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RTVI
Country United States
Germany
Israel
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Headquarters Moscow [1]
New York [2] [3]
Ownership
OwnerMikayel Israyelyan [4]
History
Launched1 January 1997
Former namesNTV 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]

Old logo of RTVi
Subsidiary in Israel

History

1990s

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]

2000s - Ownership Changes

In the early 2000s Kiselev sold a majority stake in the network to a group of Russian and foreign investors. The change brought about shifts in editorial direction and programming.[ citation needed]

Staff

RTVi's News Director till June 2020 was Ekaterina Kotrikadze. Russian journalist Alexey Pivovarov was appointed editor-in-chief in 2016. Pivovarov remained in this position till 25 June 2020. [4] [6] On 10 March 2022, the general producer of RTVI Sergey Shnurov announced the temporary termination of cooperation with RTVI. [7]

References

  1. ^ Maksim Gorozhanko (2022-08-09). "Телеканал, связанный с «Ростехом», продолжает вещание в США • «Агентство»". «Агентство» (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. ^ "RTVI разрешили вещать на Украине. С 2018 года телеканал был под запретом". rtvi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  3. ^ "Телеканал RTVi". kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  4. ^ a b c Сотников, Даниил (Sotnikov, Daniil); Чуракова, Ольга (Churakova, Olga); Баданин, Роман (Badanin, Roman); Рубин, Михаил (Rubin, Mikhail); Сурначева, Елизавета (Surnacheva, Elizabeth) (25 December 2019). "Друзья по особым поручениям. Рассказ о том, как Сергей Чемезов связался с либералами" [Friends on special missions. The story of how Sergey Chemezov got in touch with liberals]. Проект Медиа (Proekt) (in Russian). Retrieved 30 December 2019.{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  5. ^ New owner
  6. ^ "Алексей Пивоваров покидает пост главного редактора RTVI" [Alexey Pivovarov leaves the post of editor-in-chief of RTVI]. rtvi.com (in Russian). 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  7. ^ "Сергей Шнуров временно сложил с себя обязанности генерального продюсера RTVI" [Sergey Shnurov temporarily resigned from his duties as the general producer of RTVI]. rtvi.com (in Russian). 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

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