Talk:2×2 (TV channel)

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This was really the first private TV channel in the Soviet Union (USSR) and in Russia?

ATV was the first private TV channel in the Soviet Union (USSR) and in Russia, launching in September 1988, while 2x2 launched in July 1989 (test) and November 1989 (full), making it the second.