Responding to efforts to formulate a concept of public-service broadcasting in Russia, legendary television personality Anatoly Lysenko quipped: "The authorities tossed the public a bone, and rather than chew on the bone members of the public began gnawing on one another." Responding to efforts to...

Although the number of Russia's Internet users is steadily growing, television is likely to remain more important for advertisers, who are expected to spend half of their ad budgets on TV commercials over the next decade. Although the number of Russia's Internet users is steadily growing...

Irina Prokhorova, editor of the journal New Literary Review and sister of businessman and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov will represent her brother in a televised debate with Nikita Mikhalkov, film director and backer of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Irina Prokhorova, editor of the journal New Literary Review and sister of businessman and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov will represent...

CTC Media, the U.S.-traded owner of Russia's fifth-largest television channel, will stem ratings losses this year by switching to locally produced series that are less expensive to air than imported shows, according to Troika Dialog. CTC Media, the U.S.-traded owner of Russia's fifth-largest...

... Nazis and Communists.” More than 1,500 people had signed up on Facebook to join their protest as of Thursday afternoon. Putin supporters are meeting in Poklonnaya Gora in southwestern Moscow. The rally will unite a motley crew of conservative television pundits, the editor of a fervent nationalist newspaper and a popular guest of television quiz shows. The formal organizer is the Patriots of Russia, a small left-wing outsider led by Gennady Semigin, who got less than 1 percent of the vote...

... children, have only had a small effect on improving the lives of mothers and children outside a very narrow group. The authors also criticize the government for failing to make families with children a priority group in its 2009 anti-crisis program. A Television Solution The social policy article addresses conditions for several social classes, while previous ones focused more on the middle class. Russia needs to "recreate the working-class aristocracy" that should grow to about 10 million...

... Yerofeyev, RBK daily wrote. Meanwhile, Putin introduced his rival "people's staff" headed by film director Stanislav Govorukhin, who apparently writes regular posts on Twitter (@SGovoruhin) in an enjoyably grumpy old man tone, criticizing immoral television shows such as "Dom-2," Ekho Moskvy radio station and actresses with fake breasts. Govorukhin, a United Russia deputy, is best known for making the cult detective series "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed" starring singer...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with religious leaders Wednesday that the "voice of the church" should have a greater presence on state-run television channels and that more TV programming should be devoted to religious topics. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with religious leaders Wednesday that the "voice of the church" should have a greater presence...

The announcement on Tuesday of a boardroom shake-up in the country's most prominent opposition radio station and a decision to nix a critical television talk show has raised fresh concerns over media freedom. The announcement on Tuesday of a boardroom shake-up in the country's most prominent opposition radio station and a decision to nix a critical television talk show has raised fresh concerns...

... will be broadcast on the Kremlin-funded English-language channel RT. Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has a new talk show that will be broadcast on the Kremlin-funded English-language channel RT, formerly known as Russia Today, the television station said Wednesday. 
WikiLeaks had said in a statement Monday that Assange's show would begin airing in March, but there was no word on who would air it or how it would be produced. 
RT television stepped forward Wednesday...

Prominent journalist Pavel Lobkov has been forced out of state-controlled NTV television after he unsuccessfully tried to broadcast footage about vote-rigging in last month's State Duma elections. Prominent journalist Pavel Lobkov has been forced out of state-controlled NTV television after he unsuccessfully tried to...

... Nevertheless, trailers of four Russian horror films still in production will be shown during the festival, including "SSD," an acronym for "Death to Soviet Children," which is set in a Soviet-era summer camp. Anfisa Chekhova, the television sex show host, has a starring role. Horror films have a positive effect on society, claimed Bulankin, teaching the audience how not to be afraid. "Critics say horror films produce a negative effect on society, but then we see documentaries...

American television channel Comedy Central is set to make its debut in the Russian market in April. American television channel Comedy Central is set to make its debut in the Russian market in April, Kommersant reported Tuesday. The U.S. channel already broadcasts...

The general director of web television channel Dozhd said Thursday that Moscow prosecutors have requested information from the channel regarding its financing of coverage of two opposition rallies held in December. The general director of web television channel...

... campaign strategy as he tries to recapture the presidency in March. With the urban middle class turning against him, Putin is focusing increasingly on his traditional blue-collar and rural support base, which tends to get all of its news from state television. Factory workers, farmers, public servants and the elderly form the backbone of the Russian leader's political following. "The higher educated and the well-to-do tend to have a more critical attitude toward the government," said Alexei...

... Pavel Rudnev, a longtime colleague and collaborator of Kolyada's in many projects—not the least of which was the playwright's prestigious Eurasia play competition—openly broke ranks with him. This occurred on Wednesday after Kolyada posted a television news clip on his LiveJournal page showing Russian opposition politicians visiting the American embassy in Moscow for a meeting with new ambassador Michael McFaul. The event was seized on by many in the blogosphere as proof, or, at least, a...

... in numerous presidential debates in 1980 and 1984 election campaigns. Putin's brand of Teflon is clearly made in Russia — with several components imported from Belarus — and the product is marketed extensively on the country's state-run television every day. In an election year especially, Putin would like to apply a couple of new layers of Teflon, and walking away from debates provides this added protection. But tough questions during debates are the sine qua non of any democratic election...

... and wants to take control of its rich natural resources. Over the past few weeks, Kurginyan and Dugin, along with nationalist journalist Alexander Prokhanov and Leontyev, have jumped from one popular political talk show to another on state-controlled television spewing this anti-U.S. demagoguery. Meanwhile, Alexei Pushkov — host of the analytical television show "Postscriptum," known for its critical views on U.S. foreign policy — has been appointed to chair the State Duma's high-profile...

A Canadian naval intelligence officer has been charged with handing over secrets to another country — reported by Canadian television to be Russia. OTTAWA — A Canadian naval intelligence officer has been charged with handing over secrets to another country — reported by Canadian television to be Russia. Jeffrey Paul Delisle faces charges for giving "a...

... national accused of feeding classified information to four British diplomats through a fake rock was a government official. The identity of the two Russian suspects has never been disclosed, and FSB General Sergei Sorokin provided few details in his televised acknowledgement late Sunday that one of them was a bureaucrat. The suspect was "a bureaucrat with one of the highest organizations in the Russian government," Sorokin told reporter Arkady Mamontov in a documentary aired on Rossia state...