The Russian broadcaster VGTRK (RTR) has filed a lawsuit against First Channel. World Network, a service owned by its competitor Channel One.
According to Kommersant, it relates to a TV detective series named Secret Investigations and could amount to R192 million (€2.97 million).
Secret Investigations made its debut in 2000 and was first aired on NTV,
However, for the last 10 years it has been shown by Rossiya 1, a channel operated by RTR.
The dispute centres round rights to episodes of Secret Investigations purchased by Silver Screen, a third party mentioned in the lawsuit, and their subsequent re-run on First Channel. World Network.
