Monday, August 29, 2011

Watch Russian TV Online Tips

By Mariam Dodge


The internet holds a vast collection of television channels and programs that you may not even see on your cable TV. Among the list are Hindi channels, Russian channels, Japanese channels, and British channels. Now, if you want to watch Russian TV online, you simply have to visit sites that offer this type of service. But first, let's take a look at the history of Russian TV.

Television in Russia was introduced in the year 1931, during the time when Russia still held the name Russian SFSR. At this point in time, television in the Soviet Union was owned by the state and was under its tight control and Soviet censorship. The following year, the Russian commercial version of mechanical television was introduced and Russia's first television was made available to the public. During these early years, most television programs were about life in the Soviet Union, cultural activities, and sports.

The year 1934 marked two significant landmarks in television history. Number one, the first TV sets were produced with 3x9 cm screens, with mechanical rasterization in thirty lines, and 12.5 frames. Number two, the first TV broadcast with sound was made in a concert in Moscow. In October 15, 1935, the first television film with sound was aired. Three years after that, the first trial studio TV broadcast was made in Moscow from the Shabolovka tower and the first full TV movie entitled "The Great Citizen" was aired both in March of that year. In June of the same year, the first trial TV broadcast was made in Leningrad. However, all television broadcasts in the nation were interrupted between the years 1941 and 1945 because of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.

In December 1945, Moscow TV center reinstated regular TV broadcasting as World War II came to an end. In the year 1948, Moscow TV center adopted a new 625 lines standard. The following year, the first off-studio TV translation of a soccer match from Dynamo stadium was aired. Another first marked the year 1950 as the first ever long-range broadcast from Moscow to Ryazan was made in August of that year.

Ten years after that, a second national television channel was established. As the 1970s and the 1980s approached, television became the preeminent mass medium. In fact, approximately seventy-five million households owned television sets in 1988, and an estimated ninety-three percent of the population watched TV. At present, there are about 15,000 transmitters in the country.

This is what you ought to appreciate the next time you watch Russian TV online.




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