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Television in Russia was introduced in 1931, when the country was still known as the Russian SFSR. Between 1941 and 1945 all television broadcasts in the nation were interrupted because of the fascist invasion of the Soviet Union. During this initial years, most of the television programs were about life in the Soviet Union, cultural activities and sports.In 1960 a second national television channel is established. Today there are about 15,000 transmitters in the country. Development of domestic digital TV transmitters, led within "Multichannel" research program, had already been finished. New domestic digital transmitters have been developed and installed in Nizhniy Novgorod and Saint Petersburg in 2001-2002.

Channel One is the Russian TV channel with the widest reception area. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51% of its shares. Its headquarters are in the Technical Center "Ostankino" near the Ostankino Tower, Moscow.Contents ProgrammingVremya ("Time") - news program, on air since 1964Posledniy geroy ("Last Hero”)- Russian version of Survivor Lednikoviy period ("Ice Age" ) - ice skating show Current Russian TV Series

When the Soviet Union was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of Boris Yeltsin’s new government was his signing of a presidential decree on 27 December 1991, providing for Russian jurisdiction over the central television system. The ‘All-Union State TV and Radio Company’ (Gosteleradio) was transformed into the 'Russian State TV and Radio Company Ostankino'.Following the 1998 financial collapse, the channel obtained a government loan of 100$ million from state-controlled bank Vneshekonombank.From 1994 until 1 September 2002 the channel was called ORT (ОРТ—Общественное Российское Телевидение, Public Russian Television). It maintained the traditional programs and shows of the First Channel of the Soviet Television (RTO), such as Vremya, KVN, Chto? Gde? Kogda?, V mire zhivotnykh and Klub puteshestvennikov; the last two are no longer on the air of this channel.

Russia TV Channel or Russia Channel is a state-owned Russian television channel founded in 1991. It belongs to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK). Russia Channel was previously known as RTR (Russian: РТР) or Channel 2 Russia Channel has the second largest audience in Russian television. In a typical week, it is viewed by 75% of urban Russians, compared to 83% for the leading channel, Channel One. The two channels are similar in their politics, and they compete directly in entertainment.[1]Russia Channel is the successor to the Soviet Second Channel. As of 2008, it is headed by Oleg Dobrodeev, who was a founder of the original NTV.Russia Channel has many regional variations, that's why it broadcasts in many languages.

Launched November 1, 1997Kultura is a Russian television network, broadcasting a culturally-oriented schedule. It belongs to the state-controlled VGTRK group.It started broadcasting on November 1, 1997. It was initially called РТР-2, but changed to its current name on January 1, 1998.