Wolin promised to create Russian Discovery

Today, October 23, the Deputy Minister of Communications and Communications, Alexei Vololin, said that soon the analogue of the Discovery television channel will appear in Russia. The project is related to the development of Russian-Chinese cooperation.

“We plan to launch a large project in the near future, which will specialize in culture, science and history. This will be such a Russian Discovery , and this project has become a consequence of Russian-Chinese cooperation, ”Volin said at a meeting of the Provisional Commission in the Federation Council on the improvement of legislation in the media, Vedomosti reports.

According to Volina, Russia has an agreement with China on parity broadcasting of channels. “Three Russian channels broadcast on China and the same amount to Russia. And now we are making this version, which will not be very politicized, but educational, will talk about Russia. It will be such a good trend, ”the deputy minister explained.

He said that 90% of the country's settlements have the opportunity to watch digital television. “We planned that by 2018, 98% of the country's settlements would be covered by digital television, but in connection with the situation and budget reduction, this project will be pushed back by two years,” said Volin.

Now several popular science television channels are working in Russia, including Science 2.0 and My Planet, which are part of the VGTRK media holding, RBC notes. In addition, since the late 1990s, the Discovery Networks International TV channels in Russian are spreading through cable networks and satellite- Discovery Channel , as well as Discovery Science , Discovery World and Animal Planet .