RTVi

Logo used in 2017
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Programming
Picture format	480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Ethnic Channels Group (name licensed by RTVI)
History
Launched	June 23, 2004
Links
Website	RTVi

RTVi is a Canadian exempt Category B Russian language specialty channel owned by Ethnic Channels Group (ECG). It broadcasts programming from RTVi and local Canadian content.

RTVi is a general entertainment channel that caters to the Russian diaspora in North America & Israel. It features a programming lineup created specifically for Russian speaking audiences outside of Russia and includes movies, news, and sports, as well as coverage of local and international community events.

Logos

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  2004-2017
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  2017–present

History

In September 2003, ECG was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a specialty channel called Russian TV One, described as "an ethnic Category 21 specialty television service... targeting the Russian-speaking community."^[1]

The channel launched on June 23, 2004,^[2][3] along with 3 other channels from ECG, as RTVi, through a licensing agreement with the Russian broadcaster.

A sister-channel, branded RTVi+ was launched in the Fall of 2005, however, it was discontinued in 2009.

On November 4, 2014, the CRTC approved EGC's request to convert RTVi from a licensed Category B (formerly category 2) specialty service to an exempted category B third language service.^[4]

References

External links

• RTVi Canada
• RTVi (in Russian)

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