Public TV of Azov
| Country | Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mariupol, Ukraine |
«Public TV of Azov» (Priazov.tv) — an initiative of volunteer journalists of Pryazovia on creating first independent media in the region.
Channel's goal is to give Mariupol and Azov region citizens an objective and unprejudiced information on political, economic, social issues. It's task is to fill information space of Azov region by informational and analytical articles and video-stories and to involve Mariupol citizens into process of solution of city problems.
History
Creation
An idea of creation of an independent public TV-channal for Pryazovia appeared after Mariupol was liberated from DPR occupation. Idea came from Roman Skrypin's Hromadske.TV (Ukrainian - Громадське телебачення, literally - Public television).
Public TV of Azov aired for the first time on July, 19. First guests were: priest of Kyivan patriarchy, press-secratary of bataliion Azov and organizator of protests in Vradiyivka.
Parliamentary election of 2014
During parliamentary election in 2014 Public TV of Azov hosted debates between candidates from Mariupol. It was the first ever debates in the city history.[1]
The city of the heroes
In December, 2015 Public TV of Azov started project «The city of the heroes» - cycle of documentaries about Mariupol.[2] Cycle was finished in August 2016 and consists of 10 films:
- Mariupol self-defense unit
- From election to election
- Volunteer day
- Sector «M»
- After Minsk
- Black January
- First blood
- The new city power
- Start life again
- Ukraine is Mariupol[3]