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    First Caucasian TV channel to be launched on January 25

    2011-01-21 17:42:00


    ArmInfo-Turan. The First Caucasian Information TV Channel (FCI or PIK
    - the Russian abbreviation) will start broadcasting via the European
    satellite in Tbilisi on January 25. The channel will release
    operational information about important events for the peoples of the
    Caucasus. It does not intend to engage in discussions with other media
    or governments or to assess events. The viewers will be able to do
    this for themselves. FCI will combine operational information and
    Internet journalism, which will be a
    novelty for the regional media.

    The channel's correspondents work in Baku, Yerevan, Moscow, Kiev,
    Makhachkala, Ankara, Brussels, Washington D.C., Vladikavkaz, and
    Tehran. The channel's management includes Robert Parsons (General
    Director), who has worked with BBC and France-24, and the Deputy
    General Directors David Chatter (ITN, Sky News, Al-Jazeera), Zurab
    Kodalaishvili (BBC, CNN, Sky News), and international commentator
    Melanie Anstey. The channel will broadcast in Russian from Tbilisi,
    Georgia from 18.00 to 00.00 Moscow Time. It will broadcast to the
    Southern and Northern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, Eastern Europe,
    Russia, Turkey and Iran. It will be transmitted through the Hot Bird
    satellite and the www.pik.tv website. The channel will be managed by a
    private company, Key 1 (K-1), established by Robert Parsons and
    Yekaterina Kotrikadze.




    From: A. Papazian
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