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Country | United States Germany Israel |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Moscow[1] New York[2][3] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mikayel Israyelyan[4] |
History | |
Launched | 1 January 1997 |
Former names | NTV International (1997–2002) |
Links | |
Website | rtvi.com |
RTVI is a global Russian-speaking multi-platform media, which includes a news website (about 4 million users per month) and other digital platforms (2.7 million subscribers): 6 YouTube channels, 2 Telegram channels and accounts in all major social networks. It broadcasts in 159 countries, has more than 350 broadcasting operators around the world and 20 million viewers.[citation needed]
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History
[edit]1990s
[edit]The channel was founded in 1997 by Vladimir Gusinsky as a part of NTV channel.[5] RTVI was owned by Russian businessman Ruslan Sokolov who bought the channel from Gusinsky in 2012. A group of Israeli private investors purchased RTVI International channel in 2017. In October 2019, the Armenia-born American Mikayel Israyelyan was named the new owner of RTVI.[4]
2000s - Ownership Changes
[edit]In the early 2000s Kiselev sold a majority stake in the network to a group of Russian and foreign investors. The change brought about shifts in editorial direction and programming.[citation needed]
Staff
[edit]RTVi's News Director till June 2020 was Ekaterina Kotrikadze. Russian journalist Alexey Pivovarov was appointed editor-in-chief in 2016. Pivovarov remained in this position till 25 June 2020.[4][6] On 10 March 2022, the general producer of RTVI Sergey Shnurov announced the temporary termination of cooperation with RTVI.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Maksim Gorozhanko (9 August 2022). "Телеканал, связанный с «Ростехом», продолжает вещание в США • «Агентство»". «Агентство» (in Russian). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "RTVI разрешили вещать на Украине. С 2018 года телеканал был под запретом". rtvi.com. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Телеканал RTVi". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Сотников, Даниил (Sotnikov, Daniil); Чуракова, Ольга (Churakova, Olga); Баданин, Роман (Badanin, Roman); Рубин, Михаил (Rubin, Mikhail); Сурначева, Елизавета (Surnacheva, Elizabeth) (25 December 2019). "Друзья по особым поручениям. Рассказ о том, как Сергей Чемезов связался с либералами" [Friends on special missions. The story of how Sergey Chemezov got in touch with liberals]. Проект Медиа (Proekt) (in Russian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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- ^ "Алексей Пивоваров покидает пост главного редактора RTVI" [Alexey Pivovarov leaves the post of editor-in-chief of RTVI]. rtvi.com (in Russian). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Сергей Шнуров временно сложил с себя обязанности генерального продюсера RTVI" [Sergey Shnurov temporarily resigned from his duties as the general producer of RTVI]. rtvi.com (in Russian). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.