ZIK
Country Ukraine
Programming
Picture format576i 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTaras Kozak, formerly Petro Dyminskyi
History
LaunchedSeptember 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)
ClosedFebruary 26, 2021 (2021-02-26)
Links
Websitezik.ua/tv

ZIK is a closed pro-Russian information TV channel in Ukraine. It was part of the Novyny media holding, whose unofficial owner was pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk (through his associate Taras Kozak).[1] The channel was on air from September 2010 to February 2021. The TV channels of the Novyny media holding were blocked on February 2, 2021, for anti-Ukrainian activities of its owners, Medvedchuk and Kozak, by a decree of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[2][3] On February 26, 2021, a new TV channel, First Independent, was created on the basis of the media holding's closed TV channels – NewsOne, ZIK and 112 Ukraine – where pro-Russian journalists from the closed TV channels moved.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Хто купив телеканал «112 Україна»? (Розслідування)". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  2. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №43/2021". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Вимкнули «канали Медведчука»: перші пояснення та реакції в соцмережах". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Команда «каналів Медведчука» розпочала мовлення на Першому незалежному". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
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