TVs to Go Off Air in Novosibirsk Region with Scheduled Outages

In Novosibirsk region, during the week from January 26 to February 1, radio and television broadcasts will be interrupted in five settlements. The disruptions are due to preventive and other planned work at the station, according to RTRS (Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network).

«Some work may be canceled or postponed to another time due to poor weather conditions. All broadcast shutdowns are coordinated with broadcasters,» the message says.

The outages will affect two multiplexes: RTRS-1 and RTRS-2, as well as «Radio Russia».

RTRS-1 includes 10 mandatory free channels: First Channel, «Russia 1», «Match TV», NTV, «St. Petersburg – Channel 5», «Russia K», «Russia 24», «Karousel», OTR (Public Television of Russia), and «TV Center».
Multiplex RTRS-2 includes: REN TV, «Spas», STS, «Domashny», TV-3, «Pyatnitsa», «Zvezda», MIR, TNT, and «Muz TV».

Note that over the past 20 years, Russian television and its audience have changed beyond recognition. Some viewers have abandoned watching live broadcasts, while others use the TV as background noise for household chores. Periodically, broadcasting is even predicted to soon come to an end. But there is also an alternative point of view. A journalist from NGS attended a discussion on how viewers and the internet have changed TV, and television has changed the internet — details in the NGS report.