WGTRK
The VGTRK ( Russian ВГТРК - В сероссийская г осударственная E button елевизионная и р адиовещательная к омпания - in German: All-Russian State Television and Radio Company ) is a public media holding company in Russia . As the successor to the Soviet Gosteleradio, it is represented in the field of television and radio and, as a new field of activity, also in the Internet media. With the help of this company, the government controls much of the television and radio.
The following are owned by the WGTRK (each operating nationwide):
- the television channels Rossija 1 , Rossija 2 , Rossija K and the news channel Rossija 24, which has been broadcasting since July 2006
- the Russian foreign television broadcaster RTR Planeta
- the radio programs Radio Mayak and Radio Rossii
- the Internet newspapers vesti.ru , strana.ru , smi.ru and inosmi.ru
There are also 89 regional television and radio broadcasters. In 2004 the company increased its stake in the multinational news channel EuroNews to 16 percent.
In 2005, WGTRK had sales of around $ 400 million.
The news agency RIA Novosti and the Russian foreign broadcaster Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) were separated from WGTRK in December 2013 and merged into the newly established media holding Rossija Sevodnja .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pavlovsky Nationalized (Nezavisimaya Gazeta) ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: The Russian Issues online July 4, 2002
- ↑ Gillian McCormack: State TV Blooper ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Moscow News, June 8, 2005
- ↑ VGTRK ups EuroNews stake ( Memento from March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) On: Broadband TV News Central and Eastern Europe online on July 7, 2004
- ^ Dennis Maschmann: Westi 24 - Putin's Propaganda Machine? ( Memento from May 21, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) On: Deutsche Welle online
