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First Caucasian TV channel to be launched on January 25
2011-01-21 17:42:00
ArmInfo-Turan. The First Caucasian Information TV Channel (FCI or PIK
- the Russian abbreviation) will start broadcasting via the European
satellite in Tbilisi on January 25. The channel will release
operational information about important events for the peoples of the
Caucasus. It does not intend to engage in discussions with other media
or governments or to assess events. The viewers will be able to do
this for themselves. FCI will combine operational information and
Internet journalism, which will be a
novelty for the regional media.
The channel's correspondents work in Baku, Yerevan, Moscow, Kiev,
Makhachkala, Ankara, Brussels, Washington D.C., Vladikavkaz, and
Tehran. The channel's management includes Robert Parsons (General
Director), who has worked with BBC and France-24, and the Deputy
General Directors David Chatter (ITN, Sky News, Al-Jazeera), Zurab
Kodalaishvili (BBC, CNN, Sky News), and international commentator
Melanie Anstey. The channel will broadcast in Russian from Tbilisi,
Georgia from 18.00 to 00.00 Moscow Time. It will broadcast to the
Southern and Northern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, Eastern Europe,
Russia, Turkey and Iran. It will be transmitted through the Hot Bird
satellite and the www.pik.tv website. The channel will be managed by a
private company, Key 1 (K-1), established by Robert Parsons and
Yekaterina Kotrikadze.
From: A. Papazian
2011-01-21 17:42:00
ArmInfo-Turan. The First Caucasian Information TV Channel (FCI or PIK
- the Russian abbreviation) will start broadcasting via the European
satellite in Tbilisi on January 25. The channel will release
operational information about important events for the peoples of the
Caucasus. It does not intend to engage in discussions with other media
or governments or to assess events. The viewers will be able to do
this for themselves. FCI will combine operational information and
Internet journalism, which will be a
novelty for the regional media.
The channel's correspondents work in Baku, Yerevan, Moscow, Kiev,
Makhachkala, Ankara, Brussels, Washington D.C., Vladikavkaz, and
Tehran. The channel's management includes Robert Parsons (General
Director), who has worked with BBC and France-24, and the Deputy
General Directors David Chatter (ITN, Sky News, Al-Jazeera), Zurab
Kodalaishvili (BBC, CNN, Sky News), and international commentator
Melanie Anstey. The channel will broadcast in Russian from Tbilisi,
Georgia from 18.00 to 00.00 Moscow Time. It will broadcast to the
Southern and Northern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, Eastern Europe,
Russia, Turkey and Iran. It will be transmitted through the Hot Bird
satellite and the www.pik.tv website. The channel will be managed by a
private company, Key 1 (K-1), established by Robert Parsons and
Yekaterina Kotrikadze.
From: A. Papazian