Inter (TV channel)

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Not to be confused with Inter TV or Rede InterTV.
Інтер
ORT
ClosedInter+:
January 1, 2021 (Russia)
December 1, 2021 (Ukraine on HD)
December 3, 2021 (Denmark)
January 23, 2022 (Romania, Sweden, Turkey)
January 31, 2022 (on Dish Network)
February 2, 2022 (Colombia, Uruguay)
February 20, 2022 (Peru)
February 28, 2022 (Mexico)
March 1, 2022 (Macedonia, Poland, Latin America)
Replaced byInter in the context of the 2014 annexation of Crimea:
Channel One Russia (in Sebastopol)
NTV (in Simferopol)
Links
Websitehttp://inter.ua/
Availability
Terrestrial
ZeonbudMX-1 (7)
Streaming media
Inter LiveWatch live

Inter (Ukrainian: Інтер) is a Ukrainian television channel. It covers 99.7 percent of Ukraine's territory.[note 1][1] According to Kyiv Post it is among the most-watched television channels in Ukraine.[1][2][failed verification][3]

Inter features a general programming mix appealing to both young and old audience, includes movies, music, drama, documentaries, news, kids' programs etc.[citation needed]

In between of 2014 and 2016 the channel was heavily criticized by pro-western political activists and accused of spreading pro-Russian propaganda and advancing Russian political agenda in context of ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War at the time.

History

The channel was founded by the Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation in 1996.

Besides its international version of the channel as the business project, Inter now consists of several similar projects. Those are 07 Production - a studio of the documentary films, NIS - an information studio featuring Podrobytsi, Pirat Production - a studio of the entertaining shows.

There are also over five other independent channels such as

Megasport, Enter-Film, and Enter-Music (a Ukrainian version of MTV
).

On September 15, 2016, Kateryna Shkuratova was appointed Chairperson of the Board of Inter TV channel.

Inter Plus

Inter Plus (

Kabel Deutschland and encrypted in Europe & Russia on Sirius 2 & ABS 1 satellites. As of March 30, 2011, Inter Plus is no longer available on Dish Network.[5]

Inter+ is also available in Canada via IMB+ Records, an IPTV provider.[6]

Programming

Personalities

  • Andriy Danilevych (Podrobytsi Tyzhnia)
  • Hanna Homonai (Novyny)
  • Volodymyr Horiansky (Ranok z Interom)
  • Yevhen Koshovy
    (Vechirniy Kvartal)
  • Olha Kotlytska (Na Pershy Pohliad)
  • Olena Kravets (Vechirniy Kvartal)
  • Yulia Lytvynenko (Pozaochi)
  • Dasha Malakhova Archived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (Kartata Potata)
  • Ihor Pelykh (Na Svoyu Holovu) (died in a car crash May 8, 2009)[7]
  • Ruslan Senichkin (Podrobytsi)
  • Nataliya Sumska
    (Kliuchovy Moment)
  • Olha Sumska (Ranok z Interom)
  • Masha Yefrosinina
    (Liniya Konfliktu)
  • Iryna Yusupova (Podrobytsi)
  • Anastasia Zavorotniuk (Kukhnia dlia Chaynykiv)
  • Volodymyr Zelensky
    (Vechirniy Kvartal)
  • Yevgeny Kiselyov (in charge of the news production)[8]

Ownership

The channel was founded by the Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation in 1996. The

Valeriy Khoroshkovsky. Pegas was taken over by Pluzhnikov's wife, Svitlana, who has 10% ownership of the Ukrainian independent TV-corporation.[3] There is speculation that she does not have any influence on the business of the telechannel, Inter. As of December 2012 61% of the shares are owned by Ukrainian Mediaproject, 29% by Channel One and 10% by Pluzhnikov's widow.[3] According to Yaroslav Porokhniak, head of the management board of Inter, the Russian shareholders have no say in the channel's editorial or programming policies.[3]

In September Valeriy became the head of the Observing Council and in 2006 made some changes in the management. In 2007 on the base of Ukrainian Mediaproject was established

U.A. Inter Media Group
financial holdings.

General producers
Information service managers

The channel is part of

GDF Media Limited; since Dmytro Firtash bought 100 percent of Inter Media Group Limited (back) from Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi on 1 February 2013.[1] In June 2007 Khoroshkovskyi had expanded his U.A. Inter Media Group Ltd with various other channels bought from Firtash.[11]

GDF Media Limited also owns NTN, K1,

Mega, Enter-Film, K2, Pixel and Zoom.[1]

Clock

Clock is shown before information programs to indicate the beginning and the end of air, and before and after preventive prevention. From October 20, 1996 to October 19, 2000 the clock was silent.

  • From October 20, 1996 to October 19, 2000 on a black background show the watch with a green dial, white numbers, white lettering ІНТЕР, white hour and minute hands, red second hand. The clock was silent.
  • From 20 October 2000 to 23 August 2007 on a blue background in the lower left corner shows the blue cubes in the center on a white strip running news line (in the morning and in the afternoon in the Ukrainian language, in the evening - in Russian), below there were sites www. inter.ua and www.podrobnosti.ua on the gray bar, even lower on a white strip - electronic time. In the evening, there was podrobnosti.ua site on the right.
  • From 24 August 2007 to 30 June 2013 a clock in the earth-TV format was shown, against cities in the world above shows a city, country information, current time, the weather in the city, the word "ПРЯМЕ ВКЛЮЧЕННЯ" at the bottom of the inscription "В КІЄВІ" and electronic time.
  • From 6 September 2010 to 30 June 2013 on the background of Ukrainian cities at the top was shown the information about the city, the word "ПРЯМЕ ВКЛЮЧЕННЯ", in the bottom right corner the electronic time.
  • From July 1 to August 25, 2013 on a blue background in the center was shown up the globe, "signals" in the center of a three-dimensional ball, white dial, hands also white.
  • Since August 26, 2013 to the present time, against the backdrop of a cloudy sky is shown an electronic time on the windows of a skyscraper.

Controversies

According to critics the channel used to be directly controlled by the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) until the 2004 Orange Revolution.[12][13]

In January 2009 (former)

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refused to appear on Inter television programs criticizing the channel's associates of their professional ethics.[9]

On 21 February 2014, 16 journalists of the channel claimed to have been the victim of censorship (in the form of having been forced to make "pro-

Maidan revolution", President Viktor Yanukovych (the one the 16 journalist had complained about being forced to make propaganda for) was removed from office.[16]

Early September 2016 the Inter studios were attacked and then blockaded for three days by St Mary's battalion who accused it of being to pro-Russian amidst of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[2]

Criticism

In 2014 "Inter" the TV channel informational policy repeatedly caused negative reaction of society. There even was created a Facebook group Blacklist Inter (Ukrainian: «Інтер в ігнор»).[17] Also Euromaidan activists have called for boycott of this TV channel[18] and asked its employees not to lie in air.[19] Censorship on "Inter" was reported earlier.[20]

Russian and Russian-language broadcasting content

See also: Boycott Russian Films

Since 2014 "Inter" was criticized for the broadcasting of Russian serials. According to results of monitoring made by "Boycott Russian cinema" activists, in September "Inter" took 3rd place among top-10 nationwide TV-channels which demonstrate Russian films and serials. During the period from 8th to 14 September Russian content lasted in average 11 hours and 15 minutes per day.[21][22] According to monitoring data of 27 September Russian content took already 67% on this channel.[23]

On December 11, 2014 "

2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, on the main entrance. Activists claimed that "Inter" takes second place among TV channels concerning the amount of Russian origin content. Protesters announced that Russian films and serials on "Inter" glorify Russian armed forces, which is unacceptable during the war.[24][25]

According to monitoring results held from 1 to 7 December the amount of Russian origin content has increased up to 13 hours and 15 minutes per day.[26]

Scandal on New Year's night TV shows

From December 31, 2014 to January 1, 2015 during celebration of the New Year this channel broadcast New Year show "Wait for me in the New Year" (

Podrobnosti" publicly dissociated from New Year shows with Russian stars participating,[35] and announced that the timetable of TV programs was changed incorrectly.[36][37]

Member of expert commission on distributing and showing films Serhiy Osnach claims that "Inter" violates regulation about compulsory 50% of Ukrainian content[38] (article 9 of Law Of Ukraine "About television and radiobroadcasting"). From December 5 to 11, 2015 activists of "Boycott Russian Films" campaign have made a monitoring, results of which confirmed what expert said. Activists calculated that there is 17% of Ukrainian content on "Inter".[39][40]

On January 15, 2015 National Council for Radio and Television of Ukraine gave a warning to "Inter" for program broadcasting.[41]

In January 2015 "Kyivstar" company cancelled its advertisement movies on "Inter": "We stopped placing advertisement movies on "Inter". It is important for us that our advertisement correspond with patriotic values, which "Kyivstar" puts in advertisement as a national Ukrainian operator."[41]

See also

  • List of Ukrainian language television channels
  • Channel One (Russia)

Notes

  1. ^ According to the channel's own information

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Khoroshkovsky sells Inter channel to Firtash (UPDATED), Kyiv Post (1 February 2013)
  2. ^ a b Ukrainian siege of 'pro-Russian' Inter TV studios ends, BBC News (6 September 2016)
  3. ^ a b c d Shills no more? Inter TV comes cleaner on ownership, pledges fairer news coverage, Kyiv Post (27 December 2012)
  4. ^ The visit card of the channel
  5. ^ "3/30/2011 2:46pm - Uplink Activity Report - 33 changes". www.satelliteguys.us. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
  6. ^ http://www.imb-plus.tv/
  7. ^ Famous TV host Pelykh dies in car crash in Kyiv early on Friday, Interfax-Ukraine (May 8, 2009)
  8. ^ Shuster back at Inter channel, Kyiv Post (19 February 2013)
  9. ^ a b Inter TV Channel Denies Businessman Firtash's Being Among Shareholders Of Company Archived 2013-02-08 at archive.today, Ukrainian News Agency (January 23, 2009)
  10. ^ "U.A. Inter Media Group - Official website". Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  11. ^ "Khoroshkovsky Creates New Media Giant in Ukraine". Kommersant. June 27, 2007. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2010. (in English and Russian)
    Oligarchs strengthen grip over TV. Kyiv Post (August 19, 2011)
    Tax administration to check on TV channels of Inter media group, Kyiv Post (4 January 2012)
  12. ISBN 0-300-09545-7
  13. The Jamestown Foundation
    (August 17, 2005)
  14. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (21 February 2014)
  15. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (25 February 2014)
  16. ^ Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president, BBC News (23 February 2014)
    Ukraine protests timeline, BBC News (23 February 2014)
  17. ^ "Інтер: INTER V IGNOR". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  18. ^ "Совет "Майдана" призвал украинцев к бойкоту телеканала "Интер"". LB.ua. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  19. ^ Протистояння на Грушевського: Журналіст "Інтера" бреше у прямому ефірі (відео повністю). 20.01.2014.
  20. ^ Про цензуру на «Інтері» на сайті «Лівий берег»
  21. ^ Російське кіно все ще домінує на українському телепросторі (in Ukrainian). Espreso TV. 09.09.2014
  22. ^ Українські канали показують у день по 7,5 годин російських передач (in Ukrainian). Tvoye misto. 23.09.2014
  23. ^ Кількість російського контенту на українських екранах збільшується, - дослідження (in Ukrainian). Espreso TV. 30.09.2014
  24. Radio Liberty
    . 11.12.2014
  25. ^ «Російські фільми на «Інтері» - наші герої на цвинтарі!» – біля офісу "Інтера" пройшла протестна акція (in Ukrainian). Espreso TV. 11.12.2014
  26. ^ Обсяги російського контенту на українському ТБ зростають попри війну, — «Відсіч» (in Ukrainian). Galinfo. 19.11.2014
  27. ^ «Интер», как и все каналы, боится потерять аудиторию, — Береза Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). Пресса Украины. 01.01.2015
  28. 1+1
    . 01.01.2015
  29. ^ #ИнтерБойкот. Соцсети взорвались из-за «российских песен и плясок» на «Интере» (in Russian). Obozrevatel. 01.01.2015
  30. Radio Liberty
    . 01.01.2015
  31. ^ Нацсовет по телевидению займется «пророссийским» Новым годом на «Интере» (in Russian). Obozrevatel. 01.01.2015
  32. ^ Юрий Стець не будет лишать «Интер» лицензии Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian). Delo. 01.01.2015
  33. 1+1
    . 01.01.2015
  34. ^ У «Інтера» вимагають забрати ліцензію за антиукраїнських російських виконавців в новорічному ефірі (in Ukrainian). Telekrytyka. 01.01.2015
  35. Podrobnosti
    . Inter. 01.01.2015
  36. ^ Як «Інтер» у душу плюнув, а потім забрав свій плювок назад (in Ukrainian). Telekrytyka. 01.01.2015
  37. ^ «Інтер» знімає з ефіру всі святкові концерти та мюзикли, в тому числі і власного виробництва (in Ukrainian). Telekrytyka. 02.01.2015
  38. ^ Інтер порушує норму про 50% українського контенту, — експерт Оснач (in Ukrainian). Hromadske Radio. 04.01.2015
  39. user-generated source
    ]
  40. ^ Телеканали «Україна» та «Інтер» порушують закон, - Громадянський рух Відсіч (in Ukrainian). Galinfo. 12.01.2015
  41. ^
    1+1
    . 16.01.2015

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