The weekend takeover of Russia’s only independent, nationwide television channel by the state-owned natural gas monopoly Gazprom is being seen here as a crackdown on free speech. The NTV channel had ...

MOSCOW -- Media mogul Ted Turner re-entered the struggle for Russian television channel NTV with an offer to buy 30% of the station. But to close the deal, he may have to work hard to win the support ...

NTV has secured deals for six series and ten documentaries with Olympusat to expand its reach in the U.S. and Latin American markets. NTV`s projects will be available to subscribers of the new AVOD ...

MOSCOW — Conflict over the future of Russia’s NTV channel continued after majority shareholder Gazprom, which has a 46% stake in the station, sent no representatives to Saturday’s annual general ...