REN TV

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Ren TV
Launched	January 1, 1997
Website	Ren-TV.com

REN TV (Cyrillic: Рен ТВ) is one of the largest (and first of its kind) private federal channels in Russia. It has been continusouly broadcasting since January 1, 1997. REN TV was formed by Irena Lesnevskaya and Dmitriy Lesnevskiy.

It was built on the foundation laid by the REN TV television production company, whose products have been shown with success on major national channels in Russia.

The REN TV network is comprised of 406 independent broadcasting companies in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). REN TV's programmes are received in 718 towns and cities on the territory of Russia from Kaliningrad on the West to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the East. REN TV's potential audience is 113,5 million viewers. In addition, REN TV is working with 10 over-the-air broadcasters and 19 cable operators in the CIS and Baltic region; 181 cities are capable of receiving REN TV's signal.

Until July, 1 2005 REN TV belong to its founder Irena Lesnevskaya and her son (30%) and the Russian energy company Unified Energy System headed by Anatoly Chubais. In 2006 the REN TV Media Holding was bought by the company RTL (30%) and the Russian companies Severstal (35 %) and Surgutneftegaz (35%).^[1]

On December 18, 2006 Lyubov Sovershaeva, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABRos Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Russia bank, became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ren TV Media Holding, replacing Alexey Germanovich, a Severstal representative. As of December 2006, ABRos Investment Company owns a considerable share of the Media Holding Ren TV. [1]

1 Original Programming
2 Politics
3 Trivia
4 Current Programming
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Original Programming

REN TV has also produced several popular original TV series.

Soldaty(Russian: Солдаты, Trans.: Soldiers) A series following groups of recruits drafted into the Russian Army for their mandatory two years of military service.
Studenty (Russian: Студенты, Trans.: Students) A series following the social lives of several MGU students.
Turisty (Russian: Туристы, Trans.: Tourists) A series following several couples on vacation on a beach resort in Turkey.

All three of these shows are produced by the Company Lean-M TV.

[edit] Politics

In November 2005 REN TV fired Olga Romanova, a popular russian reporter.^[2] In reaction of solidarity and protest to her dismissal several journalist colleagues quitted Ren TV. In an exclusive interview given to RFE/RL's Russian Service, Yelena Fedorova explained her reasons for submitting her resignation as information service editor at Russia's REN-TV. ^[3]

[edit] Trivia

REN TV's potential audience in Moscow and Moscow Oblast is 12,3 million people.

REN TV's target audience is a young to middle-age city worker. Even though it focuses mostly on the audience in the 18 to 45 demographic, REN TV offers programming for a wide range of demographics, since the target viewer has a family and respects family values.

REN TV still has a large production base, and most of the content it airs is manufactured by REN TV, including news programmes, soap operas, comedies, action films, and many many others.