Channel One Russia

Channel One
Первый канал
Country	Russia
Headquarters	Ostankino Technical Center, Moscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)	Russian
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) 4K (during World Cup 2018)
Ownership
Owner	(in 2020); Federal Agency for State Property Management (38.9%); National Media Group (29%); VTB Capital (20%); TASS (9.1%); Ostankino Technical Center (3.0%)
Key people	Konstantin Lvovich Ernst, CEO
Sister channels	Karusel; Telecafe; Dom Kino; Music One TV; Vremya; Dom Kino Premium; Bober; Perviy Kanal Evraziya;
History
Launched	9 March 1938
Replaced	Programme One (Soviet Era) (1951–1991)
Former names	1991–1995: Channel 1 Ostankino; 1995–2002: Public Russian Television (ORT)
Links
Website	www.1tv.ru (Russian); www.1tv.com (Russian)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 1
Streaming media
Channel One internet broadcast	www.1tv.ru/live

Channel One (Russian: Первый канал, romanized: Pervý kanal, IPA: [ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal], lit. 'First Channel') is a Russian state-controlled television channel.^[3]^[vague] It is the first television channel to broadcast in the Russian Federation. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow.

From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (Russian: Общественное Российское Телевидение, romanized: Obshchestvennoye Rossiyskoye Televideniye, ORT [oˈɛrˈtɛ]).^[4]

Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015.^[5]

^ "Abramovich has sold VTB share in the "Channel One"". Коммерсантъ. 7 March 2019.
^ "National Media Group acquired 4% of the shares of Channel One from Roman Abramovich's company". Интерфакс. 26 August 2018.
^ "Russian media brood over cause of air crash". BBC News. 1 November 2015.
^ "Home Page ORT (English)". 19 April 1997. Archived from the original on 19 April 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
^ Annual report of the open joint-stock company "Channel One"

[1] "Abramovich has sold VTB share in the "Channel One"". Коммерсантъ. 7 March 2019.

[2] "National Media Group acquired 4% of the shares of Channel One from Roman Abramovich's company". Интерфакс. 26 August 2018.

[3] "Russian media brood over cause of air crash". BBC News. 1 November 2015.

[4] "Home Page ORT (English)". 19 April 1997. Archived from the original on 19 April 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

[5] Annual report of the open joint-stock company "Channel One"

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