RTVI

international Russian-language media

RTVI (Russian Television International), more recently stylized as RTVi, is a privately-owned international Russian-language 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.

RTVI
CountryUnited States
Germany
Israel
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersMoscow[1]
Long Island City[2]
Programming
Picture format576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerRuslan Sokolov until October 2019 then Mikayel Israyelyan[3]
History
Launched1 January 1997
Former namesNTV International (1997–2002)
Links
Websitertvi.com
Availability
Cable
Charter SpectrumChannel 1613
OptimumChannel 1182
Satellite
DirecTV (USA)Channel 2148
IPTV
Verizon FiOS (USA)Channel 1776

The channel studios are based in New York City, Tel Aviv, Berlin and Riga. Additional news bureaus of RTVi are located in Washington, D.C., London, Moscow, Kyiv, 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, "This Week in Israel") in Israel and also Germany (with the program "This Week in Germany").

References change

  1. "RTVI". rtvi.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. "RTVI.TV". rtvi.tv. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. Сотников, Даниил (Sotnikov, Daniil); Чуракова, Ольга (Churakova, Olga); Баданин, Роман (Badanin, Roman); Рубина, Михаила (Rubin, Mikhail); Сурначевой, Елизаветы (Surnacheva, Elizabeth) (25 December 2019). "Друзья по особым поручениям. Рассказ о том, как Сергей Чемезов связался с либералами" [Friends on special missions. The story of how Sergey Chemezov got in touch with liberals]. Проект Медиа (Proekt) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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