Alexey Zemsky was appointed general director of NTV

Today, October 21, the NTV board of directors terminated the powers of the General Director Vladimir Kulistikov and appointed Alexei Zemsky, Deputy General Director of VGTRK.

This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Gazprom-Media holding.

“I am glad that Alexey Zemsky joined the Gazprom Media team. Behind his shoulders is more than 20 years of experience on television, participation in the organization and production of large-scale television events, ”the press service of the general director of the holding Dmitry Cherneshenko quotes.

“I am very pleased that I will be replaced by a person known on television and NTV, in particular,” Kulistikov commented, noting that after leaving he would not occupy any posts on NTV.

The fact that Kulistikov does not intend to extend his contract with Gazprom-Media, which expires on January 1, 2016, became known in July 2015. It was reported that NTV CEO made this decision for health reasons.

Vladimir Kulistikov worked on NTV in 1996–2000, was the deputy chief editor and the editor-in-chief of the information service, then headed the Vesti news agency and returned to the NTV channel after he transferred to Gazprom-Media.

In 2001-2002, Kulistikov was the editor -in -chief of NTV, a member of the Channel Board of Directors, in 2002 he moved to the VGTRK, where he oversaw the information policy. In 2004, he again came to NTV and took the position of general director of the television company.

A graduate of GITIS, Alexei Zemsky has been working on television since the 1990s. In 2003-2004, he was the deputy general director of NTV. For the past few years, Zemsky served as deputy general director of the VGTRK and led the production and technological department. In particular, he oversaw the work on import substitution in the field of television production.