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- Designed to bridge the Ocean
- Directly addresses audiences thirsty for
dialog with Russian people and starving to understand the Russian
way of life and thinking
- Gives a podium to those who have a say
in Russian politics, economy, and culture
MISSION
To create a contemporary channel delivering the best
Russian programming from Moscow specially made for Russian speakers
abroad and for all those interested in Russia
We must speak openly
We must have the podium to speak openly
We must educate ourselves to speak openly
We must know who we are to speak openly
We must have a reason to speak openly
We must live
We must know
We must enjoy
We are born to bridge the gap
BASICS
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- Format: news, entertaining and musical TV channel
- Launched August 1, 2002
- Broadcasting 24 hours, 7 days a week - from Moscow
Ostankino studios
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- Geographic coverage: territories of North America
(Intelsat 6 encoded signal), Europe and Middle East (Atlantic
Bird 1 decoded signal as yet)
- Russia and the CIS – are covered by sister
Nostalgia TV channel
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BOUND FOR SUCCESS
Founded on three core elements:
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Stability: independent multimedia
producer with strong positions in Russian TV and advertising
markets
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High-Tech: advantage of modern broadcasting
equipment to ensure quality
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Experience: VKT has been active
in television and video production market since 1989 and employs
skilled professionals
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MAIN RUSSIAN PARTNERS
• NTV and NTV Plus – the leader of Russian
television market
• REN-TV – the popular Russian TV Channel and leading
production company
• RBC-TV – the fast growing Russian business TV producer
PROGRAMMING
OVERVIEW
Rich, diverse programming tailored to the needs
of the Russian-speaking community overseas
- Daily and weekly news
- Life interactive talk shows
- Musical programs and video clips
- Game-shows
- Educational programs
- Entertainment
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- Sports
- Travel
- Feature movies
- Theatre performances
- Documentaries
- Cartoons
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- Top-notch newscasts - the only non-governmental
TV news in Russia now exclusively at the Russian World channel
for US viewers.
- The crème de la crème of the Soviet
TV, inter alia,
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Vzglyad (Glance – Perestroika
first life talk show), KVN (Club of Cheerful and Resourceful –
students’ satire and humor competition), Vesyolye Rebyata
(Cheering Guys – first ever Soviet clip production, parodies,
candid eye), Namedni (Recently – depicting year-by-year 1961-1991
landmarks), Kabachok 13 Stulyev (13 Chairs Pub – super popular
comedy and musical show), concerts from Voskresenie rock band to
USSR singing star Magomaev.
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BORN IN THE USSR
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Unique project giving everyone the possibility
to question people in the studio
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The show attracting the stars from Russian
business, political, cultural and scientific elite anxious to
have a direct overseas dialogue
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The everyday prime-time challenge and mind
twisting teaser to those who want to understand New Russia
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SEVALOGIA
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Hosted
by Seva Novgorodtsev, legendary radio personality
aired in “iron curtain” times at the
BBC Russian Service programs.
Recollecting Soviet pop music, Russian rock, underground concerts
and rebel theatres, first USSR hippies and “stylish guys”,
dress tendencies, remembering those who followed the official path
and those who opposed the regime.
All that influenced the generation |
BACK TO THE USSR
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Hosted by famous Soviet underground Western video film interpreter
Leonid Volodarsky.
Program guests remembering USSR life details – books and
meals, communal housing and Crimea health resorts, first trips
abroad and first cars in private ownership…
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THERE WERE TIMES…
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with Soviet stars with their films, photos, and – more
important – their memoirs of most significant and interesting
events… of Afghan war and Prague Spring, Cuban revolution
and Chernobyl tragedy, La Bourget air crash and creation of science-cities,
Moscow 1980 Olympics and Dzerzhinsky monument dismantling following
1991 coup.
Witnessing Soviet history...
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LET’S SING, FRIENDS!
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Sunday life bard party – a musical show for those who
love famous bard guitar songs of the second half of XX century.
Host Natalia Kozelkova and her guests remember people who created
the bard singing genre and share the joint creativity atmosphere.
Video and audio history of bard songs with viewers’ calls
to the studio.
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