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NTW or NTV (Russian ) is a Russian television station. It was created in the year 1993 (the registration of the television company NTW took place on 14 July 1993). The establishment of the transmitter of a consortium from several banks was financed. Transmission beginning was the evening 10 October 1993 on the fifth channel (before the channel of the sink Petersburger of television). According to the Ukas of the Russian president from 17 January 1994 it changed on the 4. Channel (before the education channel), where it sends first only in the evening and since 11 November 1995 all day long.

NTW is receiptable in Russia for over 117 million humans. Except on the Russian territory NTW is also in the GUS states as well as (with special foreign program) partly in Western Europe, the Near East, the USA and Canada receiptable.

History

14. July 1993 - Date of the registration of the society
10. October 1993 - Beginning of the radiant emittance on the sink Petersburger channel. This date is regarded as birthday of the enterprise.
22. Dezember1993 - The president of the Russian federation, Boris Yel'tsin, orders by Ukas that NTW from now on on that 4. Channel daily starting from 18 o'clock is radiated.
11 November 1996 - According to the Ukas of the president of the Russian federation from 20 September 1996 NTW begins the transmit mode in its entirety on that 4. Channel.
1. January 1997 - NTW extends its service area on Western Europe, the Near East and North America.
21. January 1998 - The president of the Russian federation signs the Ukas "over the perfection of the radio and television nature in the RF", after which NTW receives the status of a all-Russian television station.
14. April 2001 - Gazprom takes over NTW on the way of the hostile takeover. Some journalists leave the transmitter, the director are replaced.
11 September 2001 - The president of the Russian federation distinguishes journalists, who had worked in Chechnya, with medals, among them correspondents of NTW. Alexej Poborzew receives the medals "for earnings/services in relation to the native country" 2. Rank.
25. September 2002 - The transmitter "NTV me" begins the transmit mode in Austria.
10. October 2003 - NTW, in the meantime become the largest private television station in Russia, celebrates its 10-year old anniversary.

The assumption of NTW

The transmitter NTW was one of the pioneers of the post office-Soviet independent media. The enterprise led by Vladimir Gussinski had the best journalists and moderators. The transmitter set up high professional standards for the Russian television, brought live-transmissions and a sharp analysis of the current events. Its political doll satire "Kukly" became a symbol of that time, in which the free speech was practically unlimited.

In the June of the yearly 2000 Gussinski was arrested of the chief public prosecutor's office as a suspect in a criminal procedure. It became the fraud between its getting things "Media Most", which accuses "Russkoe of video - 11j channel" - GmbH and the national enterprise "Russkoe video". "Media Most" was complicated at that time into the controversy over the assumption by Gazprom.

Gussinski became finally to dismiss, after he signed so-called "minutes No. 6", a contract between him and the medium Minister Mikhail Lessin. After the present Treaty Gusinski should sell "Media Most" at Gazprom at the price ordered by Gazprom. Gussinski left afterwards the country and stated, one would have forced him under menace of the extension of the criminal procedure to the signature under the contract.

On 14 April 2001 the assumption NTWs finally took place by Gazprom. Many journalists left the enterprise (which continued with new guidance however under the old name), and that director one replaced.

Many assume that behind the financial pressure on NTW the government of president Putin stood, which had been frequently object of the criticism NTWs. Former NTW journalists changed together with its superior Jewgeni Kisseljow to the transmitter TW6, which renamed itself finally later in TVS and likewise on pressure of the government one closed.

After Gussinski had pulled abroad, he created there the television station RTVi, which regards the events in Russia from a critical point of view. Many reports for RTVi are made by the Russian television station echo TV.

"Here was NTV"

In the year 2002 the book appeared was NTV von Wiktor Schenderowitsch here, in which that one stated the events in the enterprise NTW from the view of humans, who had confessed even in the center of the happening. In the book are a number of interesting facts specified, and until today it is the only complete (although subjective) description of the pursuit of NTW on the part of the government and the following assumption of the enterprise. The book consists of two parts: first describes the history of the transmitter NTW, second tells the history of the transmission "Kukly".

In the year 2004 appeared the second expenditure of the book, which received the title: Here NTV, TV-6, TVS was" and other stories. How can be guessed easily, the text of the first book a narration was added here over the events, which course-carried with the NTW journalists after their leaving the transmitter have.