ICTV2

ICTV2
CountryUkraine
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
Programming
Picture format16:9 (576i, SDTV)
16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerStarlight Media Group (Victor Pinchuk & Olena Pinchuk)
Key peopleOlexandr Bogutskiy
History
LaunchedDecember 17, 2022 (2022-12-17)
Links
Websitewww.ictv.ua/ictv2
Availability
Terrestrial
ZeonbudMX-2 (20)

"ICTV2" ("International Commercial Television and Radio Company") is a Ukrainian TV channel, part of the Starlight Media group. It launched in December 2022, replacing ICTV Ukraine [uk], which had been an internationally oriented service.

History

On December 15, 2022, the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine [uk] reissued the license for ICTV Ukraine [uk], which had been an international channel with programs from ICTV until February 2022, when it began broadcasting the United News service on a non-stop basis. The new license changed the service's name to ICTV2 and shifted its content to series, shows and full-length films.[1][2] Rebranding took place on December 17.[3]

On December 22 of the same year, the National Council issued a temporary permission for the broadcasting of "ICTV2" during the period of martial law in Ukraine for broadcasting in the multiplex MX-2 of the digital broadcast network DVB-T2.[4] The channel started broadcasting on the network the next day, December 23.

Notes

  1. ^ "Starlight Media анонсувала новий телеканал, що поверне популярні програми та кіно-серіальну лінійку ICTV". Телеканал ICTV (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  2. ^ "Нацрада переоформила ліцензії ICTV Ukraine та "1+1 International"". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. ^ "Спешл на MEGOGO: новий телеканал ICTV2 зʼявиться на медіасервісі". life.fakty.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  4. ^ "ICTV2 та "1+1 Україна" отримали право на мовлення у цифрі". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.