«Russia-1 (+4 hours)» is a Russian television channel owned by the state-owned broadcasting company «All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company» (VGTRK). The channel is known for its news programs, series, talk shows, and sports broadcasts.
One of the key programs of the channel is «Vesti», which is the main news program of Russia. The «Vesti» program has repeatedly received the «TEFI» award in the nomination «Best Information Program».
«Vesti» is broadcast 24/7 with a two-hour interval, which allows news to be broadcast live across all time zones of Russia.
The channel also broadcasts the analytical program «Vesti nedeli», which gathers the largest television audience among other information and analytical programs of Russian television channels.
Among other programs of the channel, it is worth mentioning «Special Correspondent», «Duel» and «Historical Process», which are dedicated to current topics and conduct discussions on them.
«Russia-1 (+4 hours)» also pays great attention to sports broadcasts. The channel is a licensee when buying rights to broadcast world championships in football, Winter and Summer Olympic Games, the Russian football championship and other significant international and Russian competitions.
Film screenings account for about 35% of the channel's total broadcasting volume. «Russia-1 (+4 hours)» collaborates with 50 of the largest companies - producers and distributors to acquire rights to show film products.
In addition to acquiring rights to show, the «Russia-1 (+4 hours)» channel was the first among Russian television channels to launch its own large-scale production of television films - feature films and multi-part series. A feature of the channel's serial screening is the appeal to literary classics. Series based on the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn have become benchmarks for modern adaptations of great works.
The channel broadcasts programs with an advance of 4 hours earlier than Moscow time.
