Teleexpo was one of the first commercial television channels in Russia

Russia

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. It was founded by the government of Moscow

Moscow

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 and by the commercial house Mosexpo. It began broadcasting on September 1, 1993 on Channel 33 on the UHF band.

History

Initially much of the material broadcast was a duplication of that sent out on Petersburg - Channel 5

Petersburg - Channel 5

Petersburg - Channel 5 is a television channel based in St. Petersburg, Russia, also known simply as Channel 5. Director General: Alexey Brodskiy, Producer General: Ljubov Sovershaeva...

. The station was broadcasted in Moscow on Channel 5, and blocked the reception of Petersburg Channel 5 in the Moscow area. The time of broadcasting was initially from 00:30 to 12:30 daily.

The broadcasting of this channel ceased in October 2001 for commercial and political reasons. Channel 33 UHC and Channel 5 now broadcast Euronews

EuroNews

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.

Programs

Originally, it focused on music and entertainment. In the first year of broadcasting, it broadcast the programs Alive and A-Erotic, and sood added more television series, predominantly those produced in Mexico. In May 1996 the channel began to show artistic films and television concerts. At the same time, TeleExpo began to be listed in all television guides. By 1998 it increasingly began to focus on music, and by that summer was broadcasting musical programming almost exclusively. On September 26, 1998, Teleexpo began to transmit MTV Russia

MTV Russia

MTV Russia is a Russian language free-to-air 24 hour entertainment and music service seen in 22 million households in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg, among other cities.-History:...

in the morning and at night.