WP: Perschyj

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WP: Perschyj (formerly Perschyj Nazionalnyj ) is the television channel of the public broadcasting company of Ukraine .

historical development

The station was established under the Ukrainian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation of Ukraine in 1965.

February 1, 1939 is regarded as the foundation date. The first official broadcast from Kiev took place on this date, with a 40-minute portrait of the doctor and politician Grigori Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze .

On November 6, 1951, the Kiev television center began operating and broadcast the film "The Great Glow". 5 years later it was broadcast regularly from the Kiev television studios.

From September 1, 1964 to December 25, 1991, the program На добранiч, дiти! ( Good night children ) a regular focus for the younger generation on the program. The show was based on the Goodnight, Kids! and was moderated by, among others, Vitaliy Belonozhko. His repertoire included the lullaby Warmly Sonechka Sidє , which he performed in Ukrainian.

On January 20, 1965, the beginning of the unified republican television program of Ukraine was symbolized, in which the letters “UR” were displayed in capital letters on the television screens. In the same year the transmission volume was more than 200 hours.

Color has been broadcast since 1969. On March 6, 1972, a broadcast began in Ukraine with two broadcasts at the same time.

A faded in clock showed the times 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock on a clock face. In the middle of the dial was the lettering “UT” in capital letters. Until 1977 the dial was shown in blue. On November 7, 1977, on the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, the color changed to red, which has been maintained on all public holidays since 1979 and also on Sundays since 1979,

From 1979 to 1991 the newscast "Acutal Camera" was broadcast daily at 7pm. The moderation was taken over by a woman and a man. Thematically the industrial, agricultural, social and cultural life of the republic was dealt with. The first detailed report on May 12, 1986 dealt with the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster.

From January 1990 to December 1991 the start of the broadcast of the “Actual Camera” was postponed to 8 pm, until it was replaced by “Dnipro” and later by “Ukrainian Television News” and “Russian Ukrainian News”.

In 1992 the transmitter was renamed УТ-1 (UT-1).

In 1995 the broadcaster joined the NTU. UT-1 went on the air from September 3, 1995 through December 31, 1996 in the evening. The daily broadcasts from Studio 1 + 1 followed . The program included foreign and Ukrainian films and series as well as own productions such as Pislyamova .

On February 7, 1998, it was renamed "Первый национальный" (First National).

The first international satellite broadcasts began in 2002.

On April 7, 2015, the channel changed its logo and concept as well as its name to “UA: Первый” (UA: first) and became a public broadcaster. This innovation was presented by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko . The law passed by Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada was signed by Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk on March 19, 2015.

Since December 11, 2017, the public broadcasting stations “UA: First”, “UA: Culture” and “UA: Crimea” have been broadcasting in 16: 9 widescreen format .

The general producer Nikolai Kovalchuk announced in October 2018 that another renaming of the station is planned. The NOTU plan for 2019 provided for the UA: First marketing strategy to be implemented in July 2019 and for the UA: First in Public (Ukrainian Suspіlne) channel to take place in August . A new season was announced for this channel without any further information regarding the content. An advertising campaign for the name of the new station started in October 2019. In addition, the channels were switched to HD television around the same time .

Market shares

Between 2004 and 2008 the market shares ranged between 1.8% and 2.8%. In 2006 they were ranked 9th and in 2008 10th place among the channels broadcast in Ukraine.

Broadcast times

The station has only been broadcasting a full program since August 2017.

Until December 23, 2001, the broadcast was from 6:00 am on weekdays and from 7:30 am on weekends until after midnight.

From December 24, 2001, the channel shared the broadcasting slot with the station "Era". This broadcast from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 11 p.m. to 1:18 a.m. The First National Channel broadcast from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. In addition, there was a day break of up to two hours on weekdays until autumn 2002 and the program did not begin until 3 p.m.

From October 21, 2002 to July 31, 2003, the state broadcasting company was responsible for the program from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Regional television and radio companies organized the program from 5 to 7 p.m. From August 2003, however, these stations switched to UT-2.

Until April 13, 2017, the broadcast period was extended from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., which was then also extended from 1:18 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

With the exception of the analogue and DVB-T2 programs, a 24-hour program was presented from April 14, 2017. "Era" discontinued its channel as an independent station on August 1, 2017 and has been producing the morning program since then. This means that a 24-hour program is sent on all transmission channels.

Since January 1, 2018, “UA: First Digital” has been broadcast around the clock in the DVB-T2 network.

Sports broadcasts

In 2008, the First National Broadcaster acquired the broadcasting rights for the European Football Championships 2008 , which were held in Switzerland and Austria , for 4 million euros . The negotiating partner was the Germany-based sports business agency SportFive , which manages the rights as an official partner of UEFA . Although NTCU had the exclusive rights to the broadcast, Sport 1 , which is part of the Surface Group , could also broadcast the games, as the rights to the cable and satellite channels were acquired earlier.

"First National" also bought the exclusive rights to the Summer Olympics in Beijing . The plan to broadcast via a sub-license via the station “Inter” and its own sports channel “Megasport” has not been implemented.

In 2009 “First National” also acquired the broadcasting rights to the Champions League and the Europa League . The competing broadcasters "Ukraine" and "TET" refused to buy because of the high license costs.

2011 "Cherwonenko Racing" bought the rights to broadcast the "First National" Formula 1 on the territory of Ukraine. The contract between the two parties covered the years 2011 to 2013. Maxim Podzigun commented on the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship races.

Web links

Commons : UA: PBC  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. "UA: Первый" объяснил, почему не показал выступление ONUKA на Евровидении-2017. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (Russian).
  2. "UA: Первый" заявляет об отсутствии средств для трансляции Олимпиад-2018-2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (Russian).
  3. Телеканалы Общественного переходят на широкоэкранный формат вещания. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  4. Генпродюсер із розвитку НСТУ Микола Ковальчук: Ми плануємо зміну назви "UA: Першого". Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  5. Річний план діяльності ПАТ "НСТУ" на 2019 рік (Annual Activity Plan of PJSC "NSTU" for 2019). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 31, 2019 ; accessed on May 30, 2020 (Russian).
  6. Увійти. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  7. Телекритика - Новини - Через відмову від угоди з "Інтером" НТКУ втратила майже 9 млн грн. July 20, 2008, accessed May 30, 2020 .