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So, German, there are local inserts (whether it's ads or shows) on ALL those VGTRK TV channels , VGTRK has a network of regional/local stations like having network O&Os and private affiliates in the U.S., and all of VGTRK TV channels are broadcast over the air? (apart from cable, sat and IPTV)
OK, another issues. In the U.S., lying across 5 or 6 time zones, major TV networks and other TV channels are mostly broadcast from the eastern states (particularly New York and Washington D.C.), and has a 3-hour timeshift feed for western states. But Russia lies across more than 10 time zones and TV channels are mostly broadcast from Moscow in the west of the country. So, how do they deal with it?
Finally, which states in Russia has GTRK's news bulletin in local languages, and how long is it?
P.S. What is the usual line-up of Russian terrestrial TV channels? (something like 1. BBC One; 2. BBC Two; 3. ITV/STV/UTV; 4. Channel 4; 5. Channel 5 in the UK)
I see VGTRK recently adopted their new corporate font, and slowly implementing it. It looks like was designed by some British or Continental European foundry. Anyone got anything about it?
GTRKs are owned and operated by state from the Soviet times, when every region had one local TV station. In 90s, after the creation of VGTRK, all those stations became tailored to the company.
All terrestrial VGTRK channels (Russia 1, 2, K and 24) have slots for local programming. On Russia 1, these are after national Vesti bulletins (including Morning of Russia) on weekdays, which are for local news
bulletins, and two large daytime slots on Saturday and Sunday for local programmes.
Russia 2 has slots for local Vesti-Sport bulletins (after national ones), and during them, the Moscow bulletins run in 'network streams'. The regions also have large slots on weekends, in place of which regular programming is put 'networked' - and they may or may not use these slots. Russia K is similar.
Russia 24 has the local news section (one bulletin from one of the regions, every two hours at least), and the regions opt out in the evening to show local 'newshour' - news and/or documentaries and interviews. If region isn't using this slot, the viewers see the usual Russia 24 TotH.
Some of regional variations of Russia 1 can be picked free by satellites/IPTV streams.
Speaking about timeshift techology, it was developed in the years of USSR. The networks and channels have 5 (usually, but some use 3 or 4) 'doubles' or 'orbits' - time-shifted feeds (example here is Russia 1 (and K; Russia 2 and 24 have no doubles) and Channel One):
Double 5 / Orbit 1: +7, +8 MSK (GMT+3). Furthest East.
Double 4 / Orbit 2: +6, +7. Far East, Eastern Siberia.
Double / Orbit 3: +4, +5. Western and Central Siberia.
Double 2 / Orbit 4: +2, +3. Urals and Western Siberia.
Default stream : 0, +1. European Russia.
Note: The most of the channels don't use the exact time when programme airs in promos on non-default streams. The exceptions are nationwide live broadcasts, but with usage of Moscow time.
Commercial networks (Ren TV, NTV, TNT, STS and so on) use less feeds (usually '0', '+2', '+4' and '+7').
National language news bulletins and programmes are mostly broadcast in 'republical' states, where there are two or more national languages - Russian and national ones. They mostly share two different local slots, and so they're the same length as usual bulletins.
About terrestrial television channels: the only channels with clear position are Channel One and Russia 1 (first and second). And then, everything's mixed as in the USA, as commercial channels are networked by the same principle.
And finally, on the corporate VGTRK font. It was designed in-house, as well as the whole corporate style of the company and Russia 1 idents. The review of the style is http://revision.ru/work/38321/.
And, of course, the main difference is that VGTRK has a big regional network, similar to ITV and/or BBC. Regional GTRK produce their local news in opt-outs on Russia 1, Russia 2
(Vesti-Sport),
Russia K
(Culture News)
and Russia 24 (if GTRK has a licence to broadcast
K
and
24
in the region; if it's granted to someone else, they produce their own news), some extra documentaries for those channels and so on.
It's difficult to run this large-scale network, and so it's the fact that VGTRK has only has it.
It's difficult to run this large-scale network, and so it's the fact that VGTRK has only has it.
So, German, there are local inserts (whether it's ads or shows) on ALL those VGTRK TV channels , VGTRK has a network of regional/local stations like having network O&Os and private affiliates in the U.S., and all of VGTRK TV channels are broadcast over the air? (apart from cable, sat and IPTV)
OK, another issues. In the U.S., lying across 5 or 6 time zones, major TV networks and other TV channels are mostly broadcast from the eastern states (particularly New York and Washington D.C.), and has a 3-hour timeshift feed for western states. But Russia lies across more than 10 time zones and TV channels are mostly broadcast from Moscow in the west of the country. So, how do they deal with it?
Finally, which states in Russia has GTRK's news bulletin in local languages, and how long is it?
P.S. What is the usual line-up of Russian terrestrial TV channels? (something like 1. BBC One; 2. BBC Two; 3. ITV/STV/UTV; 4. Channel 4; 5. Channel 5 in the UK)
I see VGTRK recently adopted their new corporate font, and slowly implementing it. It looks like was designed by some British or Continental European foundry. Anyone got anything about it?
GTRKs are owned and operated by state from the Soviet times, when every region had one local TV station. In 90s, after the creation of VGTRK, all those stations became tailored to the company.
All terrestrial VGTRK channels (Russia 1, 2, K and 24) have slots for local programming. On Russia 1, these are after national Vesti bulletins (including Morning of Russia) on weekdays, which are for local news
bulletins, and two large daytime slots on Saturday and Sunday for local programmes.
Russia 2 has slots for local Vesti-Sport bulletins (after national ones), and during them, the Moscow bulletins run in 'network streams'. The regions also have large slots on weekends, in place of which regular programming is put 'networked' - and they may or may not use these slots. Russia K is similar.
Russia 24 has the local news section (one bulletin from one of the regions, every two hours at least), and the regions opt out in the evening to show local 'newshour' - news and/or documentaries and interviews. If region isn't using this slot, the viewers see the usual Russia 24 TotH.
Some of regional variations of Russia 1 can be picked free by satellites/IPTV streams.
Speaking about timeshift techology, it was developed in the years of USSR. The networks and channels have 5 (usually, but some use 3 or 4) 'doubles' or 'orbits' - time-shifted feeds (example here is Russia 1 (and K; Russia 2 and 24 have no doubles) and Channel One):
Double 5 / Orbit 1: +7, +8 MSK (GMT+3). Furthest East.
Double 4 / Orbit 2: +6, +7. Far East, Eastern Siberia.
Double / Orbit 3: +4, +5. Western and Central Siberia.
Double 2 / Orbit 4: +2, +3. Urals and Western Siberia.
Default stream : 0, +1. European Russia.
Note: The most of the channels don't use the exact time when programme airs in promos on non-default streams. The exceptions are nationwide live broadcasts, but with usage of Moscow time.
Commercial networks (Ren TV, NTV, TNT, STS and so on) use less feeds (usually '0', '+2', '+4' and '+7').
National language news bulletins and programmes are mostly broadcast in 'republical' states, where there are two or more national languages - Russian and national ones. They mostly share two different local slots, and so they're the same length as usual bulletins.
About terrestrial television channels: the only channels with clear position are Channel One and Russia 1 (first and second). And then, everything's mixed as in the USA, as commercial channels are networked by the same principle.
And finally, on the corporate VGTRK font. It was designed in-house, as well as the whole corporate style of the company and Russia 1 idents. The review of the style is http://revision.ru/work/38321/.
Last edited by German Rudnev on 21 May 2011 3:59pm