Public TV of Azov

Public TV of Azov
Громадське ТБ Приазов'я
Country	Ukraine
Broadcast area	Internet
Headquarters	Mariupol, Ukraine
Programming
Picture format	16:9 (Full HD, 1080p)
History
Launched	19 July 2014
Links
Website	priazov.tv

«Public TV of Azov» (Priazov.tv) — an initiative of volunteer journalists of Pryazovia on creating first independent media in the region. It's the third most-popular Internet-channel of Mariupol^[1]

Channel's goal is to give Mariupol and Azov region citizens an objective and unprejudiced information on political, economic, social issues. Its task is to fill information space of Azov region by informational and analytical articles and video-stories and to involve Mariupol citizens into process of solution of city problems.^[2]

History

Creation

An idea of creation of an independent public TV-channel for Pryazovia appeared after Mariupol was liberated from DPR occupation. The idea came from Roman Skrypin's Hromadske.TV (Ukrainian - Громадське телебачення, literally - Public television).^[3]

Public TV of Azov aired for the first time on July, 19. The first guests were: a priest of the Kyivan patriarchy, the press-secretary of the Azov Battalion, and the organizator of the protests in Vradiyivka.^[4]

Parliamentary election of 2014

During parliamentary election in 2014 Public TV of Azov hosted debates between candidates from Mariupol. It was the first ever debates in the city history.^[5]

The city of the heroes

In December 2015 Public TV of Azov started project «The city of the heroes» - cycle of documentaries about Mariupol.^[6] Cycle was finished in August 2016 and consists of 10 films:

Mariupol's self-defense unit
From election to election
Volunteer day
Sector «M»
After Minsk
Black January
First blood
The new city power
Start life again
Ukraine is Mariupol^[7]

References

^ Top-10 Mariupol Internet-channels on 0629.com.ua (ru.)
^ Channel goals Archived 2017-03-26 at the Wayback Machine on official website (ukr.)
^ "У Маріуполі запустили проект "Громадське телебачення Приазов'я"". stv.detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
^ Project "Public TV of Azov" has been started in Mariupol on detector.media (ukr.)
^ "Debates announcement (ukr.)". Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
^ Public TV of Azov starts new project - cycle of documentaries "The city of the heroes" (ukr.)
^ The City of the heroes on IMDB

[1] Top-10 Mariupol Internet-channels on 0629.com.ua (ru.)

[2] Channel goals Archived 2017-03-26 at the Wayback Machine on official website (ukr.)

[3] "У Маріуполі запустили проект "Громадське телебачення Приазов'я"". stv.detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2022-07-05.

[4] Project "Public TV of Azov" has been started in Mariupol on detector.media (ukr.)

[5] "Debates announcement (ukr.)". Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-01-14.

[6] Public TV of Azov starts new project - cycle of documentaries "The city of the heroes" (ukr.)

[7] The City of the heroes on IMDB

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