CTC Media (till 2004 - StoryFirst Communications) was established by a U.S. entrepreneur Peter Gerwe in 1989 in Delaware in the United States.

In October 2011, CTC International increased its footprint in North America and began broadcasting in the Baltic states.

As of February 2012, the international version of CTC began broadcasting in Europe, as well as in a number of countries in North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

CTC-International started broadcasting in Kyrgyzstan in April 2012, and launched in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan in May the same year.

It also manages advertising sales in the Commonwealth of Independent States for Channel 31 group of companies in Kazakhstan.

[6] In October 2011, CTC Media introduced the Domashniy portal as an online extension of Domashny TV channel, which is aimed at a female audience.

[10] CTC Media was acquired by the private, Nicosia, Cyprus-based firm Telcrest Investments Limited in the spring of 2016.

International versions of Domashniy and Peretz are available in the CIS countries, and Europe, Georgia, Mongolia, in the US and Australia.