1+1 Media Group

{{Short description|Ukrainian media conglomerate}} {{Distinguish|text=1&1, now [[Ionos]]}} {{Infobox company | name = Studio 1+1, LLC | trading_name = 1+1 Media | native_name = ТРК «Студія 1+1» | romanized_name = TRK «Studiia 1+1» | type = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]] | industry = [[Mass media]] | founder = | dissolved = | hq_location_city = [[Kyiv]] | hq_location_country = [[Ukraine]] | key_people = Yaroslav Pakholchuk (CEO), [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]] (Majority Shareholder) | area_served = Worldwide | products = Television, broadcasting, entertainment, advertisement production | owner = [[Privat Group]] | divisions = {{Unbulleted list|[[1+1 Ukraine]]|1+1 Media Distribution|1+1 Digital{{Efn|Legally 1+1 Internet, LLC.}}|1+1 Production{{Efn|Branded in particular as 1+1 Production Fiction or 1+1 Digital Studios.}}|1+1 Rental}} | subsid = | website = {{URL|https://media.1plus1.ua/en}} }} '''1+1 Media'''{{Efn|Legally romanization as '''Teleradiokompaniia «Studiia 1+1»''', which is indicated on the company's official website in English as abbreviated to '''TRC «Studio 1+1»''' and indicated as '''Studio 1+1, LLC''' in the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine.}} is one of the largest media conglomerates in [[Ukraine]]. The [[General Director]] of the Group is Yaroslav Pakholchuk.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.linkedin.com/company/1-1-media|title = 1+1 Media on LinkedIn|date = |accessdate = 18 August 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

==Structure== 1+1 Media Group comprises seven Ukrainian TV channels, [[1+1 (TV channel)|1+1]], [[2+2 (TV channel)|2+2]], [[TET (TV channel)|TET]], [[PLUSPLUS]], Bigudi, [[UNIAN. Serial]] and [[1+1 International]]. It also controls the online news platforms [[TSN.ua]], [[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency|UNIAN]], Glavred.info, Telekritika and Dusia. It had controlled the English language satellite television channel [[Ukraine News Today|Ukraine Today]] until it was shut down in 2016.

The structure of the group includes the production company '1+1 Production' which is responsible for the creation of in-house TV formats and the adaptation of international formats for broadcast on the several TV channels of the group, including reality and dating shows, talent shows, scripted realities, TV series, sitcoms, documentary and sports programs, original programs and information broadcasting. The production company not only covers in-house needs, but also works with external customers.

[[Ukrainian oligarch]] [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi]] has financial interests in the group.<ref name=economist-20150328>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21647355-building-nation-means-putting-plutocrats-their-place-president-v-oligarch |title=President v oligarch |newspaper=The Economist |date=28 March 2015 |accessdate=28 March 2015 |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230309030925/https://www.economist.com/europe/2015/03/28/president-v-oligarch}}</ref><ref name="csm-20140825">{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2014/0825/Ukraine-Today-jumps-into-the-Ukraine-Russia-media-war|title=Ukraine Today jumps into the Ukraine-Russia media war|author=Lydia Tomkiw|date=25 August 2014|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=16 October 2015|archive-date=2 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230902025617/https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2014/0825/Ukraine-Today-jumps-into-the-Ukraine-Russia-media-war}}</ref>

== Activity == After launching 1+1 International in 2006, which is aimed at the [[Ukrainian diaspora]], the group started its first attempt at gaining part of the international TV market by launching the English language [[Ukraine Today]] in August 2014.<ref name="csm-20140825"/>

In 2012 the group started the "Green Office" project which aims to minimize negative impact on the environment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bakertilly.ua/|title=Головна|website=Baker Tilly|language=uk|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

In November 2017 1+1 Media Group launched the charity fund "You are not alone" (Ти не один), which runs multiple projects to help and encourage children battling serious illnesses, people with disabilities and [[Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone (Ukraine)|ATO]] veterans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fund.1plus1.ua/activity|title=БЛАГОДIЙНИЙ ФОНД|website=fund.1plus1.ua|language=uk|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

In July 2018 1+1 announced the launch of the 1+1 International streaming app.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unian.info/society/10197894-1-1-media-to-launch-the-1-1-international-streaming-app-for-the-ukrainian-diaspora.html|title=1+1 media to launch the 1+1 International streaming app for the Ukrainian diaspora|website=www.unian.info|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

In January 2019 the Ukrainian National Council of Television and Radio refused to give 1+1's news channel UNIAN TV a digital license. The group claimed the refusal was unfounded and politically motivated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://24-my.info/11-media-is-outraged-by-the-refusal-of-the-national-council-in-the-renewal-of-the-license-unian-tv/|title=1+1 media is outraged by the refusal of the national Council in the renewal of the license UNIAN TV {{!}} 24-my.info|date=11 January 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref>

A 1+1 Worldwide app was launched on 4 November 2024. The app contains three FAST channels: 1+1 News and 1+1 Travel; the latter of which contains two separate channels with English and Spanish dubs of Dmytro Komarov's series ''[[The World Inside Out]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clover |first1=Julian |title=1+1 Media introduces international Ukrainian FAST channel app |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2024/11/04/11-media-introduces-international-ukrainian-fast-channel-app/ |access-date=9 November 2024 |work=Broadband TV News |date=4 November 2024}}</ref>

== Division == [[File:1plus1 video.png|thumb|180px|In 2017, the 1+1 Digital supported video streaming platform ovva was rebranded to 1+1 video]] The main divisions of 1+1 Media include: * '''1+1 Digital''' is a unit that develops and maintains digital resources of 1+1 Media. * '''1+1 Production''' is a unit engaged in the production of original content for platforms and TV channels of 1+1 Media.

== Partnership == 1+1 Media has a close relationship with Solutions, LLC, whose beneficiaries as of 2023 are the CEO of the only satellite television operator Vision TV, LLC, doing business as Viasat since its inception in 2006 and was acquired from Modern Times Group in 2016 year by Svitlana Mishchenko and the general director of 1+1 Media Yaroslav Pakholchuk. According to the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine, the owners were previously other managers closely familiar with the 1+1 Media business, such as the ex-director of 1+1 Media [[Oleksandr Tkachenko (journalist)|Oleksandr Tkachenko]] or [[Ihor Kolomoiskyi]]'s partner Timur Mindych. Vision TV, LLC, also owns Plus TV, LLC, which was founded as a joint venture with [[Kyivstar]] and does business as Kyivstar TV, in turn fully owned by Solutions, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=«Це мій бізнес». СЕО медіагрупи «1+1» Пахольчук розповів про нові канали-дублі |trans-title="This is my business." CEO of the media group "1+1" Pakholchuk talked about the new dubbing channels |url=https://forbes.ua/news/tse-miy-biznes-seo-mediagrupi-11-pakholchuk-rozpoviv-pro-novi-kanali-dubli-03112023-17061 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

==See also== * [[Starlight Media]] * [[Media Group Ukraine]] * [[UMH group]]

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==External links== *{{official website}}

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