The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, romanized: Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy), shortened to Suspilne Ukraine (Ukrainian: Суспільне, IPA: [sʊˈs⁽ʲ⁾p⁽ʲ⁾ilʲne]; lit.

[1] From 1995 until its current name the television predecessors of the current broadcaster was named the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU; Національна Телекомпанія України, Natsionalna Telekompaniia Ukrainy).

Its programs are oriented at all social layers of the Ukrainian society and national minorities.

[9] Among priority directions of the network are informative publicism, popular scientific, culturologic, entertaining and sport-oriented ones.

Pershyi, at one point, significantly trails all of its privately owned rival channels in terms of viewership.