Natsionalna Telekompanya Ukraïny
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Natsionalna Telekompania Ukrainy (English: National Television Company of Ukraine) is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. Its President is Vitaly Dokalenko. It is state-run, and operates the television channel UT-1. UT-2 and UT-3 are operated by "Studio 1+1" and "Inter" respectevely. Rival commercial channels attract more viewers.
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[edit] History of Kyiv Telecentre
The first official attempt to broadcast live in Ukraine was made on February 1, 1939. The shooting was made in a tiny studio in Kyiv. The first live broadcasting was 40 minutes long. It showed the portrait of Sergo Ordzhonikidze.
After a long pause that lasted since the first day of World War II, the second birth of Ukrainian television took place. On November 6, 1951, the Kyiv Telecentre made a debut with the broadcasting of a patriotic movie "The Graet Glow". Next day the Telecentre went on air again by broadcasting the solemn measures of celebreating the 34th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. On May 1, 1952, a concert went on air (shot in the only studio of the Telecentre - Studio B) of great ukrainian singers, soloist of the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko Opera Theater. The anchorwoman of the concert was the Kyiv Telecentre's first announcer - Novela Separionova. In 1953, the construction of the building of the Kyiv Telecentre on Khreshchatyk was finished right after the finishing of the Moscow and Leningrad Telecentres. Regular programs startes to go on air since 1956. Until that year, the Telecentre went on air twice a day showing feature films or documentaries. Live broadcasting (which makes TV announcers proud today) was the only form of broadcasting. Recording video became usual in mid-1960s.
[edit] Ukrainian Television (UT)
On January 20, 1965, spectators in some Ukrainain oblasts (regions) could see a screen with two big capital letters "УТ" ("UT"). The Ukrainian Republican United Television started its work. Its time on air was approximately 200 hours in 1965.
On March 6, 1972, the UT started to go on air on two channels at a time - УТ-1 (UT-1) and УТ-2 (UT-2).
In the end of the 1970s the building of the UT on Khreshchatyk was reconstructed and the employees got five more studios, but the question of building a new modern TV-center was raised soon. The construction of the new UT headquarters started in 1983 and was finished in 1993.
In 2002 the National Television Company of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Space Agency started to broadcast First National (UT-1) through a satellite abroad.
In 2004 the UT-2 channel stopped its broadcasting. Channel 1+1 started its broadcasting on UT-2's frequency. UT-1 was recalled First Channel.
In 2005 Taras Stets'kiv became the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine. First Channel prepared to and held Eurovision 2005 Song Contest successfully in Kyiv.
In 2006 Vitaliy Dokalenko was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine by Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko.
[edit] UT-2
Channel UT-2 is used by the commercial Studio "1+1". "1+1" (in Ukrainian: Oдин плюс один, liter.: "Odyn plujs odyn") is a national Ukrainian-speaking TV channel, a leader in Ukrainian TV production as it is one of the favourite channels of Ukrainian viewers. Once it became the favorite on Ukrainian television market, standing between the three chief Ukrainian TV channels next to such as "Inter" and "UT-1", it remained so for a number of years so far.
[edit] UT-3
The third channel of UT is used by the commercial television network "Inter". Inter (in Ukrainian: Інтер) is Ukrainian national TV channel owned by Ukrainian independent TV-corporation. Inter currently holds the highest number of audience closely followed by 1+1 channel. In 2003 Inter launched its international version named Inter+
[edit] The Network Today
First Channel is the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are oriented on all social layers of the Ukrainian society and national minorities. Among priority directions of the network are informative publicism, popular scientific, culturologic, entertaining and sport-oriented ones.
[edit] Future Goals
It is planned that UT will be changed to Social Television Network in 2009. The government will lose its direct control over the national network. The Social Television Network will contain of several channels, such as, "First Channel", "Second Channel", "Euronews Ukraine" and "Ukraine and the World".
