Press Realise: On January 24, 2011 at 13:00 a Press Conference of Kanal PIK – Perviy Informatsionniy Kavkazsky (First Caucasus News) dedicated to its going on the air planned for January 25 will be held at Europe House Georgia (Freedom Square 1, Tbilisi 0105, Georgia).
During press-conference the management of the TV Company will present its vision, plans and development prospects. Moreover, the presentation of main programmes and projects, as well as the web-site of the channel (www.pik.tv) will take place.
About Kanal PIK
Kanal PIK is a unique media project in the history of the Caucasus.
An informational, educational and entertainment channel – Kanal PIK will broadcast 6 hours a day (18.00 – 00.00 Moscow time) in Russian from Tbilisi (Georgia) and cover the territory of the South and North Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Iran.
Kanal PIK will be transmitted by satellite Hot Bird @ E13′ (transponder: 65, frequency: 12015 MHz, polarization: horizontal (H), S/R: 27500, FEC:3/4), and through www.pik.tv in on-line format.
Kanal PIK aims
– to shine a light on one of the most fascinating and least understood corners of the world,
– to make the peoples of the northern and southern Caucasus part of the global information revolution,
Press Realise: On January 24, 2011 at 13:00 a Press Conference of Kanal PIK – Perviy Informatsionniy Kavkazsky (First Caucasus News) dedicated to its going on the air planned for January 25 will be held at Europe House Georgia (Freedom Square 1, Tbilisi 0105, Georgia).
During press-conference the management of the TV Company will present its vision, plans and development prospects. Moreover, the presentation of main programmes and projects, as well as the web-site of the channel (www.pik.tv) will take place.
About Kanal PIK
Kanal PIK is a unique media project in the history of the Caucasus.
An informational, educational and entertainment channel – Kanal PIK will broadcast 6 hours a day (18.00 – 00.00 Moscow time) in Russian from Tbilisi (Georgia) and cover the territory of the South and North Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Iran.
Kanal PIK will be transmitted by satellite Hot Bird @ E13′ (transponder: 65, frequency: 12015 MHz, polarization: horizontal (H), S/R: 27500, FEC:3/4), and through www.pik.tv in on-line format.
Kanal PIK aims
– to shine a light on one of the most fascinating and least understood corners of the world,
– to make the peoples of the northern and southern Caucasus part of the global information revolution,
– to provide all Caucasians with fast, accurate, objective and timely information about the events and stories that interest and concern them,
– to set new standards of journalism in the region.
Kanal PIK is NOT
– going to fight propaganda with propaganda
– going to engage in polemics with other media or governments
– going to pass judgment; we will provide viewers with the means to reach their own conclusions
– going to hide from controversy.
“We want to be the channel to watch if you really want to know what is happening in the Caucasus. To those who doubt us we have a simple reply: First watch and then make your judgment,”- says Robert Parsons, Director General of Kanal PIK
Kanal PIK aims to transform the regional media environment through a combination of fast, accurate and honest news, innovative web journalism and 4 hours of daily programming that will feature the best of Caucasian culture and highlight the daily grit of life in the region.
Kanal PIK will provide fast and comprehensive information on developments throughout the world and will have its own network of correspondents in Baku, Yerevan, Moscow, Kiev, Makhachkala, Ankara, Brussels, Washington, Vladikavkaz and Tehran.
Programming
“The icing on the cake of Kanal PIK will be its programming – four hours every night, of which half will be original material put together by its own team of skilled presenters and film-makers,- says Robert Parsons.- The channel will nurture programme – making skills across a wide genre of formats, including contemporary documentary, presenter – led historical and arts programming, controversial talk shows and studio – based magazine programmes.”
Web strategy
On Kanal PIK don’t expect the web to wait for TV. Every citizen will be a potential journalist, just one press of a button away from sharing a story or sending an image or a few seconds of video. And from our website, the information and the pictures will fly straight to our TV news team.
Our web page will give Caucasians the means to address the critical issues that concern them and affect their lives. It will become a forum, among other things, for ordinary people to hold their rulers to account. Kanal PIK web strategy is to make information a two-way process. On Kanal PIK most stories will originate from the web, not vice versa.
Management of Kanal PIK
To ensure that the highest international standards are met, Kanal PIK has turned to a team of four foreign journalists to lead the channel in is ambition to make the region a part of the 21st century information revolution.
Robert Parsons, Director General (BBC, France24) and David Chater, Deputy Director General /News (ITN, Sky News, Al-Jazeera) bring decades of experience as international journalists, Melanie Anstey, Deputy Director General /Programming is an independent producer and documentary film maker who has worked at the highest level for many years and Zurab Kodalashvili, Deputy Director General (BBC, CNN, Sky News), who runs the web team, is a former cameramen and picture editor, whose multiple skills have led him into web design and online journalism.
The management team brings with it a commitment to training and upgrading existing journalistic skills – an essential part of transforming the media environment. In preparation for the launch on January 25th specialist trainers have been invited from the UK, Ukraine and Denmark but training at the channel will never stop – on the contrary, it will form a constant part of life at the channel.
“Kanal PIK is a Caucasian channel but it will not be parochial. We want to bring the world to the Caucasus and the Caucasus to the world.
Kanal PIK will be a reliable source of unbiased and timely information in Russian, offer a broad range of grogrammes, documentaries and movies, cover all the most important news stories, wherever they may be and maintain the highest standards of professional journalism. Yes, we will be critical, but always in a constructive way.”
The channel is managed by a private company Key One LLC, founded by Robert Parsons and Ekaterine Kotrikadze.