'''First Baltic channel''' ({{Lang-lv|Pirmais Baltijas kanāls}}; [[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''PBK'''; {{Lang-ru|Первый Балтийский канал|Pervyy Baltiyskiy kanal}}) was a Baltic [[pay television]] channel based on the largest Russian [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]] to broadcast its programs in the [[Baltic states]]. It was launched on 41 SeptemberJanuary 20021997.<ref name="государственный язык">{{cite web |title=Вещание Первого Балтийского канала в Литве могут перевести с русского на государственный язык » Литва на русском языке (новости в Литве) |url=https://www.nedelia.lt/news-lt/18862-veshhanie-pervogo-baltijskogo-kanala-v-litve-mogut-perevesti-s-russkogo-na-gosudarstvennyj-yazyk.html |website=nedelia.lt |language=ru |publisher=Экспресс-неделя |access-date=30 June 2023 |date=15 December 2010 |trans-title=First Baltic channel in Lithuania may switch from Russian to the national language }}</ref><ref name="архив газеты">{{cite web |title=архив газеты "Молодежь Эстонии" |url=http://www.moles.ee/03/Jan/23/11-1.php |website=www.moles.ee |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=ru}}</ref> The channel had also broadcast the local news programme ''Latvian time'' ({{Lang-ru|Латвийское время}}) since June 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rus.delfi.lv/life/55355286/kultura/5498262/pervyy-baltiyskiy-kanal-zapuskaet-novosti |title=Первый Балтийский канал запускает новости |date=2003-05-28 |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=delfi.lv |publisher=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]] |language=ru |trans-title=First Baltic channel launches news}}</ref> The channel was closed in Latvia on 26 October 2021 due to [[COVID-19 misinformation|misinformation about COVID-19]] and two other violations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broadcaster PBK has its license revoked by regulator |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/broadcaster-pbk-has-its-license-revoked-by-regulator.a426688/ |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en |date=21 October 2021}}</ref> Following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, its license was revoked and the channel was effectively banned in all three Baltic States.<ref name="PBK Lietuva"/><ref name="est-ban"/><ref name=":16"/>
