Country | United States Germany Israel |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Moscow [1] New York [2] [3] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mikayel Israyelyan [4] |
History | |
Launched | 1 January 1997 |
Former names | NTV International (1997–2002) |
Links | |
Website | rtvi.com |
RTVI is a global Russian-speaking multi-platform media, which includes a news website (about 4 million users per month) and other digital platforms (2.7 million subscribers): 6 YouTube channels, 2 Telegram channels and accounts in all major social networks. It broadcasts in 159 countries, has more than 350 broadcasting operators around the world and 20 million viewers.[ citation needed ]
The channel was founded in 1997 by Vladimir Gusinsky as a part of NTV channel. [5] RTVI was owned by Russian businessman Ruslan Sokolov who bought the channel from Gusinsky in 2012. A group of Israeli private investors purchased RTVI International channel in 2017. In October 2019, the Armenia-born American Mikayel Israyelyan was named the new owner of RTVI. [4]
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