ZIK (after the initials of Західна інформаційна корпорація - Western Information Corporation) is a closed pro-Russian information TV channel in Ukraine. It was part of the Novyny media holding, whose unofficial owner was pro-Russian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk (through his associate Taras Kozak).[1]
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| Country |  Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i 16:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Taras Kozak, formerly Petro Dyminskyi |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1, 2010 |
| Closed | February 26, 2021 |
| Links | |
| Website | zik |
The channel was on air from September 2010 to February 2021. The TV channels of the Novyny media holding were blocked on February 2, 2021, for anti-Ukrainian activities of its owners, Medvedchuk and Kozak, by a decree of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[2][3] On February 26, 2021, a new TV channel, First Independent, was created on the basis of the media holding's closed TV channels – NewsOne, ZIK and 112 Ukraine – where pro-Russian journalists from the closed TV channels moved.[4]
Hosts and anchors
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- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №43/2021". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ "Вимкнули "канали Медведчука": перші пояснення та реакції в соцмережах". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ "Команда "каналів Медведчука" розпочала мовлення на Першому незалежному". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-03-14.