STB (TV channel)
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| Ownership | |
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| Owner | Starlight Media Group 50% Modern Times Group |
| Key people | Volodymyr Borodyanskyi, Oleksiy Mustafin[1] |
| History | |
| Launched | 23 June 1997 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.stb.ua |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Zeonbud | MX-1 (6) |
STB (Ukrainian: СТБ) is a Ukrainian commercial television network. Today, the coverage area of the network is 85% of Ukraine's territory. It is broadcast in all Oblast centers and all Ukrainian cities with a population greater than 50,000. It occupies the 1st place in the list of the leading TV networks in Ukraine.[citation needed]
The channel is a part of
History
The founders of the networks were Ukrainian and
In 1999, STB fell under the influence of companies of the Russian
In 2000, the popularity of the channel rose. The most popular programs are Vikna. News., Vikna. Business., Vikna. Capital-city., Vikna. Crimes., Vikna. Sport. and Vikna. Midnight. STB becomes an info-channel.
In 2000, Vikna was registered as a trademark of STB. In 2001 STB became a registered trademark. STB became the first Ukrainian television network that got a domain name and website — stb.ua.
In 2002, the administration of STB changes its brand as an info-channel. There are more entertaining programs on air, such as, National Striptise Championship of Ukraine,
In 2004, STB becomes the property of one of Leonid Kuchma son in law
Through 1997 to 2007, many famous television personalities have worked at STB. The most popular of them are
STB today
Since 2005 the programs of STB were changed. The group of news programs called Windows got a better look (They began to look very close to BBC News). New popular shows were introduced. Thanks to the format change, STB entered the top 5 Ukrainian channels by share in 2006, and in 2007 it became the 3rd largest Ukrainian channel by audience share (appr. 8% for 18+ audiences). STB's most popular programs are "Paralelnyi Svit" (Parallel World) and "Bytva Ekstrasensiv" (Psychic Challenge). In 2008 STB launched the "Tantsuyut Vsi" (So You Think You Can Dance) talent show. In May 2009 STB started the "Ukraina maye Talant" ("Ukraine's Got Talent") show, similar to ITV's Britain's Got Talent.
Related to the
Language policy
Is one of a few Ukrainian TV channels, which use particular rules of Kharkiv orthography in some TV programs. That causes both compliments and critics from the society.[6]
But, according to monitoring data made by "Boycott Russian Films" campaign activists on 27 September 2014, there was approximately 54% of Russian language content on the channel.[7]
See also
- StarLightMedia Group
Referred sources
- ^ Power structure STB (TV channel). Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ "Six Ukrainian TV channels consolidated into one brand StarLightMedia". Ukrinform. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Koshiw, J.V. (12–13 October 2007). "Kuchma's 'Parallel Cabinet' – The center of President Kuchma's authoritarian rule based on the Melnychenko recordings" (PDF). pp. 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- Ukrayinska Pravda(in Ukrainian). 22 April 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Dmitry Tymchuk, Facebook, translation Vladimir Germanov
- ^ Літературний редактор СТБ Віктор Кабак: «Свою мову треба вивчати все життя» (in Ukrainian). STB. 20.03.2010
- ^ [1] (in Ukrainian). Boycott Russian Films. 01.10.2014
External links
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| 1+1 Media Group |
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| Free Media Holding (former assets of Petro Poroshenko) |
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