TV Center
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TV Center is a state-run Russia
TV station with the fourth largest coverage area in Russia, after Channel One
, Rossiya and NTV. It is owned by the administration of the city of Moscow
and is dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of Moscow life.
The channel is broadcast in the national Russia since its first broadcast on February 14, 1956.
The channel was launched in June 1997 and until 2005 was run by Oleg Poptsov (the founding father of VGTRK and its chairman in 1990-96). Faithfully reflecting the official line of the Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, a onetime rival of Vladimir Putin
who later became a supporter, the TV station airs extensive interviews with the mayor and his associates. Its target audience consists of conservative people aged over 40.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
TV station with the fourth largest coverage area in Russia, after Channel One
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
, Rossiya and NTV. It is owned by the administration of the city of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and is dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of Moscow life.
The channel is broadcast in the national Russia since its first broadcast on February 14, 1956.
The channel was launched in June 1997 and until 2005 was run by Oleg Poptsov (the founding father of VGTRK and its chairman in 1990-96). Faithfully reflecting the official line of the Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, a onetime rival of Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
who later became a supporter, the TV station airs extensive interviews with the mayor and his associates. Its target audience consists of conservative people aged over 40.