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TSV (TV channel)

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TSV
CountryTransnistria
HeadquartersTiraspol
Programming
Language(s)Russian
Picture format16:9 (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerSheriff
History
Launched30 December 1999
Links
Websitetsv.md

TSV (Телевидение Свободного Выбора, ТСВ; "Television of Free Choice") is a private television channel in Transnistria owned by Sheriff, the country's monopolistic conglomerate.[1][2][3]

As of 2013, the channel had a nationwide audience of 400,000 viewers. TSV broadcasts from the Sheriff Arena in Tiraspol. Its analog transmitter network in the SECAM format enabled overspill in adjacent areas of Moldova and Ukraine.[4] On March 25, 2014, the channel converted from 4:3 to 16:9 widescreen.[5]

History

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Sheriff Enterprises established TSV on 30 December 1999, the second nationwide television channel, after TV PMR. Initially, it produced very few programs of its own and relayed the Russian network STS. By 2002, the amount of in-house productions, mainly news and current affairs, increased.[6] In 2006, Inna Ghighineishvili became the channel's manager.[3] As of 2007, the channel broadcast from 7am to 1:30am, with the downtime being filled by VH1. Relays of the Russian service of Euronews aired several times throughout the day.[7]

Although TSV was self-defined as an "alternative" channel, the channel, like the government channel, was known for its censorship, including that of political opponents (Sheriff funds the Obnovlenie party) and covering certain activities from Sheriff's other businesses. Several independent journalists noted that TSV's coverage of news and current events (as of 2005) was slightly freer than TV PMR, but avoided criticism of the leading party.[8] During the 2011 electoral campaign, it refused the airing of Evgeny Shevchuk's political campaign.[6] TSV showed its support for Vadim Krasnoselski in the 2016 elections and even produced a feature film on him that aired on the channel.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "BHHRG". 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Transnistria's presidential election: A hard-fought contest with no punches pulled, as Russia diverts its attention from the unrecognised state". EUROPP. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Media sheriffs from Transnistria". Rise Moldova. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ "ТСВ" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Формат вещания ТСВ". 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ^ a b Mass-Media June 2012
  7. ^ ПРОГРАММА ПЕРЕДАЧ КАНАЛА ТСВ с 9.07.07 - 15.07.07
  8. ^ https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/8/6/14399.pdf
  9. ^ The upcoming presidential election in Transnistria
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