Inter (TV channel)

[1][2][failed verification][3] Since February 26, 2022, Inter became part of a state-coordinated United News telethon that broadcasts around the clock to provide information to the public regarding the war.

[10] The channel then subsequently joined the United News telethon, which has been funded by the state since 2022[11] and was widely seen as an element of defense against Russia’s attempt to subjugate Ukraine.

The channel first started broadcasting on January 13, 2003,[14] available via Dish Network in the United States and in Germany through Kabel Deutschland and encrypted in Europe & Russia on Sirius 2 & ABS 1 satellites.

Besides Pegas, he had some shares in Dilovyi Svit which consisted of Bersted Ukraina, RIF-Service, Play Enterprise, insurance company Sindek, and legal services of Konnov and Sozanovskyi.

In August all of the shares Dilovyi Svit and half of Pegas Television (total of 61%)[17][18] became a property of what later became known as Ukrainian Mediaproject headed by Valeriy Khoroshkovsky.

[3] According to Yaroslav Porokhniak, head of the management board of Inter, the Russian shareholders have no say in the channel's editorial or programming policies.

[20][21] In January 2009 the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refused to appear on Inter television programs criticizing the channel's associates of their professional ethics.

[17] On 21 February 2014, 16 journalists of the channel claimed to have been the victim of censorship (in the form of having been forced to make "pro-government propaganda") and called on the higher management to objectively cover events concerning Euromaidan.

[22] On 22 February 2014 the channel's normal programming was replaced, amid rumours of a possible attack or arson on its headquarters, by the live broadcast of parliamentary sessions.

[23] On 22 February 2014, as a part of the "Maidan revolution", President Viktor Yanukovych (the one that the 16 journalists had complained about being forced to create propaganda for) was removed from office.

[24] Early September 2016 the Inter studios were attacked and then blockaded for three days by St Mary's battalion who accused it of being too pro-Russian amidst the Russo-Ukrainian War.

young people placed photos of Ukrainian soldiers, killed during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, on the main entrance.

[32][33] According to monitoring results held from 1 to 7 December the amount of Russian origin content increased up to 13 hours and 15 minutes per day.

[44][45] Member of expert commission on distributing and showing films Serhiy Osnach claimed that Inter violated regulation about compulsorily having 50% of Ukrainian content[46] (article 9 of Constitution of Ukraine "About television and radiobroadcasting").