Muz-TV
Sign in to saveMuz-TV (, from Музыкальное телевидение - Music Television) is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. Muz-TV was founded by Sergey Lisovsky and Boris Zosimov. The CEO of Muz-TV is Zakhar Babin.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1996 establishments in Russia, Music organizations based in Russia and Music television channels.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- muz-tv.ru
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- inception
- 1996-05-01
- social media followers
- 2800000
- Commons category
- Muz-TV
- channel number
- 20
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Muz-TV Music Awards
- 2021 Muz-TV Awards controversy
- Russian gay propaganda law fine
- References
- External links
Muz-TV (, from Музыкальное телевидение - Music Television) is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. Muz-TV was founded by Sergey Lisovsky and Boris Zosimov. The CEO of Muz-TV is Zakhar Babin.
In 2011, Muz-TV is owned by UTH Russia, which is, in turn, 49% owned by MTV. In 2024, Ivan Tavrin's Kismet Group agreed to sell media assets, including the Muz-TV and Yu TV channels, as well as the radio station Choose Radio, to a group of investors including Media Telecom (JV Rostelecom and NMG).
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