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{{Infobox TV channel
{{Short description|Russian TV channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
|name = TVS<br/>ТВС
|logofile = TVS logo.svg
| name = TVS<br/>ТВС
|logosize = 200px
| logo = TVS logo.svg
|logoalt =
| logo_size = 200px
|logo2 =
| logo_alt =
|launch = 2002-06-01
| image =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2002|6|1|df=y}}
|closed date = 2003-06-23
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2003|6|22|df=y}}
|picture format = [[SECAM]] ([[576i]] [[4:3]]) ([[SDTV]])
| picture_format = [[SECAM]] ([[576i]] [[4:3]]) ([[SDTV]])
|share =
|share as of =
| network =
| owner = Media-Sotsium Partnership
|share source =
|network =
| country = [[Russia]]
|owner = Media-Sotsium Partnership
| area = [[Russia]]
| headquarters = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|slogan =
|country = [[Russia]]
| former_names =
|broadcast area = [[Russia]]
| replaced = [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]], [[NTV Plus Sport]]
|headquarters = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
| replaced_by = [[Russia-2|Sport]]
| sister_channels =
|former names =
| timeshift_service =
|replaced names = [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]], [[NTV Plus Sport]]
⚫
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20030617221450/http://www.tvs.tv/ http://tvs.tv/ (Defunct)]
|replaced by names = [[Sport TV (Russia)|Sport TV channel]]
|sister names =
| terr_serv_1 = Terrestrial
|timeshift names =
| terr_chan_1 = 6
| sat_radio_serv_1 =
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|web = [https://web.archive.org/web/20030617221450/http://www.tvs.tv/ http://tvs.tv/ (Defunct)]
| sat_radio_chan_1 =
|terr serv 1 = Terrestrial
|terr chan 1 = 6
| adsl serv 1 =
|sat serv 1 =
| adsl chan 1 =
|sat chan 1 =
| online_serv_1 =
|cable serv 1 = Mostelekom
| online_chan_1 =
|cable chan 1 = 6
|sat radio serv 1 =
|sat radio chan 1 =
|adsl serv 1 =
|adsl chan 1 =
|online serv 1 =
|online chan 1 =
}}
}}


[[File:Prospect Mira (Sukharevskaya) and advertisements.jpg|thumb|250px|TVS channel advertisement, [[Mira Avenue|Prospekt Mira]] (Sukharevskaya)]]
[[File:Prospect Mira (Sukharevskaya) and advertisements.jpg|thumb|250px|TVS channel advertisement, [[Peace Avenue|Prospekt Mira]] (Sukharevskaja)]]


'''TVS''' ({{lang-ru|Телекомпания ТВС, ''TVS Television''}}) was a private [[Russia]]n television network which was shut down by the [[Press Ministry of Russia]] on June 22, 2003.<ref name = "Last">{{cite journal| first =| last =| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=23 July 2003 | title =Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down | journal =Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press | volume =| issue =| pages =| id =| url =}} Translation of Where The End Began For TVS. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, p. 4. Media-Sotsium was a nonprofit partnership, founded by [[Arkady Volsky]], president of the [[Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs]], and [[Yevgeny Primakov]], chairman of the [[Chamber of Commerce and Industry]].</ref><ref name = "TV6">{{cite journal| first =Andrei | last =Zolotov Jr.| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=31 May 2002 | title =TV6 Team Goes Back on the Air Saturday | journal =The Moscow Times | volume =| issue =| pages =| id =| url =}}</ref>
'''TVS Television''' ({{langx|ru|Телекомпания ТВС}}) was a private [[Russia]]n television network which was shut down by the [[Press Ministry of Russia]] on June 22, 2003.<ref name = "Last">{{cite journal|date=23 July 2003 | title =Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down | journal =Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press }} Translation of Where The End Began For TVS. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, p. 4. Media-Sotsium was a nonprofit partnership, founded by [[Arkady Volsky]], president of the [[Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs]], and [[Yevgeny Primakov]], chairman of the [[Chamber of Commerce and Industry]].</ref><ref name = "TV6">{{cite journal| first =Andrei | last =Zolotov Jr.|date=31 May 2002 | title =TV6 Team Goes Back on the Air Saturday | journal =The Moscow Times }}</ref>


==Creation==
==Creation==
On January 11, 2002, a separate Russian television channel, [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]] lost a court battle over bankruptcy and was placed into liquidation by a unanimous decision of thirteen judges of the [[Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation|Russian Supreme Arbitration Court]].<ref name = "LATimes">{{cite journal| first =Richard | last =Boudreaux | authorlink =| coauthors =|date=12 January 2002 | title =Russia's Last Free Channel Dealt a Blow; Media: Higher court rules that the TV station is insolvent and must be liquidated. Critics say the Kremlin is cracking down on free speech.| journal =Los Angeles Times | volume =| issue =| pages =3| id =| url =}} States that there were "13 arbitration judges", not 14.</ref><ref name = "guard">{{cite journal| first =Ian | last =Traynor| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=12 January 2002 | title =Kremlin's last TV critic silenced: Senior judges put independent station into liquidation | journal =The Guardian | volume =| issue =| pages =15| id =| url =}}</ref>
On January 11, 2002, a separate Russian television channel, [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]] lost a court battle over bankruptcy and was placed into liquidation by a unanimous decision of thirteen judges of the [[High Court of Arbitration of Russia|Russian High Arbitration Court]].<ref name = "LATimes">{{cite journal| first =Richard | last =Boudreaux |date=12 January 2002 | title =Russia's Last Free Channel Dealt a Blow; Media: Higher court rules that the TV station is insolvent and must be liquidated. Critics say the Kremlin is cracking down on free speech.| journal =Los Angeles Times | pages =3}} States that there were "13 arbitration judges", not 14.</ref><ref name = "guard">{{cite journal| first =Ian | last =Traynor|date=12 January 2002 | title =Kremlin's last TV critic silenced: Senior judges put independent station into liquidation | journal =The Guardian | pages =15}}</ref>


At midnight on January 22, 2002 the Press Ministry pulled [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]] off the air. The frequency was temporarily filled with programming from the [[NTV Plus Sports]] satellite channel. The auction for [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6's]] old frequency took place on March 27, 2002. The Media-Sotsium partnership won the frequency auction, becoming the licensee and broadcaster, with the employees of the former channel [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]] forming much of the production staff.
At midnight on January 22, 2002 the Press Ministry pulled [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]] off the air. The frequency was temporarily filled with programming from the [[NTV Plus Sports]] satellite channel. The auction for [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6's]] old frequency took place on March 27, 2002. The Media-Sotsium partnership won the frequency auction, becoming the licensee and broadcaster, with the employees of the former channel [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]] forming much of the production staff.
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==Editorial policy==
==Editorial policy==
{{Expand section|date=December 2009}}
{{Expand section|date=December 2009}}
Many Russians and foreigners consider TVS' editorial policy to be critical towards the government of [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Mikhail Kasyanov]]. It was considered to be the last channel with completely independent editorial policy.
Many Russians and foreigners consider TVS' editorial policy to be critical of the government of [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Mikhail Kasyanov]]. It was considered to be the last channel with a completely independent editorial policy.


==Closure==
==Closure==
Suffering from low ratings (the main channel projects, ''Dengi'' series and [[reality show]] ''Za steklom 3: Teper ty v armii'' failed) and poor advertising revenue,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc08XYM-vV0 Leonid Parfyonov's Namedni: 2003 summing up]</ref> TVS had many financial problems. TVS's debt to [[Vneshekonombank]] (the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity) came to about US$100 million. TVS also owed more than $6 million in back pay to employees, who had not been paid for some three months.
Suffering from low ratings (the main channel projects, ''Dengi'' series and [[reality show]] ''Za steklom 3: Teper ty v armii'' failed) and poor advertising revenue,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc08XYM-vV0 Leonid Parfyonov's Namedni: 2003 summing up]</ref> TVS had many financial problems. TVS's debt to [[Vnesheconombank (Russia)|Vnesheconombank]] (the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity) came to about US$100 million. TVS also owed more than $6 million in back pay to employees, who had not been paid for some three months.


Mostelekom (the city-owned cable operator that carried TVS in Moscow) began switching TVS' signal off Moscow's cable television networks on June 2, 2003, which rendered more than 90% of Moscow residents unable to view it. Mostelekom demanded that the TV company's shareholders pay off arrears of RUB 245,672m ($8 million).
Mostelekom (the city-owned cable operator that carried TVS in Moscow) began switching TVS' signal off Moscow's cable television networks on June 2, 2003, which rendered more than 90% of Moscow residents unable to view it. Mostelekom demanded that the TV company's shareholders pay off arrears of RUB 245,672m ($8 million).
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On June 17, 2003 TVS editor-in-chief [[Evgeny Kiselyov]] announced that lack of funding had made it impossible for the company to continue operating, and that after June 23 the channel suspended broadcasting.
On June 17, 2003 TVS editor-in-chief [[Evgeny Kiselyov]] announced that lack of funding had made it impossible for the company to continue operating, and that after June 23 the channel suspended broadcasting.


Stating it was "for viewers' benefit" the Ministry of Press switched off all TVS broadcasts on June 22, 2003 – 24 hours before the shutdown planned by station management was to happen. Like the closure of TV-6 the year before, the regularly scheduled programming was suddenly interrupted by a brief announcement that the channel was "taken off the air" before switching to a testcard.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Jm8SK6THA "Farewell! We are taken off the air"]</ref> It was widely speculated in the press that such a hurried closure was performed to prevent the final broadcast of [[Evgeny Kiselyov]]'s "Itogi" show, the only remaining opposition political broadcast at the time. Later MNVK allowed the state all-sports channel to broadcast on the vacant channel 6.<ref name = "BBC">{{cite journal| first =| last =| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=2 October 2003 | title =Russia: Rosmediakom to sue former head of TV-6 over non-return of property | journal =BBC Monitoring World Media| volume =| issue =| pages =| id =| url =}} Text of report by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 24 September</ref><ref name = "Boston">{{cite journal| first =| last =| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=28 September 2003 | title =Russian TV Channel Finds An Audience - Abroad Kremlin Silences Some Local Critics | journal =The Boston Globe | volume =| issue =| pages =| id =| url =}}</ref><ref name = "Sun">{{cite journal| first =Douglas | last =Birch| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=6 September 2003| title =For Russian television shows, independence is the exception; Years after Soviet rule, government still keeps tight grip on broadcasts | journal =The Baltimore Sun | volume =| issue =| pages =1A| id =| url =}}</ref><ref name = "BBC2">{{cite journal| first =| last =| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=7 August 2003 | title =Russia: TV Channel To Return Equipment To Moscow-Based Broadcaster | journal =BBC Monitoring International Reports | volume =| issue =| pages =| id =A200308072D-5620-GNW| url =}}</ref><ref name = "current">{{cite journal| first =| last =| authorlink =| coauthors =|date=23 July 2003 | title =Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down | journal =Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press | volume =55| issue =25| pages =1| id =| url =}} Translation of: Government Hits The 'Off' Switch Again. -- Yevgeny Kiselyov Doesn't Even Get to Say Goodbye. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, pp. 1, 4.</ref>
Stating it was "for viewers' benefit" the Ministry of Press switched off all TVS broadcasts on June 22, 2003 – 24 hours before the shutdown planned by station management was to happen. Like the closure of TV-6 the year before, the regularly scheduled programming was suddenly interrupted by a brief announcement that the channel was "taken off the air" before switching to a test.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Jm8SK6THA "Farewell! We are taken off the air"]</ref> It was widely speculated in the press that such a hurried closure was performed to prevent the final broadcast of [[Evgeny Kiselyov]]'s "Itogi" show, the only remaining opposition political broadcast at the time. Later MNVK allowed the state all-sports channel to broadcast on the vacant channel 6.<ref name = "BBC">{{cite journal|date=2 October 2003 | title =Russia: Rosmediakom to sue former head of TV-6 over non-return of property | journal =BBC Monitoring World Media}} Text of report by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 24 September</ref><ref name = "Boston">{{cite journal|date=28 September 2003 | title =Russian TV Channel Finds An Audience - Abroad Kremlin Silences Some Local Critics | journal =The Boston Globe }}</ref><ref name = "Sun">{{cite journal| first =Douglas | last =Birch|date=6 September 2003| title =For Russian television shows, independence is the exception; Years after Soviet rule, government still keeps tight grip on broadcasts | journal =The Baltimore Sun | pages =1A}}</ref><ref name = "BBC2">{{cite journal|date=7 August 2003 | title =Russia: TV Channel To Return Equipment To Moscow-Based Broadcaster | journal =BBC Monitoring International Reports | id =A200308072D-5620-GNW}}</ref><ref name = "current">{{cite journal|date=23 July 2003 | title =Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down | journal =Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press | volume =55| issue =25| pages =1}} Translation of: Government Hits The 'Off' Switch Again. -- Yevgeny Kiselyov Doesn't Even Get to Say Goodbye. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, pp. 1, 4.</ref>

At the same time, former TVS employees moved to work on other TV channels, both national and regional or international (Channel One, VGTRK - Russia, Kultura, Sport and Vesti, TV Center "," The third channel "," The Fifth channel ", REN-TV, TNT, STS, 7TV, RBK-TV," TV Stolitsa ", RTVi, Euronews), on the radio" Echo of Moscow Most of the channel's employees for several years or have completely left journalism. Some of the staff went to small production production studios that worked with broadcasters under a contract. Many programs aired on TVS (which closed both with the channel and before the events of June 22) were subsequently restarted at different times on other channels, both on the above and on some others (among them - [[Domashny]], DTV, [[Bibigon]] (now [[Karusel]]), Television Ladies' Club, Humor TV, [[Disney Channel (Russia)|Disney Channel]], [[2×2 (TV channel)|Twice Two]]).


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Media freedom in Russia]]
*[[Media freedom in Russia]]
*[[NTV (Russia)|NTV]]
*[[NTV (Russia)]]
*[[NTV affair]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 01:31, 28 November 2024

TVS
ТВС
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaRussia
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Programming
Picture formatSECAM (576i 4:3) (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerMedia-Sotsium Partnership
History
Launched1 June 2002; 22 years ago (2002-06-01)
ReplacedTV-6, NTV Plus Sport
Closed22 June 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06-22)
Replaced bySport
Links
Websitehttp://tvs.tv/ (Defunct)
Availability
Terrestrial
Terrestrial6
TVS channel advertisement, Prospekt Mira (Sukharevskaja)

TVS Television (Russian: Телекомпания ТВС) was a private Russian television network which was shut down by the Press Ministry of Russia on June 22, 2003.[1][2]

Creation

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On January 11, 2002, a separate Russian television channel, TV-6 lost a court battle over bankruptcy and was placed into liquidation by a unanimous decision of thirteen judges of the Russian High Arbitration Court.[3][4]

At midnight on January 22, 2002 the Press Ministry pulled TV-6 off the air. The frequency was temporarily filled with programming from the NTV Plus Sports satellite channel. The auction for TV-6's old frequency took place on March 27, 2002. The Media-Sotsium partnership won the frequency auction, becoming the licensee and broadcaster, with the employees of the former channel TV-6 forming much of the production staff.

On June 1, 2002 TVS began broadcasting. On July 22, 2002 the Moscow Arbitration Court ruled that MNVK was taken off the air unlawfully.

Editorial policy

[edit]

Many Russians and foreigners consider TVS' editorial policy to be critical of the government of Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Kasyanov. It was considered to be the last channel with a completely independent editorial policy.

Closure

[edit]

Suffering from low ratings (the main channel projects, Dengi series and reality show Za steklom 3: Teper ty v armii failed) and poor advertising revenue,[5] TVS had many financial problems. TVS's debt to Vnesheconombank (the Bank for Foreign Economic Activity) came to about US$100 million. TVS also owed more than $6 million in back pay to employees, who had not been paid for some three months.

Mostelekom (the city-owned cable operator that carried TVS in Moscow) began switching TVS' signal off Moscow's cable television networks on June 2, 2003, which rendered more than 90% of Moscow residents unable to view it. Mostelekom demanded that the TV company's shareholders pay off arrears of RUB 245,672m ($8 million).

On June 17, 2003 TVS editor-in-chief Evgeny Kiselyov announced that lack of funding had made it impossible for the company to continue operating, and that after June 23 the channel suspended broadcasting.

Stating it was "for viewers' benefit" the Ministry of Press switched off all TVS broadcasts on June 22, 2003 – 24 hours before the shutdown planned by station management was to happen. Like the closure of TV-6 the year before, the regularly scheduled programming was suddenly interrupted by a brief announcement that the channel was "taken off the air" before switching to a test.[6] It was widely speculated in the press that such a hurried closure was performed to prevent the final broadcast of Evgeny Kiselyov's "Itogi" show, the only remaining opposition political broadcast at the time. Later MNVK allowed the state all-sports channel to broadcast on the vacant channel 6.[7][8][9][10][11]

At the same time, former TVS employees moved to work on other TV channels, both national and regional or international (Channel One, VGTRK - Russia, Kultura, Sport and Vesti, TV Center "," The third channel "," The Fifth channel ", REN-TV, TNT, STS, 7TV, RBK-TV," TV Stolitsa ", RTVi, Euronews), on the radio" Echo of Moscow Most of the channel's employees for several years or have completely left journalism. Some of the staff went to small production production studios that worked with broadcasters under a contract. Many programs aired on TVS (which closed both with the channel and before the events of June 22) were subsequently restarted at different times on other channels, both on the above and on some others (among them - Domashny, DTV, Bibigon (now Karusel), Television Ladies' Club, Humor TV, Disney Channel, Twice Two).

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ "Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down". Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. 23 July 2003. Translation of Where The End Began For TVS. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, p. 4. Media-Sotsium was a nonprofit partnership, founded by Arkady Volsky, president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Yevgeny Primakov, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  2. ^ Zolotov Jr., Andrei (31 May 2002). "TV6 Team Goes Back on the Air Saturday". The Moscow Times.
  3. ^ Boudreaux, Richard (12 January 2002). "Russia's Last Free Channel Dealt a Blow; Media: Higher court rules that the TV station is insolvent and must be liquidated. Critics say the Kremlin is cracking down on free speech". Los Angeles Times: 3. States that there were "13 arbitration judges", not 14.
  4. ^ Traynor, Ian (12 January 2002). "Kremlin's last TV critic silenced: Senior judges put independent station into liquidation". The Guardian: 15.
  5. ^ Leonid Parfyonov's Namedni: 2003 summing up
  6. ^ "Farewell! We are taken off the air"
  7. ^ "Russia: Rosmediakom to sue former head of TV-6 over non-return of property". BBC Monitoring World Media. 2 October 2003. Text of report by Russian newspaper Kommersant on 24 September
  8. ^ "Russian TV Channel Finds An Audience - Abroad Kremlin Silences Some Local Critics". The Boston Globe. 28 September 2003.
  9. ^ Birch, Douglas (6 September 2003). "For Russian television shows, independence is the exception; Years after Soviet rule, government still keeps tight grip on broadcasts". The Baltimore Sun: 1A.
  10. ^ "Russia: TV Channel To Return Equipment To Moscow-Based Broadcaster". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 7 August 2003. A200308072D-5620-GNW.
  11. ^ "Last 'Independent' TV Station Shut Down". Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. 55 (25): 1. 23 July 2003. Translation of: Government Hits The 'Off' Switch Again. -- Yevgeny Kiselyov Doesn't Even Get to Say Goodbye. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, pp. 1, 4.


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