Well dear readers, after several years of ignoring PACE recommendations for Ukraine to have a State TV channel…..similar to the BBC one has to assume rather than a copy of that in North Korea……it seems to have become a reality……kind of.
The channel exists although the “management committee” can be seen as somewhat less than independent in the case of certain individuals.
That said, is there a State TV channel that is independent considering in one way or another they rely on the State for their very existance. At best we can say some are (at least seemingly) more independent than others when it comes to any content broadcast.
Anyway, Google search fingers at the ready, here’s you full list of names…….
The supervisory committee also includes the director of the television and radio department of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee, Serhiy Abramov, Head of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting Volodymyr Manzhosov (by consent), Chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee Yuriy Plaksiuk, Vice President of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine Ihor Bezgin (by consent), Chairman of the Joint Trade Union of Primary Organizations of State Television and Radio Broadcasting Yuriy Holubov (by consent), Deputy Justice Minister of Ukraine Lidia Horbunova, Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister of Ukraine Tymofiy Kokhan, First Deputy Chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee Oleksandr Kurdinovych, Chairman of the Viacheslav Chornovil Free Journalism Foundation Dmytro Ponomarchuk (by consent), Deputy Finance Minister Serhiy Rybak, Head of the information and mass communications department of the Cabinet of Ministers Ihor Storozhuk, Art Director of the Ivan Franko National Drama Theatre Bohdan Stupka (by consent), and Deputy Chairman of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine Oleh Fialko (by consent).
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Anatoliy Tolstoukhov became the head of the supervisory committee of NRCU and Head of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee Yuriy Plaksiuk was appointed his deputy.
The supervisory board also includes: Rector of The Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television Oleksiy Bezgin (by consent), Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Horbunova, Rector of R.M.Glier Kyiv State Higher Music College Oleksandr Zlotnyk (by consent), First Deputy Chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee Oleksandr Kurdinovych, Director General of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Dmytro Ostapenko (by consent), Deputy Finance Minister Serhiy Rybak, Chairman of the Ukrainian Composers’ Union Yevhen Stankovych (by consent), and Head of the information and mass communications department of the Cabinet of Ministers Ihor Storozhuk.
