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Mass media in Russia continued to develop in 2000s, as the number of periodicals, broadcasting companies and electronic media has more than doubled from 1997 to 2006. [21] In 2005 a state-run English language Russia Today TV started broadcasting, and its Arabic version Rusiya Al-Yaum was launched in 2007.
Operations. VGTRK owns and operates five national television stations, two international networks, five radio stations, and 80 regional TV and radio networks. It also runs the information agency Rossiya Segodnya. The All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) is Russia's largest media corporation.
Television in Russia. Television is the most popular medium in Russia, with 74% of the population watching national television channels routinely and 59% routinely watching regional channels. [1] There are 6,700 television channels in total. [2] Before going digital television, 3 channels have a nationwide outreach (over 90% coverage of the ...
MIA Rossiya Segodnya (Russian: Россия сегодня, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə sʲɪˈgodʲnʲə]; lit. 'Russia Today') is a media group owned and operated by the Russian government, created on the basis of RIA Novosti. [1][2][3][4] The group owns and operates Sputnik, RIA Novosti, inoSMI and several other entities. The head of the organisation ...
RT (formerly Russia Today or Rossiya Segodnya; Russian: Россия Сегодня) [8] is a Russian state-controlled [1] international news television network funded by the Russian government. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] It operates pay television and free-to-air channels directed to audiences outside of Russia, as well as providing Internet content in ...
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan[a] (born 6 April 1980) is a Russian media executive. She is the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, [1][2][3] as well as the state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya. [4] Simonyan covered the Second Chechen War in the 2000s while working as a journalist.
RIA Novosti (Russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN (РИАН) or RIA (РИА), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013, by a decree of Vladimir Putin, it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency. [1] On 8 April 2014, RIA Novosti ...
REN TV. REN TV (Russian: РЕН ТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television network. It was founded on 1 January 1997 by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitry Lesnevsky, who had been running REN TV as a production house for other national Russian television channels. Though it focuses mostly on audiences aged between 18 and 45 years old, the ...