RTVI

RTVI
Launched 1 January 1997
Owned by Overseas Media (owned by private Israeli investors)
Picture format 576i 4:3 (SDTV)
Country United States
Germany
Israel
Broadcast area Worldwide (except Russia)
Formerly called NTV International (1997-2002)
Website rtvi.com
Old logo of RTVi
Subsidiary in Israel

RTVI (Russian Television International) is a New York-based international Russian-language privately owned television network. Its primary audiences are the Russian-speaking communities of Israel, Germany and the US. RTVI does not broadcast in Russia, but is available to the Russian audience online.

The channel studios are based in New York City, Tel-Aviv, Berlin and Riga. Additional news bureaus of RTVi are located in Washington DC, London, Moscow, Kiev, Tbilisi, Yerevan and Chisinau. The channel launched on 1 January 1997 as NTV International, before rebranding as RTVi in 2002.

It has special programs focused on Israeli politics and the Russian-speaking communities (for example, "Israel for a week") in Israel and also Germany (with the program "Germany for a week").

History

Ownership

The channel was founded in 1997 by Vladimir Gusinsky as a part of NTV channel. [1] RTVI was owned by Russian businessman Ruslan Sokolov who bought the channel from its founder Vladimir Gusinsky in 2012. A group of Israeli private investors purchased RTVI International channel in 2017.

Original Programming

RTVI airs daily world news, current affairs programs and family entertainment.

Distribution

RTVI broadcasts by satellite and cable in Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, Asia and Australia. RTVi's European feed is not available in Russia; however, all broadcasts are available online.

Audience

RTVI's principal audience are millions of Russian-speaking viewers outside Russia. RTVi is a major source of information, in some cases it’s the only TV channel available for Russian-speaking communities in a particular region. Russian TV journalist Alexey Pivovarov was appointed editor-in-chief in 2016[2].

Staff

RTVi's News Director and Editor-in-Chief is Ekaterine Kotrikadze. Alexey Zyunkin joined the team in May 2012 as RTVi's Vice President of Programming and Production.

References

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