Putin Approves Gazprom Sports TV Channel

Gazprom Media is to launch a free sports TV channel in Russia later this year, arthritis after approval from President Vladimir Putin.

The channel will be based on NTV-Plus’ Sport Plus and will be broadcast terrestrially as well as online.

President Putin referred to the channel as “one of the most powerful resources to promote a healthy lifestyle, pills giving a positive example to young people and the so-called family audience”.

Gazprom Media chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko, cialis formerly of Sochi 2014, said: “One result of the success of the (2014) Olympic Games in Sochi was the growth of interest in sport and a healthy lifestyle. Our new project is aimed primarily at young and family audiences and seeks to meet the demand for high-quality sports.

“We hope that the new channel will be a showcase for the projects of the NTV-Plus family of sports channels, and the basis for the development of a ‘360 degree’ sports media business using a variety of media platforms and resources. We intend to use all the synergies within the holding company, including the optimisation of production costs, and purchase content through the formation of a unified system of procurement and use of television rights.”

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