Society
Russian-language TV channel Current Time to be launched in Lithuania
The Vilnius TV Tower is starting on Friday to re transmit Current Time, a US-funded Russian-language television channel. […]
television
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Lithuania suspends Russian channel TVCI for 6 months
The six-month ban on retransmission of the Russian television channel TVCI over content inciting to war and hatred is taking effect on Monday. […]
Culture
Seimas orders at least 90% of TV content in EU languages
Content in the official languages of the European Union (EU) should make at least 90 percent of rebroadcast television content offered in every package of programs, according to a bill approved by the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday. […]
Politics
Seimas to discuss bid of 90% of TV content to be provided in EU languages
Lithuania’s parliament has opened discussions in the requirement submitted by the opposition conservatives, suggesting that at least 90 percent of rebroadcast television content should be dubbed or subtitled in languages of the European Union (EU), however, voted down the amendment to earmark half of television air to European production. […]
Society
Lithuanians see radio as most reliable source of information
Lithuanian residents see radio as the most reliable source of information, shows the latest Eurobarometer poll. […]
CORPORATE
Netflix failed to impress Lithuanians
After launching in Lithuania this year, Netflix did not bring any major changes into the local market, as only a minority of people signed up for the service, according to a Sprinter Tyrimai survey commissioned […]
Culture
What proportion of Lithuania’s population watched Eurovision?
The latest edition of Eurovision Song Contest last week was one of the most popular TV events in Lithuania, with 1.3 million people tuning in to watch at least one of the three concerts. […]
Culture
War and Peace tourist trail launches in Vilnius
A new War and Peace tourist trail will be launched in Vilnius today taking tourists on a tour of where the BBC’s War and Peace series was filmed in Lithuania’s capital. […]
CORPORATE
Russian language station investigated for breaches of Lithuanian broadcasting laws
The Russian language RTR Planeta television programme, Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov, that is broadcast in Lithuania is being probed by Lithuanian authorities for breaking broadcasting laws. […]
Economy
Tourist boost kicks off from BBC’s ‘War and Peace’ in Lithuania
The filming of War and Peace is already generating huge interest in visitor trips to Lithuania, with leading newspapers in the UK running features on how tourists can come to experience some of the locations from the blockbuster series. […]
Economy
Economy
Lithuanian TVs carve up bigger pie as national broadcaster leaves advertising market
The Lithuanian TV industry’s revenues rose by 6 percent last year, with LNK posting the biggest growth and the TV3 Group recording a decline. This year is seen as a turning point as the public broadcaster LRT withdrew from the commercial advertising market, leaving a larger pie for commercial channels, the Verslo Žinios daily reports. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament to hold presentation of TV channel Ukraine Today
At the request of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas, parliament, is holding a presentation of the Ukrainian TV channel Ukraine Today, which is to be launched in Lithuania. The participants at the presentation in the European Information Office on Thursday will be welcomed by Benediktas Juodka, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
Society
2.6m watch Eurovision in Baltics
Over 2.6 million people in the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia watched at least one broadcast of the Eurovision song contest last week, TNS LT market research company said. […]
Society
Lithuanian PM commends ban on Russian TV channel
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission took a responsible step on Wednesday to ban broadcasts of the Russian-language RTR Planeta channel for three months, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius cautions that bans won’t solve the problem of Russian misinformation campaign. […]
Society
Lithuania’s media watchdog suspends broadcasting of Russian TV channel
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission on Wednesday instituted a three-month suspension of broadcasts of the Russian-language television channel RTR Planeta. […]
Society
97 percent of Lithuanians watch TV
A total of 97.1 percent of residents of Lithuania have at least one TV set at home, 32 percent have two TV sets, while more than every tenth household in the country has three or more TV sets. 96.8 percent said that they watch TV. […]
Society
Lithuania’s LRT television to significantly expand its Russian-language programming
In response to informational pressure of the Kremlin-supported media, the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT plans new programs for Russian-speakers in Lithuania and hopes to launch a program focused on explaining sources of propaganda and its methods of working. […]
Society
Lithuanian TV channel says hackers distorted TV poll results
Lithuanian TV channel TV3 said on Tuesday it had turned to law enforcement over a recent cyber attack that led to the distortion of the results of a TV viewers’ poll on Russian propaganda. […]
Society
Lithuanian court rejects request to suspend Russian channel’s broadcasts
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on Friday rejected the request by Lithuania’s Radio and Television Commission to halt broadcasting of the Russian-language TV channel Ren TV Baltic’s programs. The commission had asked to suspend broadcasting of programmes produced outside the European Union for 3 months. […]