Russian “First Channel” Calls Armenia’s Public TV One a Best Parters

RUSSIAN “FIRST CHANNEL” CALLED ARMENIA’S PUBLIC TV COMPANY “H1” ONE OF
BEST PARTNERS IN CIS COUNTRIES

Moscow, May 29. ArmInfo. The Public TV Company “H1” is one of the best
partners of the Russian “First Channel” in CIS countries, the PR
Director of the “First Channel” OJSC Igor Burenkov told ArmInfo.

According to him, when the “First Channel” announced about the
intention to code the Channel programs broadcasting and to transfer to
a licensed broadcasting in the countries of South Caucasus and Middle
Asia, the partners from Armenia were first to respond. Burenkov noted
that unlike the Armenian “H1”, there problems arouse with
rebroadcasting of the Football World Championship in other CIS
countries. “Our Armenian partners acquired the rights for football
rebroadcasting beforehand”, Burenkov said. According to him, the main
purpose of transfer to a licensed broadcasting of the “First Channel”
programs is to increase the rating and not to loose the
Russian-speaking audience in CIS countries. The “First Channel” has
the highest rating in Armenia. Burenkov added that the “First Channel”
continues to supply its TV audience with objective information about
the internal political and foreign political processes in CIS
countries.

To be reminded, rebroadcasting of the Public Russian TV in Armenia was
replaced from May 25 by broadcasting of a special channel “First
Channel. CIS”. This is already the third specialized international
version of the Russian “First Channel”.