"Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk-2009" – last week's rating leader in Russia

July 20, Minsk / BELTA correspondent /. The opening ceremony of the XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", broadcast on July 11 on the Russia TV channel, became the leader of the weekend evening broadcast in the Russian Federation, leaving behind other federal TV channels - Channel One and NTV. This was reported to BELTA by the press service of Belteleradiocompany. According to the results of research conducted by TNS Media Research, the solemn opening broadcast live from Vitebsk at 20:15 was watched by 20.6% of the television audience with a rating of 5.4%. Programs of other TV channels broadcast at the same time - the series "Village Comedy" (Channel One) and the series "Hounds" (NTV) - had ratings of 5.0% and 4.2% respectively. In addition, the broadcast of the opening ceremony of "Slavianski Bazaar" was included in the top 10 most popular programs of the Russia TV channel for the week of July 6-12, which undoubtedly indicates the great popularity of the festival among Russian TV viewers. As noted in the press service, thanks to the broadcasts organized by Belteleradiocompany in conjunction with VGTRK, Russian TV viewers were able to join the largest music forum in Eastern Europe, which is "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". According to Alexander Vasilevich, Chief Director of the Main Technical Directorate for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Belteleradiocompany, the "rider" of the Russian television crew was fully fulfilled, and they were satisfied with the work of their Belarusian colleagues. Throughout all the years of the festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus has been one of the organizers and the main broadcaster of this cultural forum, providing technical means for the broadcasts of Channel One, Lad TV channel and Belarus-TV, as well as the Russia TV channel. The main events of the festival are traditionally broadcast live. -0-