Some great clips there, German. I remember reading several years ago that most regional VGTRK stations' news operations were struggling against their commercial competitors, at least in terms of ratings. Is that still the case?
Mostly yes. For example, in our (Krasnoyarsk) region it gets 2% of average weekly share (other companies get about 4-7% each).
Although there was a full technical reinforcement in the company in September (all GTRKs are going to move into digital TV), the role of local companies is similar to ITV's one: in the UK they're demolished or used as studios, in Russia they're like regional bureaux with rights for opt-out during breakfast TV and after national news.
However, tonight I was going to tell about Channel One news operations. As I told before, I tend to watch their news (along with the Russia 24 thing I told before), and I notice their presentation is now top-of-the-wall (pun intended). Now, they're using not only impressive set, but also the ceiling, as seen here, on the video celebrating 15 years of One:
link.
To be continued...
I don't think it's
