UT1 (Ukraine)

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UT1, currently marketed as "First National" (Ukrainian: Перший Національний) is the main state-run television channel in Ukraine, operated by the National Television Company of Ukraine. It is broadcast through all the country's territory. UT-1 (short for Ukrayinske Telebachennia - 1) is a traditional professional abbreviation.

During the Orange Revolution, news staff on UT1 stated on-air their refusal to broadcast pro-Yanukovych material. This followed Deaf translator Natalya Dmytruk's on-air denouncement (in sign-language) of the biased information broadcast to viewers.

National Television Company of Ukraine also runs a world-wide satellite channel, marketed as UTR (short for Ukrayinske Telebachennia i Radio) and airing some programms of the UT1.

References

['Ukraine TV in revolt.'] BBC monitoring. 24 November 2004.

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