UT1 (Ukraine)

Infobox Network
network_name = "Ukrainian National Television"
network_
branding = Pershyi Natsionalnyi. First National
headquarters = flagicon|Ukraine Uzhhorod, Kyiv
country = flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine
network_type = Government Network
slogan =
available = flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine
owner = Government of Ukraine, National Television Company of Ukraine
launch_date = January 20, 1965
founder = Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
key_people = Vasil Ilashchuk, Presient; Roman Nedzelskiy, Vice President
website = [http://www.1tv.com.ua/ www.1tv.com.ua]

Pershyi ( _uk. Перший) is the main state-run television channel in Ukraine, operated by the National Television Company of Ukraine. It is broadcasted on 97% of Ukraine's territory. "UT-1" (short for "Ukrayinske Telebachennia - 1") is a traditional professional abbreviation of this channel.

History

History of Kyiv Telecenter

The first official attempt to broadcast live in Ukraine was made on February 1, 1939. The shooting was made in a tiny studio in Kyiv. The first live broadcasting was 40 minutes long. It showed the portrait of Sergo Ordzhonikidze.

After a long pause that lasted since the first day of World War II, the second birth of Ukrainian television took place. On November 6, 1951, the Kyiv Telecentre made a debut with the broadcasting of a patriotic movie "The Great Glow". Next day the Telecentre went on air again by broadcasting the solemn measures of celebrating the 34th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. On May 1, 1952, a concert went on air (shot in the only studio of the Telecentre - Studio B) of great Ukrainian singers, soloists of the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko Opera Theater. The anchorwoman of the concert was the Kyiv Telecentre's first announcer - Novela Separionova. In 1953, the construction of the building of the Kyiv Telecentre on Khreshchatyk was finished right after the finishing of the Moscow and Leningrad Telecentres. Regular programs started to go on air in 1956. Until that year, the Telecentre went on air twice a day showing feature films or documentaries. Live broadcasting was the only form of broadcasting. Recording video became usual in the mid-1960s.

History of UT

On January 20, 1965, spectators in some Ukrainian oblasts (regions) could see a screen with two big capital letters "УТ" ("UT"). The Ukrainian Republican United Television started its work. Its time on air was approximately 200 hours in 1965.

On March 6, 1972, the UT started to go on air on two channels at a time - УТ-1 (UT-1) and УТ-2 (UT-2).

In the end of the 1970s the building of the UT on Khreshchatyk was reconstructed and the employees got five more studios, but the question of building a new modern TV-center was raised soon. The construction of the new UT headquarters started in 1983 and was finished in 1993.

In 2002 the National Television Company of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Space Agency started to broadcast First National (UT-1) through a satellite abroad.

In 2004 the UT-2 channel stopped its broadcasting. Channel 1+1 started its broadcasting on UT-2's frequency. UT-1 was renamed "First Channel".

In 2005 Taras Stets'kiv became the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine. First Channel prepared to and held the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 successfully in Kyiv.

In 2006 Vitaliy Dokalenko was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine by Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko.

The Network Today

First Channel is the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are oriented on all social layers of the Ukrainian society and national minorities. Among priority directions of the network are informative publicism, popular scientific, culturologic, entertaining and sport-oriented ones.
[
September 1, 2008] On September 1, 2008, the State Television went through a major rebranding that includes logo, idents change and new program openers. The new logo consists of the word "Pershyi" ("First") [http://1tv.com.ua/about/1tvnews/08/09/04/13/45.html Перший національний відтепер ПЕРШИЙ] in the [http://www.1tv.com.ua Перший канал. Офіційний сайт] ] .

Future Goals

UT plans to acquire public broadcaster status by 2009. The government will lose its direct control over the national network. The Public Television Network will consist of several channels, such as, "First Channel", "Second Channel", "Euronews Ukraine" and "Ukraine and the World".

References

External links

* [http://www.1tv.com.ua Official Site]