{{short description|Russian public TV channel}} {{Distinguish|Public Television of Russia|Russia-1}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Channel One | native_name = {{nobold|Первый канал}} | native_name_lang = ru | logo = 1канал-5.svg | logo_size = 200px | logo_caption = Logo used since 2000 | launch_date = {{start date and age|1951|03|22|df=yes}} (original channel) {{start date and age|1995|04|01|df=yes}} (as present) | picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed) [[4K resolution|4K]] (during World Cup 2018) | key_people = [[Konstantin Ernst]], CEO | owner = (in 2023)<br />[[Federal Agency for State Property Management|Government of Russia]] (34.23%)<br />[[VTB Bank]] (32.89%)<br />[[National Media Group]] (19.46%)<br />[[Sogaz]] (13.42%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://journalismresearch.org/media-capture-in-russia-an-expensive-venture/ |title=Media Capture in Russia: An Expensive Venture |date=22 June 2023 |publisher=Media and Journalism Research Center}}</ref> | country = [[Russia]] | area = Worldwide | headquarters = [[Ostankino Technical Center]], Moscow, Russia | replaced_by = [[Inter (TV channel)|Inter]] (1996, in [[Ukraine]])<br /> [[Channel One Eurasia]] (1997, in [[Kazakhstan]])<br />[[All-National TV|ONT]] (2002, in [[Belarus]]) | former_names =ORT (1995–2002) | replaced = [[1st channel Ostankino|Ostankino Channel One]] | language = [[Russian Language|Russian]] | sister_channels = {{hlist|[[Carousel (TV channel)|Karusel]]|Telecafe|Dom Kino|Music One TV|Vremya|Dom Kino Premium|Bober|[[Perviy Kanal Evraziya]]}} | website = {{URL|https://www.1tv.ru}} (Russian)<br />{{URL|https://www.1tv.com}} (Russian) | terr_serv_1 = [[Digital terrestrial television]] | terr_chan_1 = Channel 1 | online_serv_1 = Channel One internet broadcast | online_chan_1 = {{URL|https://www.1tv.ru/live}} }}
'''Channel One''' ({{lang-rus|Первый канал|r=Pervyy kanal|p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal|t=First Channel}}) is a Russian [[Television in Russia|federal television channel]].{{sfn|Burton|Drake|2004|p=164}} Its headquarters are located at [[Ostankino Technical Center]] near the [[Ostankino Tower]] in [[Moscow]]. The majority of its shares are owned or indirectly controlled by the state.{{sfn|Noam|2016|p=286}}{{sfn|Beumers|Hutchings|Rulyova|2008|p=31}}
It was created by decree of Russian president [[Boris Yeltsin]] to replace [[Ostankino Television Channel One]], which in turn replaced [[Programme One]] in 1991.{{sfn|Beumers|Hutchings|Rulyova|2008|pp=160, 223}}
From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as '''Public Russian Television''' ({{langx|ru|Общественное Российское Телевидение|Obshchestvennoye Rossiyskoye Televideniye}}, '''ORT''' {{IPA|ru|oˈɛrˈtɛ|}}).{{sfn|Beumers|Hutchings|Rulyova|2008|pp=160, 223}} The main news programmes are ''[[Vremya]]'' and ''[[Novosti (TV program)|Novosti]]''.{{sfn|Beumers|Hutchings|Rulyova|2008|pp=223}}
Channel One's main competitors are the [[Russia-1]], [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]], [[5TV (Russian TV channel)|5TV]] and [[TV Centre (Russia)|TV Centre]] channels. The channel has over 2,900 employees as of 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.list-org.com/company/32822 |title=АО "ПЕРВЫЙ КАНАЛ", ОКПО 40119053 |website=List-Org |language=ru |access-date=2 May 2026}}</ref>
== History == {{For|the history of this channel before 1995|Television in the Soviet Union|Soviet Central Television|1st channel Ostankino}}
When the [[Soviet Union]] was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of [[Boris Yeltsin]]'s new government was to sign a [[Decree of the President of Russia|presidential decree]] on 27 December 1991, providing for Russian jurisdiction over the central television system. The All-Union State Television and Radio Company (''[[Gosteleradio]]'') was transformed into the Russian State Television and Radio Company [[Ostankino (TV and radio company)|Ostankino]], a shareholding company, with 51% of its shares remaining with the state.{{sfn|Beumers|Hutchings|Rulyova|2008|p=160}}
[[Boris Abramovich Berezovsky]], a [[Russian oligarch]], gained control over ORT Television to replace the failing [[Programme One]]. He appointed the popular anchorman and producer [[Vladislav Listyev]] as the CEO of ORT. Three months later Listyev was assassinated amid a fierce struggle for control of advertising sales.<ref>{{Cite news |title= World News Briefs; Russian TV Chief Resigns in Protest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/world/world-news-briefs-russian-tv-chief-resigns-in-protest.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 March 1995 |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stanley |first=Alessandra |date=3 March 1995 |title=Celebrity's Killing Stirs Talk of Intrigue in Russia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/world/celebrity-s-killing-stirs-talk-of-intrigue-in-russia.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref>
A presidential decree of 30 November 1994 transformed Ostankino into a [[closed joint-stock company]], called Russian Public Television (''Obshchestvennoe Rossiyskoye Televidenie'', or ORT). The shares were distributed between state agencies (51%) and private shareholders, including numerous banks (49%). The partial privatization was inspired by the intolerable financial situation of Ostankino owing to huge transmission costs and a bloated payroll (total staff of about 10,000 in early 1995). In February 1995, the channel announced it would stop airing commercial advertising which was seen by network executives as a "source of great irritation and disappointment". It wasn't clear when the law would be passed; its lifting depended on the introduction of new advertising rules.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia's main TV channel to reject ads |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19950222-1.2.10.8 |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |date=22 February 1995}}</ref> After the fallout from Listyev's death on 1 March, Alexander Yakovlev resigned from his post as chairman, as the channel was facing an uncertain future on the verge of becoming ORT.<ref>{{cite news |title=RUSSIAN TV CHIEF QUITS |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19950318-1.2.13.11.4 |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |date=18 March 1995}}</ref>
Following the [[1998 Russian financial crisis|1998 financial collapse]], which almost resulted in them becoming insolvent, the channel obtained a government loan of $100 million from state-controlled [[Vnesheconombank (Russia)|Vnesheconombank]].<ref>''Television in the Russian Federation: Organisational Structure, Program Production and Audience''</ref> Also in 1998, the closed joint stock company was transformed into an open stock company. However, controlling votes on the board of directors remained in the hands of structures linked to then-Kremlin-connected businessman Boris Berezovsky. Thanks to this state of affairs, Berezovsky was able to preserve control over the channel's cash flows as well as over its editorial line until 2000.
From 1 April 1995 to late 2002, the channel was called ORT (ОРТ—Общественное Российское Телевидение, ''Obshchestvennoye Rossiyskoye Televideniye''; Public Russian Television). It maintained the traditional programs and shows of the First Channel of the Soviet Television (RTO), such as ''[[Vremya]]'', ''[[KVN]]'', ''[[What? Where? When?|Chto? Gde? Kogda?]]'', ''[[In the World of Animals|V mire zhivotnykh]]'' and ''[[Travelers' Club]]''; the last two are no longer broadcast on this channel.
Channel One was the host broadcaster of [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]], announced in December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1624 |title=Stories - Eurovision Song Contest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216142103/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1624 |archive-date=16 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 8 May 2022, the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] of the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] placed sanctions on Channel One Russia pursuant to {{Executive Order|14024}} for being owned or controlled by, or for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the [[Government of Russia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Treasury Takes Sweeping Action Against Russia's War Efforts |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0771 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Sam Fossum, Jasmine |date=2022-05-08 |title=US announces sanctions against Kremlin-controlled media companies and bans Russia from using some American consulting services {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/politics/us-russia-sanctions-media-companies-consulting-services |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2024, the German government ordered the closure of Channel One's local bureau in Berlin and expelled its employees, citing security threats to the European Union and the channel's role in the formation of public opinion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Germany orders closure of Russia's Channel One bureau in Berlin |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-11-27-germany-orders-closure-of-russias-channel-one-bureau-in-berlin/ |work=The Star |date=27 November 2024 |access-date=2 May 2026}}</ref>
==Broadcasting== The main broadcasting center is in [[Ostankino Tower]], Moscow. In September 2008, the channel installed new digital audio mixing systems in their new state-of-the-art broadcast complex located in the Ostankino Television Technical Centre in Moscow. The new Channel One news facility opened in March 2008 and features advanced server technology with equipment from manufacturers such as [[Evertz Microsystems|Evertz]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia’s Channel One transitions to IP with Evertz |url=https://www.tvbeurope.com/ip-migration/russias-channel-one-transitions-to-ip-with-evertz |publisher=TVBEurope |access-date=7 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916154740/https://www.tvbeurope.com/ip-migration/russias-channel-one-transitions-to-ip-with-evertz |archive-date=16 September 2025 |date=5 July 2021}}</ref> Channel One began broadcasting a [[1080i]] [[high-definition television|high-definition]] signal on 24 December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1tv.ru/conf/357 |title=Вещание в HD, онлайн-чат с Алексеем Ефимовым |access-date=31 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507133013/http://www.1tv.ru/conf/357 |archive-date=7 May 2015 }}</ref>
At the end of 2018, a separate feed of Channel One's schedule was launched for each of the eleven [[Time in Russia|time zones of Russia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Первый канал переходит на вещание для всех часовых поясов страны |url=https://ria.ru/20181224/1548615560.html |publisher=RIA Novosti |access-date=7 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207061334/https://ria.ru/20181224/1548615560.html |archive-date=7 February 2025 |language=ru}}</ref> Previously, there had been only five feeds for the entire country—one operating on [[Moscow Time]] and variations time-shifted ahead by two, four, six, and eight hours. This caused programming in some time zones to air one hour earlier or later than the time specified in schedules.<ref>{{cite web |title=Зоны вещания Первого канала. О компании. Первый канал |url=https://www.1tv.ru/about/broadcast-area |website=1tv.ru |access-date=7 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251205124957/https://www.1tv.ru/about/broadcast-area |archive-date=5 December 2025 |language=ru}}</ref>
Channel One can be streamed on the internet for free on 1tv.ru for viewers in Russia and 1tv.com is for international viewers, though most programs of the Russian version of the channel can be seen internationally too.
==Production== Channel One has produced many films, including four of the highest-grossing Russian movies after the Soviet collapse, ''[[Night Watch (2004 film)|Night Watch]]'' (2004), ''[[The Turkish Gambit]]'' (2005), ''[[Day Watch (film)|Day Watch]]'' (2006), and ''[[The Irony of Fate 2]]'' (2007). It airs the Russian adaptations of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'', ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'', and ''[[Fabrika Zvyozd|Star Factory]]''.
===Original programming=== {{Div col}} *Children's ** ''[[Good Night, Little Ones!]]'' ** ''[[Ulitsa Sezam|Sesame Street]]'' ** ''[[Yeralash]]'' *Comedy ** ''[[Big Difference]]'' – sketch comedy ** ''[[Calambur]]'' – sketch comedy ** ''[[Oba-na]]'' – comedy *Cooking ** ''[[Gusto (TV show)|Gusto]]'' *Drama ** ''[[Adjutants of Love]]'' – telenovela ** ''[[Azazel (miniseries)|Azazel]]'' – Boris Akunin adaptation ** ''[[Brezhnev (film)|Brezhnev]]'' – biopic ** ''[[Brief Guide To A Happy Life]]'' – romantic drama ** ''[[Catherine the Great (TV series)|Catherine the Great]]'' – biopic ** ''[[Children of the Arbat (TV series)|Children of the Arbat]]'' – Anatoly Rybakov adaptation ** ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (TV series)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' – detective series ** ''[[The Dawns Here Are Quiet (2015 film)|The Dawns Here Are Quiet]]'' – war ** ''[[Deadly Force (TV Series)|Deadly Force]]'' – detective series ** ''[[Empire under Attack]]'' – history ** ''[[Ex-Wife (Russian TV series)|Ex-Wife]]'' ** ''[[As the Reels Turn 1: With Friends Like You]]'' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Как вращаются барабаны 1: С такими друзьями, как ты) - comedy and drama series **''[[As the Reels Turn 2: The Gamble]]'' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Как вращаются барабаны 2: Игра) - comedy and drama series **''[[As the Reels Turn 3: Blinded by Love]]'' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Как вращаются барабаны 3: Ослепленный любовью) - comedy and drama series ** ''[[The Fall of the Empire]]'' – history ** ''[[Hot Ice (TV series)|Hot Ice]]'' – sports drama ** ''[[House with Lilies]]'' – period drama ** ''[[Investigation Held by ZnaToKi]]'' – detective series ** ''[[Klim (TV series)|Klim]]'' – detective series ** ''[[The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik]]'' – biopic ** ''[[Mata Hari (TV series)|Mata Hari]]'' – biopic ** ''[[The Method (TV series)|The Method]]'' – detective series ** ''[[Moscow Saga]]'' – Vasili Aksyonov adaptation ** ''[[Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno]]'' – biopic ** ''[[Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was...]]'' – biopic ** ''[[Raid (TV series)|Raid]]'' – detective series ** ''[[Russian Translation (TV series)|Russian Translation]]'' ** ''A Second Before...'' – fantasy ** ''[[Silver Spoon (Russian TV series)|Silver Spoon]]'' – crime ** ''[[The Sniffer]]'' – detective series ** ''[[Spetsnaz (miniseries)|Spetsnaz]]'' – war ** ''[[Streets of Broken Lights]]'' – detective series ** ''[[The Thaw (Russian TV series)|The Thaw]]'' ** ''[[The Three Musketeers (2013 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' – Alexandre Dumas adaptation ** ''[[Trace (TV series)|Trace]]'' – detective series ** ''[[Trifles of Life]]'' – telenovela ** ''[[Trotsky (TV series)|Trotsky]]'' – biopic ** ''[[Wedding Ring (Russian TV series)|Wedding Ring]]'' – telenovela ** ''[[:ru:Ялта-45|Yalta-45]]'' – war ** ''[[Yesenin (TV series)|Yesenin]]'' – biopic *Game shows ** ''[[All or Nothing (game show)|All or Nothing]]'' ** ''[[Pole Chudes|Field of Wonders]]'' ** ''[[:ru:Народ против (телеигра)|The People Versus]]'' ** ''[[Slaboye Zveno|The Weakest Link]]'' ** ''[[What? Where? When?]]'' *Reality shows ** ''[[Fabrika Zvyozd|Star Factory]]'' – talent show ** ''[[Last Hero]]'' – version of ''Survivor'' ** ''[[Let's Get Married (TV series)|Let's Get Married]]'' (Давай поженимся) – helping people find people they are right for <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/davay-pozhenimsya |title=Давай поженимся! |website=1tv.ru |language=ru}}</ref> ** ''[[Minuta slavy|Minute of Fame]]'' – talent show ** ''[[One to One!]]'' – talent show ** ''[[The Voice (Russia TV series)|The Voice]]'' – talent show ** ''[[The Voice Kids (Russia)|The Voice Kids]]'' – talent show *Sports ** ''Lednikoviy period'' ("Ice Age", Ледниковый период) – ice skating show [https://web.archive.org/web/20081227055109/http://www.1tv.ru/ice2/ Ледниковый период – 2] ** ''[[Football Review]]'' ** ''Tennis Review'' ** ''[[ATP (tennis)|ATP Uncovered]]'' ** ''[[WTA (tennis)|WTA All Access]]'' ** ''[[WTA (tennis)|WTA One on One with Chris Evert]]'' ** ''[[Australian Open]]'' ** ''[[French Open|Roland Garros]]'' ** ''[[Wimbledon Championships]]'' ** ''[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]'' ** ''[[Davis Cup]]'' ** ''[[Fed Cup]]'' *News and Talk shows **''[[Evening Urgant]]'' – Ivan Urgant's talk show ** ''[[Good Morning (Russian show)|Good Morning]]'' ** ''Gordon'' (Гражданин Гордон / Гордон Кихот) – Alexander Gordon's talk shows <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1tv.ru/gordonkihot/ |title=Гордонкихот |website=1tv.ru |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223054400/http://www.1tv.ru/gordonkihot/ |archive-date=23 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ** ''[[Let Them Talk (talk show)|Let Them Talk]]'' Dmitri Borisov's talk show ** ''Pozner'' (Познер) – [[Vladimir Pozner Jr.|Vladimir Pozner]]'s current affairs program ** ''[[Prozhektorperiskhilton]]'' – satirical talk show with Ivan Urgant, Garik Martirosyan, Sergei Svetlakov and Alexander Tsekalo ** ''[[Vremya]] ("Time", Время) – news program, on air since 1968'' ** ''[[Vremya Pokazhet]] ("Time Will Tell", Вре́мя пока́жет)'' *Other ** ''[[In the World of Animals]]'' – zoology ** ''[[Pesnya goda|Song of the Year]]'' – music festival ** ''[[Till 16 and older...]]'' – problems of young people ** ''[[Travelers' Club]]'' – travel ** ''[[Vzglyad (Russian TV program)|Vzglyad]]'' – current affairs {{Div col end}}
=== International series that were broadcasting on Channel One === {{Div col}} *American series ** ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' ({{langx|ru|Остаться в живых}}, ''Ostat'sya v Zhyvykh'', "To Stay Alive" in English) ** ''[[Lie To Me]]'' ({{langx|ru|Обмани меня}}, ''Obmani menya'', "Deceive me" in English) ** ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' ({{langx|ru|Дурнушка}}, ''Durnushka'', "Ugly girl" in English) ** ''[[FlashForward]]'' ({{langx|ru|Вспомни, что будет}}, ''Vspomni, chto budet'', "Remember what will be" in English) ** ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' ({{langx|ru|Подпольная империя}}, ''Podpolʹnaya imperiya'', "The Underground Empire" in English) ** ''[[Body of Proof]]'' ({{langx|ru|Следствие по телу}}, ''Sledstvie po telu'', "The investigation of the body"), the series premiered on 7 February 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://1tvru.livejournal.com/63203.html |title=1tvru |access-date=31 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205131417/http://1tvru.livejournal.com/63203.html |archive-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> ** ''[[Suits (American TV series)|Suits]]'' ({{langx|ru|Форс-мажоры}}, ''Fors-mazhory'', "Force Majeures") premiered on 26 September 2011 ** ''[[Terra Nova (TV series)|Terra Nova]]'' premiered on 27 September 2011 ** ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'' ({{langx|ru|Белый воротничок}}) ** ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'' ({{langx|ru|Калифрения}}, ''Califreniya'') ** ''[[Ray Donovan (TV series)|Ray Donovan]]'' ({{langx|ru|Рей Донован}}, ''Ray Donovan'') ** ''[[Bates Motel (TV series)|Bates Motel]]'' ({{langx|ru|Мотель Бейтс}}, ''Motel' Baits'') *Brazilian telenovelas ** ''Tropicaliente April'' – December 1995 ** ''[[Mulheres de Areia]]'' – 3 January July 1996 ** ''A Próxima Vítima'' July 1996 – winter 1997 ** ''O Rei do Gado'' 1997–1998 ** ''Anjo mau'' 1998 ** ''[[Avenida Brasil (TV series)|Avenida Brasil]]'' 2013 *Other ** ''[[Forbrydelsen]]'' ({{langx|ru|Убийство}}, ''Ubiystvo'' "The Kill") premiered on 28 September 2011 ** ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' ({{langx|ru|Шерлок Холмс}}, ''Sherlock Holmes'') {{Div col end}}
=== Former International and Russian animated series === {{Div col}} * ''[[Nu, Pogodi!]]'' ({{langx|ru|Ну, Погоди!}}) 1991–2006 * ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' * ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' * ''[[Challenge of the GoBots]]'' 1994 * ''[[Les Misérables]]'' ({{langx|ru|Отверженные}}) 1995 * ''[[Widget (TV series)|Widget]]'' Autumn – Winter 1995 * ''[[Andy Panda]]'' 1995–1996 (only in Muftfireworks ({{langx|ru|Мультфейерверк}})) * ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' (As "Woody and his Friends") 1995 – December 1997 (only in Muftfireworks ({{langx|ru|Мультфейерверк}})) * ''[[Monster Force]]'' 22 January – 7 February 1996 * ''[[Dog City]]'' 1996 * ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]'' Summer 1996 * ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' Summer 1996 (in Muftfireworks ({{langx|ru|Мультфейерверк}})), April – May 2002 * ''[[Exosquad]]'' Autumn 1996 * ''[[The Pink Panther (TV series)|The Pink Panther]]'' 1996–1997 (in Muftfireworks ({{langx|ru|Мультфейерверк}})), 1998 * ''[[Orson & Olivia]]'' Winter-Spring 1997 * ''[[The Legends of Treasure Island]]'' Spring 1997 * ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' 30 October 1997 – 29 October 1998 * ''[[Albert - the 5th Musketeer]]'' Autumn 1998 * ''[[Action Man (1995 TV series)|Action Man]]'' 9 March – 23 April 1999 * ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1972-1973 cartoon)|Around the World in 80 days]]'' May – July 1999 * ''[[Phantom 2040]]'' 10 July – September 1999 * ''[[Beast Wars]]'' 29 November 1999 – 20 January 2000 * ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' 23 January – 29 March 2000 * ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series]]'' 13 November 2000 – 2002 * ''[[Pororo the Little Penguin]]'' Winter 2003 – 18 May 2009 * ''[[Fly Tales]]'' 12 September 1999 – 2000 * ''[[Kaput & Zösky]]'' 14 June 2003 – 2004 * ''[[Tayo the Little Bus]]'' 10 May 2010 – 2019 * ''[[Cocomong]]'' 2008 – 2015 {{Div col end}}
=== Anime === {{Div col}} * ''[[Maya the Honey Bee]]'' ({{langx|de|Die Biene Maja}}) 1991 – 1993 * ''[[The Flying House (TV series)|The Flying House]]'' 1992 – 1993, 1994 * ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (anime)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' ({{langx|ja|トム・ソーヤーの冒険}}; {{langx|ru|Приключения Тома Сойера}}) 1994 * ''[[Topo Gigio (anime)|Topo Gigio]]'' ({{langx|ja|トッポ・ジージョ}}) 21 November 1994 – 1 February 1995 * ''[[Wonder Beat Scramble]]'' ({{langx|ja|ワンダービートS}}) 6 February – 27 March 1995 * ''[[Pokémon (TV series)|Pokémon]]'' 18 December 2000 – 3 September 2001 * ''[[Yume no Crayon Oukoku]]'' 2001 – 2002 * ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' 2003 – 2006 * ''[[Ashita no Nadja]]'' 2007 {{Div col end}}
=== Walt Disney Presents === * ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' 1991, 1992 * ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' 1991, 1992 * ''[[Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'' 1992 * ''[[TaleSpin]]'' 1992
==Editorial independence== [[File:Vladimir Putin and Konstantin Ernst 24 March 2014.jpeg|thumb|Vladimir Putin and [[Konstantin Ernst]], chief of Channel One.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cosic |first=Jelena |title=Canada sanctions 10 Putin allies, including Russia's leading TV propagandists |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/russia-archive/canada-sanctions-10-putin-allies-including-russias-leading-tv-propagandists/ |work=The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists |date=8 March 2022}}</ref>]] A 2024 study found that throughout Putin's tenure as president or prime minister, Channel One has covered him in a positive light.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=La Lova |first=Lanabi |date=2024 |title=Vladimir Putin on Channel One, 2000–2022 |journal=Political Communication |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=234–252 |language=en |doi=10.1080/10584609.2024.2380438 |issn=1058-4609|doi-access=free }}</ref>
===Political coverage=== [[File:Vladimir Posner interviews Hillary Rodham Clinton in Moscow 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Vladimir Pozner Jr.|Vladimir Pozner]] interviews [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary Rodham Clinton]] on the "Pozner Show" in Moscow, 19 March 2010]] In autumn of 1999 the channel actively participated in that year's [[State Duma]] [[1999 Russian legislative election|electoral campaign]] by criticizing Moscow mayor [[Yuriy Luzhkov]], [[Yevgeny Primakov]] and their party [[Fatherland-All Russia]], major opponents of the pro-[[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] party [[Unity Party of Russia|Unity]]. [[Sergey Dorenko]], popularly dubbed as TV-killer, was a close ally of [[business oligarch]] and media magnate [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]]. From September 1999 to September 2000 he hosted the influential weekly program simply called ''Sergey Dorenko's Program'' on Saturdays at 9 pm. This was especially heavy on criticism and mercilessly attacked Putin's opponents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Elections (transcript) |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july-dec99/russian_elections_12-17.html |publisher=Jim Lehrer NewsHour, PBS |date=17 December 1999 |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030023137/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/july-dec99/russian_elections_12-17.html |archive-date=30 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Emma Gray |title=Putin's Media War |url=http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2000/Russia_analysis_March00/Russia_analysis_march00.html |publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists|CPJ Press Freedom Reports]] |date=27 March 2000 |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828065403/http://cpj.org/Briefings/2000/Russia_analysis_March00/Russia_analysis_march00.html |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=A. Petrova |title=TV journalist Sergey Dorenko |url=http://bd.english.fom.ru/report/cat/az/S/dorenko_s_/eof003807 |publisher=The Public Opinion Foundation Database |date=21 September 2000 |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191429/http://bd.english.fom.ru/report/cat/az/S/dorenko_s_/eof003807 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In August 2000, however, his program criticized how the Putin government handled the [[Russian submarine Kursk explosion|explosion of the Russian submarine ''Kursk'']]. When Dorenko's show was in turn suspended on 9 September 2000, ORT director-general [[Konstantin Ernst]] insisted that — contrary to Dorenko's allegations — the government had not been involved in the change. Ernst stated that he yanked the show because Dorenko had defied his orders to stop discussing the government's plan to nationalize Boris Berezovsky's 49-percent stake in the network.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia 2000 Country Report |url=http://www.cpj.org/attacks00/europe00/Russia.html |publisher=[[Committee to Protect Journalists|CPJ]] |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828065416/http://cpj.org/attacks00/europe00/Russia.html |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Elena Dikun |title=The Kremlin Sets About Cleaning Up the Airwaves |url=http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=7&issue_id=437&article_id=3756 |work=[[Prism (Jamestown)|Prism]] |volume=6 |issue=9 |date=30 September 2000 |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017174913/http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=7&issue_id=437&article_id=3756 |archive-date=17 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Andrei Zolotov Jr. |author2=Simon Saradzhyan |title=Dorenko Program Has Plug Pulled |url=http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=12466 |newspaper=[[The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)]] |issue=602 |date=12 September 2000 |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320020731/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=12466 |archive-date=20 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Berezovsky claims that in 2001 he was forced by the Putin administration to sell his shares. He first tried to sell them to a third party, but failed. A close friend of Berezovsky, [[Nikolai Glushkov]], was arrested while seriously ill, and Berezovsky gave up the shares and transferred them to [[Roman Abramovich]]'s [[Sibneft]] with the understanding that Glushkov would then be released. This promise was not fulfilled.<ref>{{cite web |title=ORT officials accused of contraband and evading customs tariffs |url=http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=24&issue_id=1931&article_id=17910 |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation Monitor |volume=7 |issue=2 |date=3 January 2001 |access-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061122183938/http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=24&issue_id=1931&article_id=17910 |archive-date=22 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Vladimir Pribylovsky |author2=Yuri Felshtinsky |title=Операция "Наследник" (Operation 'Heirs') |url=http://www.lib.ru/HISTORY/FELSHTINSKY/naslednik.txt |work=Штрихи к политическому портрету В. В. Путина (Sketches toward a political portrait of Vladimir Putin) |language=ru |access-date=23 April 2008}}</ref> Soon after Berezovsky's withdrawal, the new ownership changed the channel's name to Pervy Kanal (Channel One). Konstantin Ernst remains as general director.
==Management and shareholders== ===2005=== According to the inspection<ref>{{cite web |author=S. A. Agaptsov |title=Контроль расходов федерального бюджета на здравоохранение, социальную политику и за бюджетами государственных внебюджетных фондов |trans-title=Controlling federal budget spending on health, social policy and budgets for state extra-budgetary funds |url=http://www.ach.gov.ru/results/12/01.php |publisher=[[Accounts Chamber of Russia|Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation]] |language=ru |access-date=22 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128223049/http://www.ach.gov.ru/results/12/01.php |archive-date=28 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> conducted by the [[Accounts Chamber of Russia]] and initiated by MP [[Alexander Lebedev]], in 2005 the channel had the following shareholders structure and board of directors:
*[[Rosimushchestvo]] – 38.9%; *ORT Bank Consortium – 24%; *RastrKom 2002 – 14%; *EberLink – 11%; *[[TASS|ITAR-TASS]] – 9.1%; *TTTs – 3%.
:[[Alexey Gromov]] (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Press Secretary of President [[Vladimir Putin]]) :[[Konstantin Ernst]] (Director General of the Channel One) :[[Alexander Dzasokhov]] (then President of [[North Ossetia–Alania]]) :[[Galina Karelova]] (Chairman of Russia's Social Insurance Fund) :[[Mikhail Lesin]] (Adviser to President [[Vladimir Putin]], former Mass Media Minister) :[[Nikita Mikhalkov]] (President of Russia's Cinematographers Union) :[[Mikhail Piotrovsky]] (Director of the State [[Hermitage Museum]]) :[[Ilya Reznik]] (poet, composer) :Alexander Chaikovsky (Chairman of the Composition Department of [[Moscow Conservatory]]) :Mikhail Shvydkoi (Chief of the [[Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography]], former Culture Minister of Russia)
ORT Bank Consortium, RastrKom 2002 and EberLink (49%) are controlled by [[Roman Abramovich]], while [[Rosimushchestvo]], [[TASS|ITAR-TASS]] and TTTs vote on behalf of the Russian state (51%).<ref>{{cite web |author=Vladimir Temniy |title=Электронным СМИ – положительный заряд |trans-title=The electronic media — a positive charge |url=http://www.grani.ru/Society/Media/Television/m.96932.html |publisher=grani.ru |date=20 October 2005 |access-date=22 April 2008 |language=ru}}</ref>
===2006=== As of 2006, the Board of Directors of the Channel One consisted of:
:[[Sergei Naryshkin]] (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Minister, Chief of Staff of the Russian Government); :Konstantin Ernst (Director General of the Channel One); :Lyudmila Pridanova (Deputy Head of [[Rosimushchestvo]]); :Alexey Gromov (Press Secretary of President Vladimir Putin); :Mikhail Lesin (Adviser to President Vladimir Putin, former Mass Media Minister); :[[Nikita Mikhalkov]] (President of Russia's Cinematographers Union); :[[Mikhail Piotrovsky]] (Director of the State Hermitage Museum); :Ilya Reznik (poet, composer); :Alexander Chaikovsky (Chairman of the Composition Department of Moscow Conservatory, Rector of [[Saint Petersburg Conservatory]]); :Mikhail Shvydkoi (Chief of the Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography, former Culture Minister of Russia).
===2021=== In 2021, [[VTB Bank]] owned 32.89% of shares.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/08/09/2021/6138c8c59a7947886783d34b|title=ВТБ стал акционером "Первого канала"|website=rbc.ru|date=8 September 2021}}</ref>
Vladimir Putin's close friend [[Yuriy Kovalchuk]], through his holding company National Media Group, owns stakes in several of Russia's most influential television channels, including Channel One.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet The Oligarch Who Whispers In Putin's Ear |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2022/03/18/meet-the-man-who-whispers-in-putins-ear/ |work=Forbes |date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Putin cronies and criminals gear up to steal Russia |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/putin-cronies/ |work=Japan Times |date=14 February 2023}}</ref>
===2023=== As of 2023, the state owned 34.23% of Channel One, along with a "golden share". [[VTB Bank]] controlled 32.89% of the shares, [[National Media Group]] owned 19.46%, and [[Sogaz]] held a 13.42% stake.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://journalismresearch.org/media-capture-in-russia-an-expensive-venture/ |title=Media Capture in Russia: An Expensive Venture |date=22 June 2023 |publisher=Media and Journalism Research Center}}</ref>
==Sister channels== ===Active=== Channel One owns some digital-only television channels (under brand ''Channel One Digital TV-family'', Цифровое телесемейство Первого канала): *Dom Kino (Cinema House) — movies *Dom Kino Premium (Cinema House Premium) — movies *Muzyka Pervogo (Channel One Music) — music *[[Vremya]] (Time) — 20th century history *Telecafe (Television Café) — food *Bobyor (Beaver) — lifestyle *O! — family *Poyekhali (Let's Go) — travel *[[Karusel]] (in co-operation with VGTRK) (Carousel) – for children
===Defunct=== *Telenyanya ([[TeleNanny]]) — for children
==Criticism== ===Pro-government bias=== Critics charge that Channel One's news and information programs are frequently used for propaganda purposes. As Konstantin Ernst stated in his interview to [[The New Yorker]], "it would be strange if a channel that belonged to the state were to express an anti-government point of view".<ref name=ny>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/16/the-kremlins-creative-director |title=The Kremlin's creative director |author=Joshua Yaffa |date=9 December 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> The critics contend that Channel One airs a disproportionate number of stories focusing on positive aspects of official government policy, while largely neglecting certain controversial topics such as war in [[Chechnya]] or social problems. In addition, some have argued that the station's news reports often blur the line between factual reporting and editorial commentary, especially when broadcasting stories concerning [[Russian government]] policies or goals.
As of 2006, [[Vladimir Pozner Jr.|Vladimir Pozner]], [[Ekaterina Andreeva (journalist)|Ekaterina Andreeva]], [[Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy|Pyotr Tolstoy]] and [[Mikhail Leontiev]] are among the most known political journalists of the channel. On Sunday, 28 January 2006, the Channel One news and analytical program ''Sunday Time'' (''[[Vremya|Voskresnoye Vremya]]'') hosted by Petr Tolstoy distorted the content of a speech by Belarusian President [[Alexander Lukashenko]] related to the [[2007 Russia–Belarus energy dispute|Russia-Belarus energy dispute]] to the contrary by editing it and deleting some crucial words.<ref>{{cite web |title=Как делали провокацию по Лукашенке (ОРТ) |trans-title=How they provoked on Lukashenko (ORT) |url=http://forum.for-ua.com/read.php?1,1575885 |website=for-ua.com |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210111228/http://forum.for-ua.com/read.php?1%2C1575885 |archive-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}; {{cite AV media |title=Video (in Russian) |url=http://www-download.1tv.ru/Video/2007_01/2801072102.flv |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323120346/http://www-download.1tv.ru/Video/2007_01/2801072102.flv |archive-date=23 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}; {{cite web |title=Text of original speech |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?NewsID=11196940&PageNum=0 |publisher=[[TASS|ITAR-TASS]] |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519034944/http://www.itar-tass.com/level2.html?NewsID=11196940&PageNum=0 |archive-date=19 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Moreover, various media reported that the channel presented biased coverage of other events that were closely connected to Russia's foreign policy, including the Ukrainian elections to the [[Verkhovna Rada]] in 2007, the [[Euromaidan]] of 2013–2014, and the following [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/757848 |title=Телелидеры 2-8 апреля |author=Арина Бородина |language=ru |date=11 April 2007 |publisher=Kommersant |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tjournal.ru/news/53118-euromaidan-beginnings |title=Гонят в пропасть |author=Виктор Степанов |language=ru |date=21 November 2014 |publisher=TJournal |access-date=24 August 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123165330/https://tjournal.ru/news/53118-euromaidan-beginnings |archive-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2613719 |title=Двойная Россия |author=Алексей Токарев, Владимир Тимаков, Павел Казарин |language=ru |date=1 December 2014 |publisher=Kommersant |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> The channel was also criticized for ignoring [[Alexei Navalny|Alexei Navalny's]] political activities, namely his participation in the [[2013 Moscow mayoral election|Moscow mayoral election of 2013]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mk.ru/politics/2013/07/10/882411-pervyiy-kanal-ne-ukazal-navalnogo-sredi-kandidatov-v-meryi-moskvyi-sdavshih-dokumentyi-v-mgi.html |title=Первый канал не указал Навального среди кандидатов в мэры Москвы, сдавших документы в МГИ |language=ru |date=10 July 2013 |publisher=mk.ru |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> Vladimir Pozner, one of the channel's most popular TV hosts, once admitted in an interview to ''[[The New Yorker]]'' that there is a list of people who are not allowed to participate in his show.<ref name=ny/>
According to a [[BBC News]] analysis by Stephen Ennis, the channel has in its reports about Ukraine's [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]] "sought to further [[demonise]] and [[dehumanise]] the [[Ukrainian army]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/how-russian-tv-uses-psychology-over-ukraine |title=How Russian TV uses psychology over Ukraine |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320054748/http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/how-russian-tv-uses-psychology-over-ukraine |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Channel One news reports on 16 January 2016 about a 13-year-old girl with German and Russian citizenship in Berlin who was allegedly raped by immigrants was denounced by the [[German police]] as fake.<ref name=conrfpsw/> German foreign minister [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]] has accused the Russian government of using the alleged rape for "political propaganda".<ref name=conrfpsw>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2016/02/07/russia-having-success-in-hybrid-war-against-germany/ |title=Russia having success in hybrid war against Germany |author=Lucian Kim |date=7 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208082158/http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2016/02/07/russia-having-success-in-hybrid-war-against-germany/ |archive-date=8 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 26 February 2018, Channel One used footage from [[Multinational force|multinational]] [[military simulation]] organization Echelon International, attempting to pass it off as authentic [[Syrian Civil War|Syrian War]] footage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43198324|title=Russian TV Airs Fake Syria War Footage|last=Kiseleva|first=Maria|date=26 February 2018|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
On 14 March 2022, [[Marina Ovsyannikova]], an editor for Channel One, interrupted a live broadcast of ''[[Vremya]]'' to protest against the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], carrying a poster stating in a mix of Russian and English: "Stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, here you are being lied to."<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia-Ukraine war: Marina Ovsyannikova interrupts Russian show |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/15/anti-war-protester-interrupts-russian-tv-news-show |work=Al Jazeera |date=15 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russian-tv-employee-interrupts-news-broadcast-marina-ovsyannikova |title='They're lying to you': Russian TV employee interrupts news broadcast and television channel |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: 'They are lying to you here' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/14/marina-ovsyannikova-russian-tv-protest/ |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=15 April 2022 |last1=Ilyushina |first1=Mary |last2=Knowles |first2=Hannah}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/12/media/russian-tv-propaganda-reliable-sources/index.html |title=Why Russian TV propaganda is crucial to understanding the war in Ukraine |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=12 April 2022 |access-date=15 April 2022 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/03/how-russian-tv-portrays-war-ukraine/627010/ |last=Khazan |first=Olga |date=10 March 2022 |access-date=15 April 2022 |title=I Watched Russian TV So You Don't Have To}}</ref>
===Original programming on historical themes=== Some of the television period dramas produced by Channel One were series criticized for low level of historical accuracy, for instance – ''[[Brezhnev (film)|Brezhnev]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2012/11/13/52322-dorogoy-leonid-ilich-brezhnev-snova-s-nami |title=Дорогой Леонид Ильич Брежнев снова с нами |publisher=[[Novaya Gazeta]] |language=ru |date=14 November 2012 |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> ''The Saboteur'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sovross.ru/old/2004/135/135_3_3.htm |title=Покушение на Победу. Полемическое обозрение |trans-title=Assassination Attempt on Victory. Polemic Review |publisher=Sovetskaya Rossiya |date=21 October 2004 |access-date=10 February 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092913/http://www.sovross.ru/old/2004/135/135_3_3.htm |url-status=dead |language=ru}}</ref> ''[[Yesenin (TV series)|Yesenin]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/23607.5/46423/ |title=Сергей Есенин на Первом канале: Пальцы в рот – и весёлый свист? |trans-title=Sergei Yesenin on Channel One: Fingers in the mouth – and a happy whistle? |newspaper=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]] |date=7 November 2005 |language=ru |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Trotsky (TV series)|Trotsky]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/media/article/3064991/ |title="Ненаучная фантастика": Историки о сериалах "Демон революции" и "Троцкий" |trans-title="Unscientific fiction": Historians about the series "Demon of the Revolution" and "Trotsky" |publisher=[[Kinopoisk]] |language=ru |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
===Cruelty to animals=== On the morning of 12 January 2008, during the current affairs program ''Health'' ({{langx|ru|«Здоровье»}}) hosted by [[Yelena Malysheva]] covering [[Guillain–Barré syndrome]], a [[rat]] was [[Cruelty to animals|violently]] killed in one of the segments. Some viewers stated that this was intolerable for a program whose audience includes children, and that it violated the [[Criminal Code of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Grigory Tsvetkov |title=Шоковый рейтинг (Shock Rating) |url=http://www.izvestia.ru/letters/article3111982/?print |newspaper=[[Izvestia]] |date=16 January 2008 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120085051/http://www.izvestia.ru/letters/article3111982/?print |archive-date=20 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Здоровье с Еленой Малышевой |trans-title=Health with Yelena Malysheva |url=http://forum.1tv.ru/index.php?s=&showtopic=56434&view=findpost&p=3848330 |website=forum.1tv.ru |language=ru |access-date=22 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403170129/http://forum.1tv.ru/index.php?s=&showtopic=56434&view=findpost&p=3848330 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ведущая «Здоровья» Елена Малышева: «Мы не убиваем крыс в эфире» |trans-title=Host of 'Health' Elena Malysheva: "We do not kill rats on the air" |url=http://www.aif.ru/society/article_prmid_dta133631.html?print=y |newspaper=[[Argumenty i Fakty]] |language=ru |access-date=25 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529140211/http://www.dogandcat.ru/?q=node%2F2661 |archive-date=29 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Chelovek Sred' |title=Убить за рейтинг |trans-title=Kill for the rating |url=http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/01/18/448471.html |newspaper=[[Rosbalt]] |date=18 January 2008 |language=ru |access-date=22 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221010459/http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/01/18/448471.html |archive-date=21 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Статья 245 УК РФ. Жестокое обращение с животными |trans-title=Article 245 CCRF. Ill-treatment of animals |url=http://bio.fizteh.ru/abiturs/zakony/ugolovnyi_kodeks/st245.html |website=fizteh.ru |language=ru |access-date=22 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922153549/http://bio.fizteh.ru/abiturs/zakony/ugolovnyi_kodeks/st245.html |archive-date=22 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In particular, some claim that viewing such violent and cruel scenes poorly affected the health of some children and people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Здоровье с Еленой Малышевой |trans-title=Health with Elena Malysheva |url=http://forum.1tv.ru/index.php?s=&showtopic=56434&view=findpost&p=3848564 |website=forum.1tv.ru |language=ru |access-date=22 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403170459/http://forum.1tv.ru/index.php?s=&showtopic=56434&view=findpost&p=3848564 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Visual identity== Since its inception in 1991, the logo featured a 1 in various designs.
=== Logo history === Its first logo in 1991 featured a blocky "1", with a significantly thinner black square outline. On 1 April 1995, this was replaced with a simple "1" block, with a circle outline, but on 1 October 1995, a logo featuring an italic "1" was launched, with the ОРТ typograph. An alternate version of the 1995 logo had blue and white colors.
On 1 January 1997, another logo featuring a golden italic "1" was launched, with a partial ring and the ОРТ letters now in 3 separate blocks, which was designed by Novocom, along with Igor Barbe. On 1 October 2000, the current logo was launched, featuring a "1" with a partial cut, on a dark blue background. The current logo was designed by ORT Design. With the renaming of "ОРТ" to "Channel One Russia" on 2 September 2002, the idents were changed to match the new network's name; however, the 2000 logo is still used. <gallery widths="180"> File:Логотип 1-й канал Останкино.svg|27 December 1991 - 31 March 1995 File:ORT logo rr.svg|1 April - 30 September 1995 File:Channel one russia logo 2.PNG|1 October 1995 - 31 December 1996 Logo ОРТ.gif|Alternate version of the 1995 logo File:Channel one russia logo 3.PNG|1 January 1997 - 30 September 2000 File:1канал-5.svg|30 September/1 October 2000 – present </gallery>
==See also== {{portal|Russia|Television}}
*[[Channel One Worldwide (Russia)|Channel One Worldwide]] *[[Channel One Cup (football)]] *[[Channel One Cup (ice hockey)]] *[[Eastern Bloc information dissemination]]
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Sources== * {{cite book |editor1-last=Beumers |editor1-first=Birgit |editor2-last=Hutchings |editor2-first=Stephen |editor3-last=Rulyova |editor3-first=Natalia |title=The Post-Soviet Russian Media: Conflicting Signals |date=26 November 2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-11239-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mKp8AgAAQBAJ |language=en}} * {{cite book |last1=Burton |first1=Cathie |last2=Drake |first2=Alun |title=Hitting the Headlines in Europe: A Country-by-country Guide to Effective Media Relations |date=2004 |publisher=Kogan Page Publishers |isbn=978-0-7494-4226-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VpPPptHEDEYC |language=en}} * {{cite book |last1=Noam |first1=Eli M. |title=Who Owns the World's Media?: Media Concentration and Ownership Around the World |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-998723-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDfuCgAAQBAJ |language=en}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Channel One Russia}} *[https://www.1tv.ru Official website] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140201211749/http://www.1tv.ru/eng/ Official website in English] *[https://www.youtube.com/1tv YouTube channel] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://www.1tv.com/ Company Site] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://eng.1tv.com/ English Company Site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060208082939/http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Issue=ETHICS&Language=EN International Federation of Journalists Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051110043143/http://www.ruj.ru/index_55.htm The Union of Russian Journalists Professional Code of Ethics] {{in lang|ru}}
'''1995–2002''' * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970419163916/http://www.ortv.ru/ |date=19 April 1997 |title=Website in 1997 }} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981212031639/http://www.ortv.ru/ |date=12 December 1998 |title=Website in 1998 }} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000312221737/http://www.ortv.ru/total/total.htm |date=12 March 2000 |title=Website in 1999 }}
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