Zvezda (TV channel)

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Channel Zvezda
телеканал «Звезда»

Country	Russia
Broadcast area	Russia
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Programming
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9
Ownership
Owner	Russian Ministry of Defence (through Zvezda Armed Forces Teleradio Company)
History
Launched	16 May 2005 (began broadcasting on 20 February 2005)
Availability
Terrestrial
Russian-wide broadcast	Channel 17 (DVB-T2)
Satellite
NTV Plus (Russia)	-
Streaming media
Channel Zvezda internet broadcast	https://m.tvzvezda.ru/schedule/

Zvezda (Russian: всероссийский государственный вещательный телеканал «Звезда», IPA: [zvʲɪˈzda] (listen), lit. 'The Star') is a Russian state-owned nationwide TV network run by the Russian Ministry of Defence. As of January 2008, Zvezda's CEO was Grigory Krichevsky, previously known for his work on Vladimir Gusinsky's NTV Channel in the late 1990s.

History[]

In 1998 Central Television and Radio Studio of the Russian Ministry of Defense wins the tender to broadcast the channel in the competition. On July 17, 2000 Zvezda channel was licensed for broadcasting. On September 2001 broadcasting had yet started, while received a warning from the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media for a two-week period of correction.

On February 20, 2005 Zvezda channel first began broadcasting on 57th UHF channel in Moscow. Feature of the channel is to show programs on patriotic themes: information and analytical programs, as well as Russian movies. On the first day of broadcasting the channel aired a documentary about firefighters, until May 16, 2005 broadcast was limited to the evening. On May 16, 2005 the channel began to broadcast around the clock. In 2006 Zvezda was for the first time broadcast in all of Russia. In 2007 the audience of the channel grew further, as it was included in the package of NTV+. Since 2009 Zvezda is a federal status channel. On 14 December 2012 the channel entered into the . In this case, the channel had only one position for the competition.

In March 2015, Zvezda offered a presenting job to Jeremy Clarkson less than 24 hours after he was dismissed by the BBC from motoring programme Top Gear.^[1]

Controversies[]

"Zvezda" describes itself as "patriotic" and is considered one of the most sensational and anti-Western news channels in Russia. It has a reputation for publishing biased news stories which favor the Russian government. It has published several controversial news articles in the past, for example:^[2][3]

• Finnish military provocations started the Winter War;
• Czechoslovakia should be grateful for the Soviet military intervention of 1968.^[4] After this publication caused significant controversy in Czech Republic, Dmitry Medvedev disavowed himself from the article, saying it does not reflect the official Russian statement expressed in 1993 or 2006.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website