Among the most popular television channels are Novy Kanal and ICTV. Let us dwell in more detail on their description.
ICTV is a nationwide Ukrainian television channel. Its name translates from English as International Commercial Television – International Commercial Television.
ICTV first went on air on June 15, 1992. ICTV entered round-the-clock broadcasting in 2000. Statistics from 2008 show that more than sixty percent of Ukraine's population is in the area of reliable reception of the ICTV television signal. This is the fourth coverage indicator in the country.
In December 2008, data provided by GfK Ukraine showed that the channel's share among the television audience was 8.38 percent. According to the latest data collected in 2013, the majority of viewers were the target audience of 'men aged 25 to 45'. In 2012, statistics regarding this television audience amounted to 11.14%, as reported by the GfK Ukraine 50,000+ panel.
The concern RRT acted as a co-founder of the ICTV channel, which opened up opportunities for creating a high-quality and powerful coverage network. Also, the company 'Story First' became one of the co-founders. Part of the shares of this company are held by the world-famous film producer 'Universal'.
ICTV television channel is part of the Ukrainian media group StarLightMedia.
The owner of this channel is a Ukrainian philanthropist, owner of a world-famous art center, businessman Viktor Pinchuk. The director-president of the television company is Alexander Bogutsky.
A related channel to ICTV is the equally popular 'Novy Kanal' (Ukrainian: 'Novy Kanal'). 'Novy Kanal' is also a Ukrainian nationwide television channel.
Novy Kanal began its large-scale public activity on February 27, 1998, but its official birthday is July 12, 1998. This date is considered the date of the first live broadcast, hosted by Lidiya Taran and Anastasia Obraztsova.
At first, this channel was a city channel and broadcast only in Kyiv. From 1999, it expanded its scope to six regional centers of Ukraine. From 2000, the channel was already broadcast in seventeen large cities of Ukraine.
From the very beginning, Novy Kanal established itself as a TV channel for 'young people from fourteen to thirty, with an active life position, constantly interested in something new, independent of conservatism, loving life in all its manifestations and colors'. Novy Kanal is part of the largest independent Ukrainian media company StarLightMedia. The channel's airtime is filled with a large number of films, animated works, and entertainment shows.
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