euronews in Ukrainian to premier on euronews.net one week before the on air launch

Press release 02.08.2011

euronews in Ukrainian to premier on euronews.net one week before the on air launch

The exclusive launch of the Ukrainian edition of euronews will take place on euronews.net on Wednesday 17 August at 14:00 CET, one week before its first official broadcast on the euronews channel, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week- Wednesday 24 August 2011 at 14:00 CET.

Ukrainian will be euronews' 11th full service.

Lyon, France, 2 August 2011 - euronews and National Television Company of Ukraine announced the official launch of euronews in Ukrainian following an agreement signed in October 2010. NTU is one of euronews' shareholder channels.

This 11th edition (1) aimed particularly at the Ukrainian market, as well as the Ukrainian community around the globe i.e. an estimated 45 million people. (2)

Following its exclusive launch one week before on the website: on 17 August at 14:00 CET, the first broadcast will be made on 24 August 2011 at 14:00 CET, Independence Day in Ukraine, and will air 24 hours a day.

A new team of journalists

A team of 17 Ukrainian-speaking journalists are preparing the launch of the new service from the heart of the channel's head office in Lyon. The past few weeks have enabled the team to train and familiarise themselves with euronews operations alongside the office's 10 other 24-hr news teams. The new team is working hard to fulfill its mission: to provide world news from a European angle.

This new team is led by Fidel Pavlenko, appointed head of the euronews' Ukrainian Department (see the journalists' biographies later in this document)

Distribution and local advertising spots

euronews will distribute this new channel to Ukrainian viewers around the globe. For its part, NTU will distribute euronews in Ukrainian across the country.

On its launch, Ukrainian euronews will be distributed via the Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 13° East satellite, which covers the European continent and the Mediterranean basin across to central Asia.

In the context of the agreement between NTU and euronews, local advertising spots are envisaged for the Ukrainian market. This is a perfect opportunity for Ukrainian advertisers to reach influential, opinion leader targets and to develop strong brand strategies.

The launch of this 11th language service is an important step in the deployment of the channel in a promising European market.

Thanks to euronews' unique positioning and editorial line, both internationally recognized, this new euronews service will make a significant contribution to the spirit of understanding and rapprochement between Europe and Ukraine. The service will be a great launch pad for euronews to be at the heart of the action during the Euro 2012 football championship.

For more information, contact: 

Grégoire de Rubiana cell +33 (0)6 60 69 30 34

Lydie Bonvallet tel. +33 (0)4 72 18 80 56

Notes

(1)  euronews is broadcast in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russia, Spanish, and Turkish.

(2)  Source: European Commission ec.europa.eu/education/languages/euromosaic/doc4574_en.htm

About euronews:

euronews, international news channel in Europe, covers current events around the clock, everywhere in the world. With 11 language teams and 370 journalists from more than 20 countries, euronews is a unique organisation in its approach to analysing and presenting the news.

Established in 1993 in Lyon, the channel reaches 350 million homes in 155 countries via all broadcasting modes: tv, internet, smartphones, tablets, etc.

                                         

twitter.com/euronews              www.youtube.com/user/euronews   and euronews on www.dailymotion.com

euronews' Ukrainian language journalists

14 journalists have already joined the euronews team at the channel's head office in Lyon, France.

Fidel Pavlenko, Head of the Ukrainian department

Fidel Pavlenko. 48 years old. Fidel is a British journalist of Ukrainian origin; he studied at the National University of Kyiv and the BBC College of Journalism. Before joining Euronews, Fidel was a producer with the BBC's Ukrainian department in London (1995-). He was also London correspondent for the Ukrainian sports daily Sportyvna Gazeta. He began his career in public relations for the Ukrainian office of Canadian company 'County Squire International Corporation' and for the Trade Union Federation in Kyiv. Fidel has also worked as a translator-interpreter for various organisations in Yemen, the former USSR and Kyiv.

Zoya Charollais

Franco-Ukrainian. 33 years old. Zoya has been a freelance journalist for Euronews' since 2010. Between 1998-2007, Zoya worked in many countries: Ghana as Commercial Director of Meprolim Ghana Ltd (2006-2007), Burkina Faso at the Belgian Embassy, as secretary to the ambassador (2004-2005), as well as in France, Denmark and the United Kingdom, however, it was in Ukraine that she began her career as a journalist. Zoya has a masters degree in International Economic Relations from the National Agricultural University of Kyiv.

Mykhailo Dubyak

Mykhailo. 27 years old. Mykhailo worked as an international news journalist for the non-stop news channel '24' from 2005 until he joined euronews. He is also a translator/interpreter and he has compiled a multilingual dictionary of football. He taught French at the University of Ivan Franko in Lviv.  Mykhailo has a masters degree in French, English and Spanish from the University of Lviv.

  

Iryna Gibert

32 years old. Iryna is a French journalist of Ukrainian origin, who began her career for the channel Inter TV (2000-2001) and then for the Russian-language weekly Korrespondent (2002-2005). In France, she was web editor for the BPMS group (2009), she also worked for estate agent John Taylor and was a graphic designer at Datawords-Datasia. Iryna is a foreign language specialist, a qualification for which she studied at the Ukraine University of linguistics. She has also completed the first year of a law degree at the Sorbonne University Panthéon-Assas (Paris III). 

Zoriana Kurdyna

41 years old. Zoriana has been living in Lyon since 2008 and she has been a freelance journalist for euronews since 2010. Before that, she worked for Radio Lviv (1993-). She studied journalism at the Ivan Fedorov Institute in Lviv and the Robert Schuman Institute of Journalism in Angers (France).

  

Natalia Lyubchenkova

27 years old. Natalia has been an international news journalist for the channel TVi since 2009. She has also worked on the "News-CITI" programme for the channel CITI since 2007. Between 2006-2007, she worked as a freelance press and public relations agent for Romur & Associates Ukraine, as well as the NGO Child Rescue. Natalia has a masters degree from the University of Shevchenko in Kyiv, where she studied to become an International Analyst. She also studied translation and interpreting at Kyiv's faculty of languages. She began her professional life as a teacher of English.

Olga Malova

28 years old. Since 2008, Olga has worked on "Svidok", a programme by NTN which looks at criminal cases.  Between 2005-2008, she was part of morning news programme "Pidyom!" for Novy Kanal.

She studied journalism at the University of Kyiv-Mohyla.

Markiian Peretiatko

32 years old. Markiian has been a correspondent for NTU since 2010. Between 2006-2008, he presented the news programmes for the channels Inter TV and K1. He was correspondent for the monthly publication 'Propriétés Intellectuelle' and he was a presenter for MSL and Radio Kyivskie Vedomosti. Markiian studied journalism at the University of Kyiv-Mohyla. 

Oleksa Semenchenko

49 years old. Oleksa is a British journalist, who was Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Thought from 2007. He worked as English correspondent for the Ukrainian service Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (2007-), and for the Ukrainian and Russian services of Deutsche Welle (1997-). He has also worked for the BBC's Ukrainian department, and he was correspondent for the sports daily Komanda. Oleksa has also worked as a teacher and an interpreter. He studied at both the University of Leeds and the University of Shevchenko in Kyiv.

  

Sergiy Nykyforov

25 years old. Sergiy has worked for top national channel Pershyi Natsionalnyi (2007-), he was also a correspondent for Roudana, the channel of the city of Kriviy Rig (2006-2007), for non-stop news channel '24' (2006) and for the channel KA (2005). He studied journalism at the University of Shevchenko in Kyiv. 

Halyna Skybnovska

29 years old. In 2010, Halyna was Russian Office Manager for Inter TV, which she joined in 2007 as foreign affairs reporter. Before that, she worked for Pershyi Natsionalnyi as foreign affairs reporter, she was a journalist for the programme "Energy Diary" on 5 Kanal, "Theory of Struggle" for LTB TV, and for "World Review" for Channel 1. Halyna also worked for regional daily "Postup" in Lviv. She studied journalism at the University of Lviv and Law at the National Economic University of Ternopil.

Dana Smolyak

Dana has been a political journalist for Radio Ukraine International's English department since 2001. During this time, she also worked as an interpreter, fixer and journalist for Ukrainian public radio. Dana worked every summer from 2000 to 2006 as an interpreter in the United States.

Dana studied journalism and interpreting at Kyiv's Institute of International Relations.

Iryna Tymchyshyn

30 years old. Iryna was UK correspondent for the channel Inter TV, and before she was their foreign affairs journalist. Between 2005-2008, she worked at TV Studio "1+1" and from 2003-2005 in the news offices of NTU.

She studied journalism at the University of Kyiv's Institute of Journalism.

Alexandra Vaukulina

24 years old. Alexandra was a journalist and news presenter for the business channel Pershij Kanal Buzinesu from 2008 until she joined euronews. Before that she worked as an economist for Oschadbank.

She studied foreign languages at the University of Zaporozhye, her home town.