Inter (TV channel)

{{Short description|Ukrainian television channel}} {{Multiple issues| {{update|date=January 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2024}}}} {{distinguish|Inter TV|Rede InterTV}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Інтер | logo = Inter TV-Channel logo.svg | logo_alt = The logo of Інтер TV | logo_size = | launch_date = {{start date and age|1996|10|20|df=y}} | closed_date = '''Inter+''': January 1, 2021 (Russia) December 1, 2021 (Ukraine on HD) December 3, 2021 (Denmark) January 23, 2022 (Romania, Sweden, Turkey) January 31, 2022 (on Dish Network) February 2, 2022 (Colombia, Uruguay) February 20, 2022 (Peru) February 28, 2022 (Mexico) March 1, 2022 (Macedonia, Poland, Latin America) | picture_format = 16:9 (576i, SDTV) | headquarters = Kyiv | country = Ukraine | area = Ukraine Europe (As Inter+) United States {{small|(As Inter+)}} | audience = | owner = GDF Media Limited<ref name=FirtashbInter/> | former_names = | sister_channels = '''Domestic''' : {{ubl|NTN|K1|K2|Zoom|Mega|Pixel TV|Enter-Film}} '''International''' :{{ubl|Inter+}} | replaced = ORT (Channel One Russia) | replaced_by = '''Inter in the context of the 2014 annexation of Crimea''': Channel One Russia (in Sevastopol) NTV (in Simferopol) | website = {{Official website}} | terr_serv_1 = Zeonbud | terr_chan_1 = MX-1 (7) | online_serv_1 = Inter Live | online_chan_1 = [http://inter.ua/uk/live Watch live] }} '''Inter''' ({{langx|uk|Інтер}}) is a Ukrainian television channel. It covers 99.7 percent of Ukraine's territory.<ref group="note">According to the channel's own information</ref><ref name="FirtashbInter" /> According to the ''Kyiv Post,'' it is among the most-watched television channels in Ukraine.<ref name=FirtashbInter/><ref name="SIsBBC6916"/>{{Failed verification|date=October 2021}}<ref name="InterChangeeKP271212">{{Cite web |last=Gorchinskaya |first=Katya |date=December 27, 2012 |title=Shills no more? Inter TV comes cleaner on ownership, pledges fairer news coverage – Dec. 27, 2012 |url=https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/shills-no-more-inter-tv-comes-clean-on-ownership-pledges-fairer-news-coverage-318230.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Kyiv Post}}</ref>

Since February 26, 2022, Inter became part of a state-coordinated ''United News'' telethon that broadcasts around the clock to provide information to the public regarding the Russo-Ukrainian War.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2023 |title=A power grab or a weapon against Russia? Ukraine's 'TV marathon' explained |url=https://kyivindependent.com/a-power-grab-or-a-weapon-against-russia-ukraines-tv-marathon-explained/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref> Since then, the broadcasting grid, program, and editorial policies have been radically changed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United news marathon in Ukraine |url=https://www.prensario.net/United-news-marathon-in-Ukraine-37342.note.aspx |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.prensario.net |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The United TV Marathon: Inter Media Group |url=https://www.tvbizzmagazine.com/the-united-tv-marathon-inter-media-group |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=TVBIZZ Magazine}}</ref> Inter also agreed to decode the satellite signals so that people from all over the world could see what is really happening in Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United news marathon in Ukraine |url=https://www.prensario.net/United-news-marathon-in-Ukraine-37342.note.aspx |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.prensario.net |language=es}}</ref>

Inter is part of Inter Media Group. At the beginning of 2024—2025, Inter Media Group reported an increase in the performance of its channels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inter: from Survival to Return to the "Big Game" |url=https://en.detector.media/post/inter-from-survival-to-return-to-the-big-game |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=en.detector.media |language=en}}</ref> But July 10, 2025, due to staff reductions and financial problems related to the news program and the media group, from August 1, 2025, the correspondent and journalistic bureaus in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium (except in the USA), as well as some employees were closed.

==History== The channel was founded by the ''Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation'' in 1996. It broadcast on the former UT-3 network. At the time of the channel's founding, the 29% of the Ukrainian Independent Television Corporation was held by ORT, who also supplied Inter with programming.<ref>{{Cite web |lang=ru |url=https://telekritika.ua/tv/telerejtingi-itogi-2018-liderstvo-ukrainy-pryzhok-ictv-i-padenie-stb/ |title=Телерейтинги: Итоги-2018. Лидерство «Украины», прыжок ICTV и падение СТБ |author=Pavel Mandryk |website=Telekritika.ua |date=January 11, 2019 |accessdate=September 13, 2024 |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423100419/https://telekritika.ua/tv/telerejtingi-itogi-2018-liderstvo-ukrainy-pryzhok-ictv-i-padenie-stb/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015 this part of the shares was bought out, because the Ukrainian parliament raised the need to completely eliminate Russia's information influence.{{Cit|date=February 2025}}

Besides its international version of the channel as the business project, Inter now consists of several similar projects. Those are ''07 Production'' – a studio of the documentary films, ''NIS'' – an information studio featuring Podrobytsi, ''Pirat Production'' – a studio of entertainment shows. There were also over five other independent channels such as NTN, K1, K2, Megasport, Enter-Film, and Enter-Music (a Ukrainian version of MTV).

In February 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine brought Inter to the brink of survival, with operations at the channels almost paralysed – only thirty of the two hundred people who used to make news on Inter were at work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inter: from Survival to Return to the "Big Game" |url=https://en.detector.media/post/inter-from-survival-to-return-to-the-big-game |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=en.detector.media |language=en}}</ref> The channel then subsequently joined the United News telethon, which has been funded by the state since 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Іжицька |first=Наталія |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Where UAH 860 Million Went: Analyzing Spending on Telethons and TV Shows for Dom and The Gaze – Transparency International Ukraine |url=https://ti-ukraine.org/en/news/where-uah-860-million-went-analyzing-spending-on-telethons-and-tv-shows-for-dom-and-the-gaze/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=ti-ukraine.org |language=en-US}}</ref> and was widely seen as an element of defense against Russia's attempt to subjugate Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Palikot |first=Aleksander |date=July 23, 2023 |title=Wartime TV In Ukraine: Much-Needed Unity Or A 'Marathon Of Propaganda'? |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-telemarathon-media-zelenskiy-propaganda-russia-invasion/32515429.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref> During the meeting with the Ukrainian journalists (including the representatives of Inter) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the United News one of the key stages in the history of invincibility of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |title=United News is one of the key stages in the history of invincibility of our state – President during the meeting with representatives of the telethon — Official website of the President of Ukraine |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yedini-novini-odin-iz-klyuchovih-etapiv-v-istoriyi-nezlamnos-87081 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911205930/https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yedini-novini-odin-iz-klyuchovih-etapiv-v-istoriyi-nezlamnos-87081 |archive-date=2024-09-11 |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=Official website of the President of Ukraine |language=en}}</ref>

==Inter Plus== {{Main|Inter+}}

201px|right Inter Plus ({{langx|uk|Інтер+}}) is the international network of Inter Channel that broadcasts the "best of Inter" programming to Ukrainians abroad in North America & Europe. The channel first started broadcasting on January 13, 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://interplus.ua/en/about |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=interplus.ua}}</ref> available via Dish Network in the United States and in Germany through Kabel Deutschland and encrypted in Europe & Russia on Sirius 2 & ABS 1 satellites. As of March 30, 2011, Inter Plus is no longer available on Dish Network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/249019-3-30-2011-2-46pm-uplink.html |title=3/30/2011 2:46pm – Uplink Activity Report – 33 changes |website=www.satelliteguys.us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728182738/http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/249019-3-30-2011-2-46pm-uplink.html |archive-date=2011-07-28}}</ref>

Inter+ is also available in Canada via IMB+ Records, an IPTV provider.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TV Сhannels In One Place — watch online TV on IMB+records |url=https://imb-plus.tv/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=IMB+ TV |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Ownership== {{Confusing|section|reason=too much detail about the ownership written in prose format. It might be better to have a table|date=February 2025}} The channel was founded by the ''Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation'' in 1996. The Ukrainian independent TV-corporation's shareholders were Dilovyi Svit 51%, Russian Channel One 29%, Pegas Television 20%. About 82.5% of Pegas Television was the personal property of Ihor Pluzhnikov. The other shares of the company were split between ''Pegas and Overseas sales Ltd.'' 17.3% and ''Bersted Ukraina'' 0.2%. Those two companies were his property as well. Besides ''Pegas,'' he had some shares in Dilovyi Svit which consisted of ''Bersted Ukraina'', ''RIF-Service'', ''Play Enterprise'', insurance company ''Sindek'', and legal services of ''Konnov and Sozanovskyi''. In 2005, Ihor Pluzhnikov unexpectedly died. His death caused a lot of discussions on the political level. In August all of the shares Dilovyi Svit and half of Pegas Television (total of 61%)<ref name="owner" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uaimg.com/en/about.html |title=U.A. Inter Media Group – Official website |access-date=2009-01-30 |archive-date=2012-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214152137/http://www.uaimg.com/en/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> became a property of what later became known as Ukrainian Mediaproject headed by Valeriy Khoroshkovsky. ''Pegas'' was taken over by Pluzhnikov's wife, Svitlana, who has 10% ownership of the Ukrainian independent TV-corporation.<ref name="InterChangeeKP271212" /> There is speculation that she does not have any influence on the business of the telechannel, ''Inter''. As of December 2012, 61% of the shares are owned by Ukrainian Mediaproject, 29% by Channel One and 10% by Pluzhnikov's widow.<ref name="InterChangeeKP271212" /> According to Yaroslav Porokhniak, head of the management board of Inter, the Russian shareholders have no say in the channel's editorial or programming policies.<ref name="InterChangeeKP271212" />

In September Valeriy became the head of the ''Observing Council'' and in 2006 made some changes in the management. In 2007, on the base of ''Ukrainian Mediaproject'' was established U.A. Inter Media Group financial holdings.

;General producers * Oleksandr Zinchenko (October 20, 1996 – May 27, 2002) * Vladyslav Riashyn (October 20, 1996 – January 15, 2006) * Leonid Mazor (March 24-December 31, 2006) * Hanna Bezliudna (January 1, 2007 – September 6, 2009)

;Information service managers * Hanna Bezliudna (1997–2001) * Oleksiy Mustafin (2001–2005) * Maksym Karyzhskyi (2006) * Anton Nikitin (2006–2009) * Oleksandr Pylypets (2009)

The channel is part of GDF Media Limited; since Dmytro Firtash bought 100 percent of Inter Media Group Limited (back) from Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi on February 1, 2013.<ref name="FirtashbInter">{{Cite web |last=Gorchinskaya |first=Katya |date=February 1, 2013 |title=Khoroshkovsky sells Inter channel to Firtash (UPDATED) – Feb. 01, 2013 |url=https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/khoroshkovsky-sells-inter-channel-to-firtash-319674.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Kyiv Post}}</ref> In June 2007 Khoroshkovskyi had expanded his U.A. Inter Media Group Ltd with various other channels bought from Firtash.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.kommersant.com/p778375/r_500/%D0%9A1_%D0%9A2_Megasport_Inter/ |title = Khoroshkovsky Creates New Media Giant in Ukraine |work = Kommersant |date = June 27, 2007 |access-date = June 21, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120205152552/http://www.kommersant.com/p778375/r_500/%D0%9A1_%D0%9A2_Megasport_Inter/ |archive-date = February 5, 2012}} {{in lang|en|ru}} [http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/111124/ Oligarchs strengthen grip over TV]. Kyiv Post (August 19, 2011) [http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/120011/ Tax administration to check on TV channels of Inter media group], Kyiv Post (January 4, 2012)</ref>

GDF Media Limited also owns NTN, K1, Mega, Enter-Film, K2, Pixel and Zoom.<ref name=FirtashbInter/>

== Controversies == According to critics, the channel used to be directly controlled by the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) until the 2004 Orange Revolution.<ref>Virtual Politics – Faking Democraty in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, {{ISBN|0-300-09545-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=single {{!}} The Jamestown Foundation |url=http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911232022/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews |archive-date=2016-09-11 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.jamestown.org |language=en}}</ref>

In January 2009 the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refused to appear on Inter television programs criticizing the channel's associates of their professional ethics.<ref name=owner>[http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/175978.html Inter TV Channel Denies Businessman Firtash's Being Among Shareholders Of Company] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130208214921/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/175978.html |date=February 8, 2013 }}, Ukrainian News Agency (January 23, 2009)</ref>

On February 21, 2014, 16 journalists of the channel claimed to have been the victim of censorship (in the form of having been forced to make "pro-government propaganda") and called on the higher management to objectively cover events concerning Euromaidan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Журналісти "Інтера" обурені цензурою та провладною пропагандою на каналі |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/02/21/7015529/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Українська правда |language=uk}}</ref> On February 22, 2014, the channel's normal programming was replaced, amid rumours of a possible attack or arson on its headquarters, by the live broadcast of parliamentary sessions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Росія стурбована долею " Інтера" і російських каналів в Україні |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/02/25/7016233/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Українська правда |language=uk}}</ref> On February 22, 2014, as a part of the "Maidan revolution", President Viktor Yanukovych (the one that the 16 journalists had complained about being forced to create propaganda for) was removed from office.<ref name="Yanuousted">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26312008 Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president], BBC News (February 23, 2014) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275 Ukraine protests timeline], BBC News (February 23, 2014)</ref>

Early September 2016 the Inter studios were attacked and then blockaded for three days by St Mary's battalion who accused it of being too pro-Russian amidst the Russo-Ukrainian War.<ref name="SIsBBC6916">{{Cite news |date=September 6, 2016 |title=Ukrainian siege of 'pro-Russian' Inter TV studios ends |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37288630 |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Criticism === In 2014, Inter's informational policy repeatedly caused a negative reaction from the society. There even was a Facebook group created called ''Blacklist Inter'' ({{langx|uk|«Інтер в ігнор»}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Інтер: INTER V IGNOR|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/antyinter/|access-date=2021-10-01|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref> Also, Euromaidan activists called for boycott of the TV channel<ref>{{Cite web|title=Совет "Майдана" призвал украинцев к бойкоту телеканала "Интер"|url=https://lb.ua/news/2014/01/05/250843_sovet_maydana_prizval_ukraintsev.html|access-date=2021-10-01|website=LB.ua|date=January 5, 2014 }}</ref> and asked its employees not to lie in air.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlE80Hytnto Протистояння на Грушевського: Журналіст "Інтера" бреше у прямому ефірі (відео повністю)]. January 20, 2014.</ref> Censorship on "Inter" was reported earlier.<ref>[http://lb.ua/news/2013/12/26/250240_lyudi_levochkina_pokidayut_telekanal.html Про цензуру на «Інтері» на сайті «Лівий берег»]</ref>

=== Russian and Russian-language broadcasting content === {{See also|Boycott Russian Films}} Since 2014, Inter was criticized for the broadcasting of Russian serials. According to results of monitoring made by "Boycott Russian cinema" activists, in September Inter took 3rd place among top 10 nationwide TV-channels which demonstrate Russian films and serials. During the period from September 8 to 14 Russian content lasted in average 11 hours and 15 minutes per day.<ref name="espreso_09.09.2014">[http://espreso.tv/news/2014/09/09/rosiyske_kino_vse_sche_dominuye_na_ukrayinskomu_teleprostori Російське кіно все ще домінує на українському телепросторі] {{in lang|uk}}. Espreso TV. September 9, 2014</ref><ref>[http://tvoemisto.tv/news/ukrainskyy_kanal_pokazuie_v_den_75_godyn_rosiyskyh_peredach_66291.html Українські канали показують у день по 7,5 годин російських передач] {{in lang|uk}}. Tvoye misto. September 23, 2014</ref> According to the data, on September 27 Russian content took about 67% on this channel.<ref>[http://espreso.tv/news/2014/09/30/sytuaciya_z_kilkistyu_rosiyskoho_kontentu_na_ukrayinskykh_ekranakh_pohirshylasya____doslidzhennya Кількість російського контенту на українських екранах збільшується, – дослідження] {{in lang|uk}}. Espreso TV. September 30, 2014</ref>

On December 11, 2014 "Boycott Russian Films" activists were picketing Inter's main office in Kyiv. During the action named "Do not kill our protectors by Russian propaganda!" young people placed photos of Ukrainian soldiers, killed during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, on the main entrance. Activists claimed that Inter takes second place among TV channels concerning the amount of Russian origin content. Protesters announced that Russian films and serials on Inter glorify Russian armed forces, which is unacceptable during the war.<ref>[http://www.radiosvoboda.org/media/video/26737000.html Активісти заблокували вхід до «Інтеру» протестуючи проти російських серіалів] {{in lang|uk}}. Radio Liberty. December 11, 2014</ref><ref>[http://espreso.tv/news/2014/12/11/quotrosiyski_filmy_na_quotinteriquot___nashi_heroyi_na_cvyntariquot__bilya_ofisu_quotinteraquot_proyshla_protestna_akciya «Російські фільми на «Інтері» – наші герої на цвинтарі!» – біля офісу "Інтера" пройшла протестна акція] {{in lang|uk}}. Espreso TV. December 11, 2014</ref>

According to monitoring results held from December 1 to 7 the amount of Russian origin content increased up to 13 hours and 15 minutes per day.<ref>[http://galinfo.com.ua/news/180059.html Обсяги російського контенту на українському ТБ зростають попри війну, — «Відсіч»] {{in lang|uk}}. Galinfo. November 19, 2014</ref>

=== Scandal on New Year's night TV shows === From December 31, 2014, to January 1, 2015, during celebration of the New Year the channel broadcast a New Year show titled "Wait for me in the New Year" ({{langx|ru|«Жди меня в Новый год»}}) with Russian stars who had supported the occupation of Crimea by Russia (Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov, Valeriya, etc.). This event immediately caused a burst of resentment in Ukrainian blogosphere<ref>[http://uapress.info/ru/news/show/55012 «Интер», как и все каналы, боится потерять аудиторию, — Береза] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107060436/http://uapress.info/ru/news/show/55012 |date=January 7, 2015 }} {{in lang|ru}}. Пресса Украины. January 1, 2015</ref> and social network.<ref>[http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/u-socmerezhah-povstali-proti-intera-za-koncert-zirok-yaki-pidtrimali-agresiyu-rf-400626.html У соцмережах повстали проти «Інтера» за концерт зірок, які підтримали агресію РФ] {{in lang|uk}}. ТСН. 1+1. January 1, 2015</ref><ref>[http://obozrevatel.com/crime/93084-interbojkot--sotsseti-vzorvalis-iz-za-rossijskih-pesen-i-plyasok-na-intere.htm #ИнтерБойкот. Соцсети взорвались из-за «российских песен и плясок» на «Интере»] {{in lang|ru}}. Obozrevatel. January 1, 2015</ref> On January 1, a number of Ukrainian high-ranked officials, politicians and cultural workers reacted to the show.<ref>[http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/26772803.html «Подробности» на «Інтері» про новорічний концерт» каналу: це «російський шабаш»] {{in lang|uk}}. Radio Liberty. January 1, 2015</ref><ref>[http://obozrevatel.com/politics/08693-natssovet-zajmetsya-prorossijskim-novyim-godom-na-intere.htm Нацсовет по телевидению займется «пророссийским» Новым годом на «Интере»] {{in lang|ru}}. Obozrevatel. January 1, 2015</ref><ref>[http://delo.ua/ukraine/jurij-stec-ne-budet-lishat-inter-licenzii-287306/?supdated_new=1420143705 Юрий Стець не будет лишать «Интер» лицензии] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101223701/http://delo.ua/ukraine/jurij-stec-ne-budet-lishat-inter-licenzii-287306/?supdated_new=1420143705 |date=January 1, 2015 }} {{in lang|ru}}. Delo. January 1, 2015</ref> Particularly, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov announced that National Council of Television and Radio of Ukraine must consider about cancellation of channel's licence immediately.<ref>[http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/turchinov-vimagaye-negayno-rozglyanuti-pitannya-schodo-pozbavlennya-licenziyi-intera-400655.html Турчинов вимагає негайно розглянути питання щодо позбавлення ліцензії «Інтера»] {{in lang|uk}}. ТСН. 1+1. January 1, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.telekritika.ua/kontent/2015-01-01/102194 У «Інтера» вимагають забрати ліцензію за антиукраїнських російських виконавців в новорічному ефірі] {{in lang|uk}}. Telekrytyka. January 1, 2015</ref> In the evening the news program of the channel "Podrobnosti" publicly dissociated from New Year shows with Russian stars participating,<ref>[http://podrobnosti.ua/society/2015/01/01/1009735.html Новогодний концерт на «Интере» стал шоком для «Подробностей»] {{in lang|ru}}. Podrobnosti. Inter. January 1, 2015</ref> and announced that the timetable of TV programs was changed incorrectly.<ref>[http://www.telekritika.ua/teleprogram/2015-01-01/102192 Як «Інтер» у душу плюнув, а потім забрав свій плювок назад] {{in lang|uk}}. Telekrytyka. January 1, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.telekritika.ua/kontent/2015-01-02/102211 «Інтер» знімає з ефіру всі святкові концерти та мюзикли, в тому числі і власного виробництва] {{in lang|uk}}. Telekrytyka. January 2, 2015</ref>

Member of expert commission on distributing and showing films Serhiy Osnach claimed that Inter violated regulation about compulsorily having 50% of Ukrainian content<ref>[http://hromadskeradio.org/2015/01/04/inter-porushuye-normu-pro-50-ukrayinskogo-kontentu-ekspert-osnach/ Інтер порушує норму про 50% українського контенту, — експерт Оснач] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703091052/http://hromadskeradio.org/2015/01/04/inter-porushuye-normu-pro-50-ukrayinskogo-kontentu-ekspert-osnach/ |date=July 3, 2015 }} {{in lang|uk}}. Hromadske Radio. January 4, 2015</ref> (article 9 of Constitution of Ukraine "About television and radiobroadcasting"). From December 5 to 11, 2015 activists of "Boycott Russian Films" campaign conducted monitoring, results of which confirmed what experts had said. Activists calculated that there is 17% Ukrainian content on Inter.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/519503281513260/589023627894558 |archive-date = April 27, 2022| url = https://www.facebook.com/norukino/photos/a.519873911476197.1073741828.519503281513260/589023627894558/?type=1 |title = Бойкот російського кіно on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{in lang|uk}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://galinfo.com.ua/news/181709.html Телеканали «Україна» та «Інтер» порушують закон, – Громадянський рух Відсіч] {{in lang|uk}}. Galinfo. January 12, 2015</ref>

On January 15, 2015, the National Council for Radio and Television of Ukraine gave a warning to Inter for program broadcasting.<ref name="1+1_Kyivstar">[http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/inter-zalishivsya-bez-reklami-kiyivstaru-cherez-skandal-z-novorichnim-vognikom-403290.html "Інтер" залишився без реклами "Київстару" через концерт за участю російських симпатиків сепаратистів] {{in lang|uk}}. ТСН. 1+1. January 16, 2015</ref>

In January 2015, the telecommunications company Kyivstar cancelled booking its advertising slots on Inter: "''We stopped placing advertisement movies on Inter. It is important for us that our advertisement correspond with patriotic values, which Kyivstar puts in advertisement as a national Ukrainian operator.''"<ref name="1+1_Kyivstar"/>

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==External links== * [http://inter.ua Інтер] {{in lang|uk|ru|en}} * [http://interplus.ua Інтер+] {{in lang|uk|ru|en}} * [http://www.megasport.tv Megasport] {{in lang|uk}}

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