Ukrainian media regulator - the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has allowed four Russian channels broadcasting in the area of his country. Kanałte These Zoopark, Ocean-TV, Phoenix Cinema + TV, and Topshop.


1 November 2008 lifted a ban on the presence on the Ukrainian market of Russian channels: Channel One, RTR-Planeta, Ren-TV and International TVts with Channel One, and Ren-TV have only a provisional license.

Ukraine has not agreed in advance to the provision of the channel due to the advertising and "rusyfikację" country. The truth is that Ukraine is still a lot of people speak Russian, especially in the east of the country, and many older people have never learned the Ukrainian language.