Espreso TV

Ukrainian TV channel

Television channel

Espreso TV
Еспресо TV
Programming

Country	Ukraine
Broadcast area	Internet
Headquarters	Kyiv, Ukraine
Picture format	16:9 (Full HD, 1080p)
Ownership
Key people	Vadim Denisenko and Vitaly Pyrovych (chief editors)
History
Launched	November 2013
Links
Website	Official Site
Availability

Terrestrial
Zeonbud (Ukraine)	MUX3 (26) (DVB-T2)
Zeonbud (Ukraine)	MUX5 in Bila Tserkva (DVB-T2)
Telecentras (Lithuania)	Local MUX in various regions (DVB-T)
Streaming media
LIVE	LIVE

Espreso TV (Ukrainian: Еспресо TV) is an Internet television station in Ukraine that started to operate in November 2013. Espreso TV enabled the Euromaidan protests to be broadcast worldwide.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ownership

The channel is owned by the media company Goldberry LLC.^[5]

Prior to August 2017 99% of Espreso TV belonged to Larysa Knyazhytska, the wife of Mykola Knyazhytsky.^[5]

In August 2017 Inna Avakova (the wife of former Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov) acquired 40% of Goldberry LLC and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (former Prime Minister) acquired 30%; the remaining 30% of Goldberry LLC stayed in the possession of Larysa Knyazhytska.^[5]

In December 2017 the US Atmosphere Entertainment became a major shareholder of Espresso TV by purchasing 77.5% stake in Goldberry LLC that runs Espresso TV in Ukraine. The final beneficiary of the US company is Ivan Zhevago. ^[6]

History

On 22 January 2014, a journalist of Espreso TV Dmytro Dvoychenkov was kidnapped, beaten, and taken to an unknown location. He was later released.^[7]

Cyber attack

On February 19, 2024, at around 7:30 p.m., unknown hackers gained access to the broadcast signal of the Espresso TV channel.

The attackers broadcast a short footage of destroyed Ukrainian cities and a video of Joe Biden falling and stumbling with a call to stop, hinting at the possible involvement of the United States in the war in Ukraine.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Espresso TV brings Kiev protests to world’s screens with ToolsOnAir
^ Ukraine's revolution is being live-streamed
^ "A Ukrainian TV news host mixes work with protesting in the streets". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
^ Merchant, Brian (2014-02-19). "Ukraine's Newest Media Company Is Ensuring the Revolution Will Be Televised". Vice. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c Espreso TV, Institute of Mass Information [uk]
Goldberry LLC, Institute of Mass Information [uk]
^ [1]. InVenture 02 January 2018
^ Police assault journalist providing live video for Espresso TV. Kyiv Post. 22 January 2014
^ "Один з українських телеканалів заявив про злам ефірної системи". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ Взлом телеканалу ЕСПРЕСО ТБ 19.02.2024 19:45 | Взлом телеканала ЭСПРЕССО ТВ 19.02.2024 19:45, retrieved 2024-02-20