ICTV (in full, International Commercial Television) is a privately held TV channel in

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. Its coverage area allows it to be received by 56.6% of the Ukrainian population, making the channel the fourth in the nation in terms of coverage (trailing the state-controlled Pershyi and privately held Inter and 1+1), and third (well ahead of Pershyi) by the viewers' ratings. The channel is owned by several business structures connected to the Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk. It first went on-air on 15 June 1992, and since 1995, it has broadcast 24 hours a day. On 11 November 2009 "ICTV" joined the media holding "Starlight Media", which also includes TV channels "New Channel", "STB", "OTse TV", "M1", "M2". Related to the

annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum immediately following the Revolution of Dignity. It marked the beginning of the Russ ...

ICTV broadcasts in

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ended on 9 March 2014, 14:30 o'clock East European time. On 13 January 2020, ICTV started broadcasting in HD format. Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the channel has been broadcasting the United News marathon around the clock since 24 February 2022. There is no advertising on the air.

Criticism

Since 2014, ICTV channel was criticised for broadcasting Russian serials. According to the results of monitoring made by "Boycott Russian Films" campaign activists in September, this channel was broadcasting 7 hours and 40 minutes of Russian content per day.Російське кіно все ще домінує на українському телепросторі
. Espreso TV. 09.09.2014 At the end of month, the part of Russian origin content took 43% of all broadcasting time. Also, according to activists, ICTV shows almost the biggest amount of serials about Russian law enforcement and army.Зомби против сериалов
. Channel NEWS. 03.12.2014

Original programs

* The Freedom of Speech * Facts * Facts of the Week * Facts of the Week: 100 minutes

Programming

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* Bones *

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* Nash Bridges * Tru Calling * Dog * Nyuhach

Films

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* The Powerpuff Girls Movie * The Day After Tomorrow *

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References

External links

ICTV website
Television stations in Ukraine Ukrainian brands Television channels and stations established in 1992 {{Ukraine-tv-stub