List of Russian-language television channels

This is a list of television channels broadcasting regularly programmes in Russian language.

State-owned

Name	Owner	Established
Channel One Russia	Rosimuschestvo (state-owned) and Roman Abramovich	1951
Channel One International	Channel One Russia	1999
Channel One Baltics	Channel One Russia	2002
Rossiya 1	All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	1991
Russia K (ex Kultura)	All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	1997
RTR Planeta (International version of Russia 1 and Russia K)	All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	2002
Rossiya 2 (ex Sport)	All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	2003
Rossiya 24 (ex Vesti)	All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	2006
Carousel	Channel One Russia and All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	2010
Carousel International (based on Telenyanya)	Channel One Russia and All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company	2010
TV Tsentr	Government of Moscow	1997
TVCI (International version of TV Tsentr)	Government of Moscow	2003
NTV	Gazprom-Media	1993
NTV Plus	Gazprom-Media	1996
TNT	Gazprom-Media	1998
NTV Canada	NTV Canada Inc.	2006
Telekanal Zvezda	Ministry of Defence	2005
MIR	10 states from CIS	1992

State-funded

Name	Owner	Established
RT (in English, International)	ANO TV Novosti	2005
Rusiya Al-Yaum (in Arabic)	ANO TV Novosti	2007
RT Actualidad (in Spanish)	ANO TV Novosti	2009
RT America (in English, USA)	ANO TV Novosti	2010
RTD (in English)	ANO TV Novosti	2011

Private

Name	Owner	Established
Petersburg – Channel 5	NMG (National Media Group)	1938
REN TV	NMG (National Media Group)	1997
CTC TV	CTC Media	1996
CTC International	CTC Media	2009
DTV Russia	CTC Media	1999
Domashny	CTC Media	2005
Dozhd	private investors	2010
Muz-TV	UTV Russia Holding	1995
MTV Russia	Prof-Media(under license Viacom || 1998
2×2 (TV channel)	Prof-Media	1989
TV3 Russia	Prof-Media	1994
RBC TV	RBC-TV Moskva	2003
Discovery Channel Russia	Discovery Networks EMEA	2006
Animal Planet Russia	Discovery Networks EMEA	2006
TLC Russia	Discovery Networks EMEA	2011
BRIDGE TV (music channel)	Bridge Media Group	2005
Russian Travel Guide	Bridge Media Group	2009
RUSONG TV (music channel)	Bridge Media Group	2010
Disney Channel Russia	Walt Disney Company	2010
Eurosport Russia	TF1 Group	1996
TV1000	Modern Times Group	2003
TV1000 Russkoe Kino	Modern Times Group	2005
TV1000 Action East	Modern Times Group	2008
Viasat History	Modern Times Group	2004
Viasat Explorer	Modern Times Group	2003
Viasat Sport East	Modern Times Group	2006
Viasat Nature	Modern Times Group	2010
Universal Channel Russia	NBC Universal International	2008
SyFy Universal Russia	NBC Universal International	2008
Diva Universal Russia	NBC Universal International	2010
Ru.TV	RMG (RussianMediaGroup)	2006
O2TV	private investors	2004
A-One	private investors	2005
RTVi	private investors	2002
Cyber-Game.TV	private investors	2012

Russia

Main article: Television in Russia

Other countries

Country	Name	Owner	Notes
Abkhazia	Abaza TV	Beslan Butba	Not aligned with either the government or the opposition of Abkhazia. The station broadcasts twice a day in Russian and has a news roundup once a week.
Belarus	Belarus TV	The Stas Nationality Television and Radio Company
China	CCTV Russian	China Central Television
Cyprus	RTCY	Russian Television Cyprus
EU	Euronews	Euronews SA
EU	Eurosport	TF1 Group
Estonia, Latvia	TV3+ Viasat
India	Zee Russia	Essel Group
Israel	Israel Plus	Alexander Levin
	RTN	Russian Media Group	America's only domestic Russian-language network
	RTN Plus	Russian Media Group	Russian language movie channel
Saudi Arabia	Quran Hidayah Russian	Quran Hidayah International Network
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan (TV channel)	Turkmenistan Government

See also

• Lists of television channels