Soviet television

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Soviet television was the state-controlled broadcasting system of the USSR, responsible for producing and transmitting television programs across the Soviet Union.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Central Television of the USSR 2
Soviet Central Television 1
Soviet TV 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state-controlled media system
television broadcasting system
alsoKnownAs Soviet TV
linked to: Soviet television

USSR television
linked to: Soviet television
broadcastArea Eastern Bloc (via relays and exchanges)
linked to: Eastern Bloc

Soviet Union
broadcastTechnology terrestrial analog broadcasting
controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
state
country Soviet Union
coveredEvent 1980 Moscow Olympics
Soviet space program
World War II commemorations
duringPerestroika increased political debate programs
partial loosening of censorship
endDate 1991
fundingModel state budget
governingBody Gosteleradio USSR
linked to: Soviet radio
headquartersLocation Moscow
ideology Marxism–Leninism
introducedColorTV 1967
languageOfBroadcast Russian
various languages of Soviet republics
mainCartoonBlock Soyuzmultfilm productions
mainChannel All-Union Programme
Programme One (First Programme of Central Television)
Programme Three
Programme Two
mainChildrenProgram Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi!
mainEducationalProgram Utrennyaya pochta
mainMusicProgram Pesnya goda
mainNewsProgram Vremya
mainProductionCenter Ostankino Technical Center
mainScienceProgram Ochevidnoye-neveroyatnoye
mainSportsCoverage Olympic Games
Soviet Top League football
mainTransmissionTower Ostankino Tower
mainYouthProgram Vzglyad
operatedIn Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
ownership government of the Soviet Union
linked to: Soviet government
politicalAlignment pro-government
primaryPurpose entertainment
ideological education
mass communication
news dissemination
political propaganda
regulation censorship by Soviet authorities
significantPeriod perestroika era
linked to: perestroika
startDate 1951
successor Russian television
national television systems of post-Soviet states
supervisedBy State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the USSR
transmissionStandard SECAM
typicalContent TV dramas
children’s programs
cultural programs
documentaries
educational programs
feature films
news bulletins
variety shows
usedSatelliteDistribution Ekran satellites
Molniya satellites

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kitchen Debate recordedBy Soviet television
The Irony of Fate distributor Central Television of the USSR
subject linked to: The Irony of Fate (1976 film)
linked to: Soviet television
The Irony of Fate firstBroadcastOn Soviet Central Television
subject linked to: The Irony of Fate (1976 film)
linked to: Soviet television
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973 TV series) originalNetwork Central Television of the USSR
linked to: Soviet television
Soviet television alsoKnownAs USSR television
linked to: Soviet television
Soviet television alsoKnownAs Soviet TV
linked to: Soviet television