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REN TV

REN TV (Russian: РЕН ТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television network. It was founded on 1 January 1997 by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitry Lesnevsky, who had been running REN TV as a production house for other national Russian television channels. Though it focuses mostly on audiences aged between 18 and 45 years old, the network offers programming for a wide range of demographics.

REN TV
Logo since 2017
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaRussia
CIS nations
Headquarters17/1 Zubovsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia
Programming
Language(s)Russian
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner100% — National Media Group
History
Launched19 July 1993
Former namesNVS (1993-1997)
M-49 (1994-1997)
REN TV-HBC (1997-1998)
REN (2010)
Links
Websiteren.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
VHFChannel 9 (nationwide)
Digital11
Streaming media
Smotrimsmotrim.ru/channel/256 (Russia only)

REN TV's network is a patchwork of 406 independent broadcasting companies in Russia and the CIS. REN TV's signal is received in 718 towns and cities in Russia - from Kaliningrad in the West to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the East. It has a potential audience of 113.5 million viewers (officially 120 million viewers[1] with more than 12 million of them living in Moscow city and Moscow Oblast (Moscow Region). REN TV works with 10 broadcaster affiliates and 19 cable operators in the CIS and the Baltic states; 181 cities can receive REN TV's signal.

Ownership edit

Until 1 July 2005 the channel belonged to its founder Irena Lesnevskaya and her son (30%) and the Russian utility RAO UES headed by Anatoly Chubais. In 2005 Bertelsmann's RTL bought 30% of REN TV with steel maker Severstal and oil and natural gas company Surgutneftegaz each buying 35%.[2]

Severstal's Alexey Germanovich on 18 December 2006 ceded the chairperson of REN TV's board to Lyubov Sovershaeva, President Vladimir Putin's former deputy envoy to the North-West federal okrug[3] and chairperson of the board at ABRos Investments, a subsidiary of St Petersburg's Russia bank. ABRos had bought a considerable stake in REN.[4] The bank, whose chairman, Yury Kovalchuk, was a close friend of President Vladimir Putin, owned 38% of its home town's TRK Petersburg TV channel – and was likely to buy more of that company, analysts had told 19 December 2006's Kommersant-daily.[5] REN TV and TRK Petersburg would merge into a single media holding, though they would operate independently, industry observers had told the daily.

Russian media had reported that oil and gas group Surgutneftegaz had sold its stake in the channel to ABRos, which had increased its stake in the media company from 45% to 70%. '[T]here are indications that Bertelsmann was interested in selling up, after about 18 months in the Russian TV market,' the broadcasting news website added.[6]

Currently National Media Group owns 82%, and Russian state oil company Gazprom subsidiary SOGAZ owns 18%.[citation needed]

Logos edit

News coverage edit

In November 2005 REN TV fired Olga Romanova, the anchor of its daily 24 news flagship.[7] Despite much publicity around the incident, her independent manner of reporting was continued by Marianna Maksimovskaya, formerly an anchor and news presenter for Vladimir Gusinsky's NTV Station. Maksimovskaya was in charge of news broadcasts on REN TV until 2014, when she was fired. Due to her activities, the channel was arguably Russia's only major TV outlet with liberal views, discussing the problem of state censorship and showing interviews with leaders of the political fringe (including Other Russia).

Prior to her departure from the channel, Romanova had told the Radio Free Europe on 25 November 2005 that the channel's head, Alexander Ordzhonikidze had pulled two recent stories for, she felt, political reasons. One censored item had covered an investigation into Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov's son's involvement in a road accident in which a woman died. Romanova spoken about the alleged censorship on Ekho Moskvy radio on 23 November 2005 – and the next day Ordzhonikidze barred from entering the channel's building.[8] A second 'banned item had been about the building in central Moscow of a US$15 million church and clock tower by Zurab Tsereteli, the International Press Institute noted in its report on 2005.[9]

Ordzhonikidze said in an interview for Echo of Moscow radio station that REN's news output had low ratings and management had decided to try other anchors on the evening newscasts.[citation needed]

In solidarity with Romanova, several of her journalist colleagues quit the channel in December 2005. Head of news and deputy channel director, Yelena Fedorova, told Radio Liberty's Russian Service (Radio Svoboda) why she had resigned.[10]

Scheduled content edit

The company which produced several high-profile feature films, notably the Golden Lion-winning Vozvrashcheniye in 2003, is still a production house and has made much of the network's scheduled content, including numerous TV series:

  • Soldiers (Russian: Солдаты), following recruits drafted into the Russian Army for their mandatory year of military service.[11] 16 seasons as of 2009.
  • Students (Russian: Студенты), following the social lives of several Moscow University for the Humanities students.[12] (2005-2006)
  • Tourists (Russian: Туристы), following several couples on vacation on a beach resort in Turkey. (2005)

List of television series, studio taken FOX and Sony Pictures Television. REN also was showing purchased programming, including:

Current purchased/licensed programming:

Other shows include at the moment:

  • Граница Времени (The Edge of Time) - self-produced science fiction series, airs from 2015

Criticism edit

REN TV has been accused of combining pieces of scientific shows and interviews to produce pseudoscientific "documentaries".[13] In 2015, REN TV's documentaries were awarded "the most harmful pseudoscientific project (for spreading of myths, delusions and superstitions)" antiprize by the Ministry of Education and Science for propaganda of conspiracy theories and mistrust for science.[14][15]

References edit

  1. ^ Media holding company Ren TV (in Russian).
  2. ^ Worldwide operations, RTL corporate website. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  3. ^ "New leader in Northwest Russia appointed 2006-10-05", (Newsletter from the North-West of Russia, The East Europe Committee of the Swedish Health Care Community), p. 4. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. Cites for Sovershaeva's former role.
  4. ^ (in Russian) Масс-медиа: Друг президента стал акционером "Рен ТВ" (Mass-media: drug prezidenta stal aktsionerom 'Ren TV', "Mass-media: Friend of the President became a shareholder of REN TV", Lenta.ru (Rambler Media Group) 19 December 2006.
  5. ^ President’s Mate Takes Over Ren TV 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Kommersant-daily, 19 December 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
  6. ^ Abros ups stake in Ren TV, broadbandtvnews.com, Cambridge, UK, 20 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
  7. ^ (in German) Russischer Sender feuert kritische Journalistin 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine ("Russian channel fired critical journalist"), NDR Fernsehen, 7 December 2005.
  8. ^ Julie A. Corwin, Russia: Prominent Journalist To Defend Journalists' Rights 2007-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Free Europe, 29 November 2005. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
  9. ^ 2005 World Press Freedom Review: Russia 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, International Press Institute, Vienna. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
  10. ^ Interview: REN-TV News Editor Explains Her Resignation, Radio Free Europe, 6 December 2005.
  11. ^ Soldaty Soldiers, official site.
  12. ^ Studenty, official site.
  13. ^ А. М. Черепащук «Бесстыдство некоторых российских СМИ поражает воображение» // Бюллетень «В защиту науки», № 9, 2011 год, стр. 17-18, копия
  14. ^ "Телеканал РЕН ТВ получил антипремию за лженауку" [REN TV received an anti-award for pseudoscience]. klnran.ru (in Russian). Commission on Pseudoscience. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  15. ^ Представителей СМИ и популяризаторов науки наградили премией "За верность науке" (in Russian). Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. 11 Feb 2015. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

External links edit

  • Official website

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translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at ru REN TV see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated ru REN TV to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation REN TV Russian REN TV is a Russian free to air television network It was founded on 1 January 1997 by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son Dmitry Lesnevsky who had been running REN TV as a production house for other national Russian television channels Though it focuses mostly on audiences aged between 18 and 45 years old the network offers programming for a wide range of demographics REN TVLogo since 2017CountryRussiaBroadcast areaRussiaCIS nationsHeadquarters17 1 Zubovsky Boulevard Moscow RussiaProgrammingLanguage s RussianPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwner100 National Media GroupHistoryLaunched19 July 1993Former namesNVS 1993 1997 M 49 1994 1997 REN TV HBC 1997 1998 REN 2010 LinksWebsiteren wbr tvAvailabilityTerrestrialVHFChannel 9 nationwide Digital11Streaming mediaSmotrimsmotrim wbr ru wbr channel wbr 256 Russia only REN TV s network is a patchwork of 406 independent broadcasting companies in Russia and the CIS REN TV s signal is received in 718 towns and cities in Russia from Kaliningrad in the West to Yuzhno Sakhalinsk in the East It has a potential audience of 113 5 million viewers officially 120 million viewers 1 with more than 12 million of them living in Moscow city and Moscow Oblast Moscow Region REN TV works with 10 broadcaster affiliates and 19 cable operators in the CIS and the Baltic states 181 cities can receive REN TV s signal Contents 1 Ownership 2 Logos 3 News coverage 4 Scheduled content 5 Criticism 6 References 7 External linksOwnership editUntil 1 July 2005 the channel belonged to its founder Irena Lesnevskaya and her son 30 and the Russian utility RAO UES headed by Anatoly Chubais In 2005 Bertelsmann s RTL bought 30 of REN TV with steel maker Severstal and oil and natural gas company Surgutneftegaz each buying 35 2 Severstal s Alexey Germanovich on 18 December 2006 ceded the chairperson of REN TV s board to Lyubov Sovershaeva President Vladimir Putin s former deputy envoy to the North West federal okrug 3 and chairperson of the board at ABRos Investments a subsidiary of St Petersburg s Russia bank ABRos had bought a considerable stake in REN 4 The bank whose chairman Yury Kovalchuk was a close friend of President Vladimir Putin owned 38 of its home town s TRK Petersburg TV channel and was likely to buy more of that company analysts had told 19 December 2006 s Kommersant daily 5 REN TV and TRK Petersburg would merge into a single media holding though they would operate independently industry observers had told the daily Russian media had reported that oil and gas group Surgutneftegaz had sold its stake in the channel to ABRos which had increased its stake in the media company from 45 to 70 T here are indications that Bertelsmann was interested in selling up after about 18 months in the Russian TV market the broadcasting news website added 6 Currently National Media Group owns 82 and Russian state oil company Gazprom subsidiary SOGAZ owns 18 citation needed Logos edit nbsp 1997 nbsp 1997 2005 nbsp 2005 2006 nbsp 2006 2007 nbsp On screen bug nbsp 2006 2007 black amp white nbsp 2007 nbsp 2007 2010 nbsp 2010 2011 nbsp 2011 2014 nbsp 2014 nbsp 2014 2015 nbsp 2015 2017 nbsp 2017 presentNews coverage editIn November 2005 REN TV fired Olga Romanova the anchor of its daily 24 news flagship 7 Despite much publicity around the incident her independent manner of reporting was continued by Marianna Maksimovskaya formerly an anchor and news presenter for Vladimir Gusinsky s NTV Station Maksimovskaya was in charge of news broadcasts on REN TV until 2014 when she was fired Due to her activities the channel was arguably Russia s only major TV outlet with liberal views discussing the problem of state censorship and showing interviews with leaders of the political fringe including Other Russia Prior to her departure from the channel Romanova had told the Radio Free Europe on 25 November 2005 that the channel s head Alexander Ordzhonikidze had pulled two recent stories for she felt political reasons One censored item had covered an investigation into Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov s son s involvement in a road accident in which a woman died Romanova spoken about the alleged censorship on Ekho Moskvy radio on 23 November 2005 and the next day Ordzhonikidze barred from entering the channel s building 8 A second banned item had been about the building in central Moscow of a US 15 million church and clock tower by Zurab Tsereteli the International Press Institute noted in its report on 2005 9 Ordzhonikidze said in an interview for Echo of Moscow radio station that REN s news output had low ratings and management had decided to try other anchors on the evening newscasts citation needed In solidarity with Romanova several of her journalist colleagues quit the channel in December 2005 Head of news and deputy channel director Yelena Fedorova told Radio Liberty s Russian Service Radio Svoboda why she had resigned 10 Scheduled content editThe company which produced several high profile feature films notably the Golden Lion winning Vozvrashcheniye in 2003 is still a production house and has made much of the network s scheduled content including numerous TV series Soldiers Russian Soldaty following recruits drafted into the Russian Army for their mandatory year of military service 11 16 seasons as of 2009 update Students Russian Studenty following the social lives of several Moscow University for the Humanities students 12 2005 2006 Tourists Russian Turisty following several couples on vacation on a beach resort in Turkey 2005 List of television series studio taken FOX and Sony Pictures Television REN also was showing purchased programming including Prison Break as Pobeg since September 4 2006 Family Guy as Griffiny Friends as Druzya M A S H as MESh My Name Is Earl as Menya zovut Erl since 2006 Supernatural as Sverhestestvennoe since September 2006 The 4400 as 4400 since November 26 2006 The Simpsons as Simpsony The X Files as Sekretnye materialy Jetix children s adventure programming from Disney Current purchased licensed programming Persons Unknown as Neizvestnye lica since November 2012 Top Gear Russia Russian Top Gear Russkaya versiya since February 22 2009 Other shows include at the moment Granica Vremeni The Edge of Time self produced science fiction series airs from 2015Criticism editREN TV has been accused of combining pieces of scientific shows and interviews to produce pseudoscientific documentaries 13 In 2015 REN TV s documentaries were awarded the most harmful pseudoscientific project for spreading of myths delusions and superstitions antiprize by the Ministry of Education and Science for propaganda of conspiracy theories and mistrust for science 14 15 References edit nbsp TV portal nbsp Russia portal nbsp Companies portal Media holding company Ren TV in Russian Worldwide operations RTL corporate website Retrieved on 2007 07 28 New leader in Northwest Russia appointed 2006 10 05 Health care 5 October 2006 Newsletter from the North West of Russia The East Europe Committee of the Swedish Health Care Community p 4 Retrieved on 2007 07 28 Cites for Sovershaeva s former role in Russian Mass media Drug prezidenta stal akcionerom Ren TV Mass media drug prezidenta stal aktsionerom Ren TV Mass media Friend of the President became a shareholder of REN TV Lenta ru Rambler Media Group 19 December 2006 President s Mate Takes Over Ren TV Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Kommersant daily 19 December 2006 Retrieved on 2007 07 27 Abros ups stake in Ren TV broadbandtvnews com Cambridge UK 20 April 2007 Retrieved on 2007 07 28 in German Russischer Sender feuert kritische Journalistin Archived 2007 02 23 at the Wayback Machine Russian channel fired critical journalist NDR Fernsehen 7 December 2005 Julie A Corwin Russia Prominent Journalist To Defend Journalists Rights Archived 2007 08 04 at the Wayback Machine Radio Free Europe 29 November 2005 Retrieved on 2007 07 27 2005 World Press Freedom Review Russia Archived 2007 09 29 at the Wayback Machine International Press Institute Vienna Retrieved on 2007 07 27 Interview REN TV News Editor Explains Her Resignation Radio Free Europe 6 December 2005 Soldaty Soldiers official site Studenty official site A M Cherepashuk Besstydstvo nekotoryh rossijskih SMI porazhaet voobrazhenie Byulleten V zashitu nauki 9 2011 god str 17 18 kopiya Telekanal REN TV poluchil antipremiyu za lzhenauku REN TV received an anti award for pseudoscience klnran ru in Russian Commission on Pseudoscience 2015 02 10 Retrieved 2016 01 17 Predstavitelej SMI i populyarizatorov nauki nagradili premiej Za vernost nauke in Russian Ministry of Education and Science of Russia 11 Feb 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Check 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