Ukraina (TV channel)
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Telekanal Ukrayina is one of the most popular television channels in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Its broadcast range covers 95% of the Ukrainian territory. The corporate mission of the channel is to maintain one general interest channel and few theme channels, such as the "Football TV channel", that was launched in November 2008, and is planning to launch specialized channels for women and youth by 2013.

History

The channel began as a regional channel operating only in Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...

-region, in the year 2004 the channel was granted national status. To help its growth, Ukraina hired foreign media managers, secured broadcasting rights for the Ukrainian national football team matches and in 2008 recruited TV star Savik Shuster
Savik Shuster
Savik Shuster  is a journalist and host of Ukrainian TV shows as The Freedom By Savik Shuster and Shuster Live on Pershyi Natsionalnyi...

 to host a nightly political talk show.

Ukraina was the first Ukrainian TV channel to be awarded as a Chartered Certified Accountant
Chartered Certified Accountant
Chartered Certified Accountant was historically seen as a British qualified accountant designation awarded by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants . However, although ACCA is UK based, it is a global body for professional accountants with 147,000 qualified members and 424,000...

 by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is the global body for professional accountants offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification . it is one of the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy bodies with 147,000 members and 424,000 students in 170...

(2009).

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