Ukrainian-born U.S. businessman, had in the past worked as an adviser to Energy Minister in the Second Azarov Government Eduard Stavytsky . (in April 2013) Altman stated his priority

230-403: The new channel. Every day TVi presented two 1-hour slots of the new production documentaries from National Geographic, AETN, Discovery. TVi produces 10 hours per week of own production that correlites to nationalwide Ukrainian channels: Today ( Ukrainian : Сьогодні ) was a news service programme that came on the screen on week days at 8:30PM and 11:30PM. The Truth ( Ukrainian : Правда )

253-401: The new management stated that they wanted to transform TVi into "a full channel, similar to ICTV and Novyi Kanal (and to a lesser intend Inter and 1+1 )"; this was planned to be completed by September 2013. On 23 March 2015 TVi stopped broadcasting because of financial problems. At the time the channel vowed to return next fall TV season. In March 2016 the channel's broadcast licence

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276-659: The possession of Larysa Knyazhytska. In December 2017 the US Atmosphere Entertainment became a major shareholder of Espreso TV by purchasing 77.5% stake in Goldberry LLC that runs Espreso TV in Ukraine. The final beneficiary of the US company is Ivan Zhevago. On 22 January 2014, a journalist of Espreso TV Dmytro Dvoychenkov was kidnapped, beaten, and taken to an unknown location. He was later released. On February 19, 2024, at around 7:30 p.m., unknown hackers gained access to

299-412: 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

322-535: The station's independence that it has an editorial board that includes Poland's Adam Michnik and, "[c]rucially, says ... Kniazhytsky, TVi's owner has no other business interests in Ukraine." On November 22, 2011, TVi Europe was launched, and it was the first Ukrainian and Polish TV channel broadcast via satellite. The channel was broadcast in Ukraine and other European countries, and its billionaire owner Konstantin Kagalovsky had reportedly invested $ 5 million into

345-516: The station. This was in response to tax officials allegedly probing its businesses relationships with entrepreneurs who fund the station. On April 25, 2012, tax officials delivered letters requesting contractual and other documents at the residences of at least three entrepreneurs that relate to their business dealings with TVi. Director Kniazhytsky accused the tax officials of 'bullying', and 'behaving like thugs'. In August 2012 these charges were dropped. Assessed at that time, one report noted relative to

368-526: Was Vitaly Portnikov . (Former) Chairman of the Editorial Board Mykola Knyazhytsky was placed at number 10 on the electoral list of Batkivshchyna during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election . He was elected into parliament and Knyazhytsky left TVi immediately after. Oleksandr Altman was officially registered on 24 April 2013 as the channel's owner but according to Konstantin Kagalovsky , TVi's previously registered owner,

391-421: Was a daily talk-show with famous people about events of the day. The anchors were Ukrainian’s famous journalists Roman Skrypin and Vitaly Portnikov . The program was on-air on week days at 11PM. 112 Emergency ( Ukrainian : Оперативна служба 112 ) was a weekly show about accidents and crimes happening in Ukraine. The show came on screens on Saturdays at 8:30PM. Exclamation mark ( Ukrainian : Знак оклику )

414-447: Was a weekly journalistic investigation program about the most important incidents of the week. The anchor of the program was the famous journalist Artem Shevchenko . The show came on screens on Mondays at 9PM. Black and white ( Ukrainian : Чорне та біле ) was a weekly political talk show with a famous Ukrainian politician. Taste of Europe ( Ukrainian : Смак Європи ) was a weekly political talk and cooking show with Paweł Kowal ,

437-511: Was known for its critical coverage of the Ukrainian government , particularly of President Viktor Yanukovych . In late April 2013 the channel changed ownership in a disputed takeover . In early May 2013 the new management stated that they wanted to transform TVi into a mainstream TV channel (to be completed by September 2013). In March 2015 TVi stopped broadcasting because it had drained its financial resources. In March 2016 its broadcast licence

460-448: Was not granted a digital license in the summer of 2011; meaning that TVi would be shown through existing cable and satellite networks have access to about 45% of Ukraine’s population (while the selected channels will have more than 90 percent nationwide coverage) from the autumn of 2011. TVi claimed that the reason it was denied a digital license is because of its critical approach to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych . In June 2010

483-419: Was revoked. TVi launched on 17 March 2008, and was set up by two exiled Russian businessmenn: Vladimir Gusinsky and Konstantin Kagalovsky . They split due to a business dispute but Kagalovsky continued to fund TVi. According to Ukrainian media watchdog Telekrytyka TVi and 5 Kanal were the only remaining TV channels in mid-May 2010 with independent and fair TV news coverage. The President of TVi

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506-488: Was revoked. On 10 October 2018 for two years tv channel resumed broadcast. Reception of TVi was available throughout the whole country of Ukraine. TVi was available on more than 90% of cable networks in Ukraine. Having a lot of partner agreements with regional companies TVi was available Free To Air in Kharkiv , Dnipropetrovsk , Zaporizhia , Kryvyi Rih , Mykolaiv , Simferopol , Sloviansk , Kramatorsk , and Melitopol . TVi

529-427: Was to save the television channel as an objective source of information in Ukraine. 31 journalists resigned from TVi on 29 April 2013, they believed as TVi employees they could not anymore "guarantee our audience to provide objective and unbiased information". They (including Mustafa Nayem ) set up a "web project in which we will do the same job". This "web project" eventually became Hromadske.TV . Early May 2013

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