The Russian national commercial broadcaster NTV will launch a new thematic channel before spring 2018.
According to RBC and AKTR, the channel, which will be known as NTV Hit, was awarded a licence by the regulator Roskomnadzor on December 21.
However, it was first registered in July 2017.
NTV launched three 24-hour thematic channels – NTV Style, NTV Pravo and NTV TV Series – in October last year.
Although NTV Hit will follow in their footsteps by sourcing content from NTV’s library, it will also contain new programming.