VID (TV Company)

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VID is a Russian TV Company that makes the show Wait for Me, designed to help people find their loved ones and also Pole Chudes which is a Russian version of Wheel of Fortune.

[edit] History

The VID TV Company was found in 1990 by Vladislav Listyev when he tried to make his show Vsglyad more funded. VID means "view" in Russian and it was supposed to be a "view" on Russian and Soviet politics. The VID TV company was not able to obtain a separate channel but instead had to base itself on the state First Channel. Listyev later found some other programs including Rush Hour, Field of Wonder, Guess the Melody and Star Hour.

In 1995 Listyev went to work on ORT. He was later killed. VID was then headed by Aleksandr Lyubimov.

VID allowed many celebrities to advance their careers: Sergei Bodrov Jr. was the dictor of Vsglyad after Listyev and Lyubimov, Leonid Yakubovich became a comic figure due to his Field of Wonder appearances and Valdis Pelsh was the dictor of Guess the Melody (himself being a musician). Now the program Wait for Me is led by actor Igor Kvasha.