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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]
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| Country | Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Internet |
| Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Programming | |
| 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) |
| Ekspres-Inform (Ukraine) | Local MUX in Kyiv (planned) |
| Telecentras (Lithuania) | Local MUX BM TV in various regions (DVB-T) |
| Streaming media | |
| LIVE | LIVE |
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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 Espreso TV by purchasing 77.5% stake in Goldberry LLC that runs Espreso TV in Ukraine. The final beneficiary of the US company is Ivan Zhevago.[6]
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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]
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On February 19, 2024, at around 7:30 p.m., unknown hackers gained access to the broadcast signal of the Espreso 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 alleged involvement of the United States in the war in Ukraine.[8][9]
On December 16, 2024, at around 12:50 p.m., attackers gained unauthorized access to the TV channel’s server and tried to broadcast a video with a fake appeal from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Russian.
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