Posted on 02/09/2006 1:30:37 PM PST by x5452
Russian Orthodox TV expands into CIS, Europe 19:48 | 08/ 02/ 2006
MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's first Orthodox television network began satellite broadcasts to other former Soviet republics and to Western Europe on Wednesday.
Spas (or Savior), which has been broadcasting to Russia's European part since its launch last July, will now be able to increase its audience to 20-40 million from the current 3.5 mln, officials responsible for the channel's regional development said.
The privately-owned broadcaster has so far been on air for 12 hours per day, but plans eventually to shift to a round-the-clock schedule. It runs both its own productions and programs bought from other companies. Forty percent of its content relates to Orthodoxy and the remaining 60% deals with broader social topics.
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