NewsOne (Ukrainian TV channel)

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NewsOne
CountryUkraine
Programming
Picture format576i 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Taras Kozak, formerly Yevhen Murayev
History
LaunchedDecember 17, 2005 (2005-12-17)
ClosedFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
Links
Website newsone.ua

NewsOne was a pro-Russian information and educational TV channel in Ukraine. It was a member of the Novyny media holding group unofficially owned by politician Viktor Medvedchuk through his associate Taras Kozak. [1]

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NewsOne aired from 2005 to 2021. Due to the anti-Ukrainian activities of its owners (Medvedchuk and Kozak), the signals of the TV channels of the media holding were blocked on 2 February 2021 by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the decision of the National Security and Defense Council. [2] On 26 February 2021, from the closed channels of the media holding—NewsOne, ZIK and 112 Ukraine—a new TV channel was created - "First Independent" , where the journalists of the closed TV channels moved. [3]

The TV channel had a clear anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian bias and was considered one of the leading pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian TV channels in Ukraine at the time. [4] [5] [6]

History

On 17 January 2014, Yevhen Muraev, a deputy from the Party of Regions, bought the TV channel from Vadym Rabinovych. In May of the same year, the channel was headed by Igor Zolotarevsky, former director of Ukraine's broadcasting department, and his former deputy, Daryna Ogir (according to official documents, Anton Averyanov was the director and Daryna Ogir was a member of the channel's editorial board).

On 10 November 2014, the TV channel started broadcasting in 16:9 format.

On 2 March 2015, media manager Oleksiy Semenov became general producer of the channel.

On 24 August 2015, the TV channel changed its logo, design, graphics and studio.

At the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016, the channel was the third most popular information channel in Ukraine. In 2016, the channel was included in the main cable networks of Ukraine and was broadcast in analog and digital in HD and SD formats. [7] It was included in the terrestrial digital DVB-T package in the Kyiv region.

Satellite broadcasting was carried out through the Astra 4A satellite to Ukraine, Europe and the western regions of European Russia.

Owners

Until August 2010, the channel belonged to Rudolf Kirnos, owner of RU Music;

Scandals and illegal activities

Since 14 June 2019, the TV channel has been part of the Noviny media holding owned by Taras Kozak, an ally of Ukrainian pro-Russian politician and Vladimir Putin's godfather, Viktor Medvedchuk, [7] which also includes ZIK and 112 Ukraine. [9]

The channel promoted political forces close to its owner and his anti-Ukrainian position.

On 29 November 2017, during the political show "Ukrainian Format", the then-owner of the TV channel Yevgeny Muraev defended Russian propaganda stamps about the Maidan and called the Revolution of Dignity a "coup d'etat", which drew criticism from several MPs on the show and social media users. 14] . In her article in the online publication Media Detector, media critic Inna Dolzhenkova accused Muraev of treason.

In early December 2017, the entrance to the NewsOne building was blocked by unknown individuals in military uniform. According to then-owner Yevhen Muraev, Dmytro Korchynskyi, leader of the Bratstvo party, was responsible.

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References

  1. ↑ "Канал Медведчука NewsOne позапланово перевірять через зверхні висловлювання про українську мову" [Medvedchuk's NewsOne channel was inactivated due to statements about the Ukrainian language]. Channel 24 (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Вимкнули «канали Медведчука»: перші пояснення та реакції в соцмережах". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Команда «каналів Медведчука» розпочала мовлення на Першому незалежному". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "«Формат телеканалу ZIK піде у бік проросійських «112» і NewsOne»". Високий Замок (in Ukrainian). 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "NewsOne виправдовується: Телеміст із Росією – для народу, а не політиків". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "У нас погані новини". ТЕКСТИ.ORG.UA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Про нас | NewsONE". newsone.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Вадим Рабінович продав телеканал News One регіоналу Євгену Мураєву". Телекритика. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Тарас Козак став новим власником каналу ZIK і створив медіахолдинг, який очолив Олексій Семенов". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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