TV5 Užice
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TV5 Užice is a Serbia
n television network aired locally to the city of Užice
in Western Serbia. It is privately owned and the most watched local network in Užice.
civil war was ranging. The then minister of information and media Aleksandar Vučić
made it his goal to shut down all free networks opposed to the political regime in the country at the time. TV5 Užice as a network did not fall in line with Vučić and barely survived in the 1990s with all funding cut and heavy transmission interference. With a democratic change in government, the end of war and oppression against Serbia, the network was able to grow again.
Today TV5 has around 320,000 potential viewers. The most watched programmes are news and current affairs.
The network also airs international shows, documentaries, cartoons and movies. 40% of the air time is dedicated to news and current affairs, 40% to educational programmes and 20% to entertainment programmes.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n television network aired locally to the city of Užice
Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
in Western Serbia. It is privately owned and the most watched local network in Užice.
History
TV5 first aired in July 1994. At the time, the YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
civil war was ranging. The then minister of information and media Aleksandar Vučić
Aleksandar Vucic
Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician, Deputy President of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is a former secretary-general of the Serbian Radical Party and was President of the Serbian Radical Party's city parliamentary club before joining the Serbian Progressive Party. Besides Serbian,...
made it his goal to shut down all free networks opposed to the political regime in the country at the time. TV5 Užice as a network did not fall in line with Vučić and barely survived in the 1990s with all funding cut and heavy transmission interference. With a democratic change in government, the end of war and oppression against Serbia, the network was able to grow again.
Today TV5 has around 320,000 potential viewers. The most watched programmes are news and current affairs.
Programming
TV5 Užice produces two news bulletins daily, at 7.00PM and 10.00PM. Some other news and current affairs programmes include Info press, Sport 2000, The Hague Tribunal.The network also airs international shows, documentaries, cartoons and movies. 40% of the air time is dedicated to news and current affairs, 40% to educational programmes and 20% to entertainment programmes.