ZIK

ZIK
Country	Ukraine
Programming
Picture format	576i 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Taras Kozak, formerly Petro Dyminskyi
History
Launched	September 1, 2010
Closed	February 26, 2021
Links
Website	zik.ua/tv

ZIK (after the initials of Західна інформаційна корпорація - Western Information Corporation) 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]

Hosts and anchors

References

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

[1] "Хто купив телеканал "112 Україна"? (Розслідування)". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-02-03.

[:3-2] "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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