History

CTC Media was founded in 1989 by U.S. entrepreneur Peter Gerwe.
The company commenced television operations in 1994, initially broadcasting from its first owned-and-operated station in St.Petersburg to a number of cities across Russia as a “superstation” — a single station that retransmits its signal to remote locations.

In December 1996, it launched CTC, national network broadcasting by satellite from its center in Moscow. Since 1995, CTC Media has acquired and established a number of new television stations throughout Russia, through which it continues to develop its brand.

Domashny, the company’s second national network, was launched in March 2005 following the acquisition of four television stations in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm and Kazan.

DTV, the company's third national network, was acquired from Modern Times Group MTG AB in April 2008.

Today, CTC Media’s largest shareholders include Modern Times Group and Alfa Group Consortium.

1989	CTC Media founded.
1994	The company begins TV broadcasting in Russia.
1996	Launch of CTC Network.
2002	Alexander Rodnyansky joins CTC Network as General Director.
2003	First Russian television series commissioned by CTC begins airing. CTC audience share increases to 9.2% (from 6.6% in 2002).
2004	February — Alexander Rodnyansky is appointed CEO of CTC Media.
	September-October — Acquisition of four affiliated television stations to form the basis of Domashny.
2005	CTC audience share increases to 10.3% (from 9.8% in 2004).
	March — Launch of Domashny Network, a new thematic television channel.
2006	June — Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ.
2007	July CTC Media qualifies for the premier NASDAQ Global Select Market as the result of meeting NASDAQ's most stringent listing standards.
	December Boris Podolsky joins CTC Media as Chief Financial Officer.
2008	Аpril CTC Media completes the acquisition of the DTV group.
	Аpril CTC Media commences commercial broadcasting in Uzbekistan.
	Аpril Re-launch of Channel 31 in Kazakhstan in CTC format.
	Аugust Anton Kudryashov joins CTC Media as Chief Executive Officer.
	Оctober CTC Media enters Moldova free-to-air TV market by acquiring Teledixi SRL and Music Ramil SRL.
2009	December CTC Media launched international broadcasting under the CTC brand in North America through the DISH Network Corporation.