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CTC Media

Logo: ООО “СТС МЕДИА”, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Russian independent broadcasting company

CTC Media LLC is a Russian broadcasting company with headquarters in Moscow, Russia.3 Its revenue was ₽27.6 billion in 2017.1 Its shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol CTCM.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1

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  • TickerCTCM on NASDAQ1
  • Industrycommunication1
  • HeadquartersMoscow1
  • Websitectc.media
  • Legal formprivately held company1
  • Business address31A Leningradskiy Prospekt, Build. 1, Moscow, 1Z 1252845
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer5

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CTC Media LLC is a Russian broadcasting company with headquarters in Moscow, Russia.3

Corporate structure

CTC Media sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • CTC Media Moscow

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What CTC Media reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$46.1M7 Dec 31, 2014$75.6M7 Dec 31, 2013−39.1%
Accumulated depreciation$27.6M7 Dec 31, 2014$38.7M7 Dec 31, 2013−28.8%
Property and equipment, net$18.5M7 Dec 31, 2014$36.9M7 Dec 31, 2013−49.8%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$209.8M8 Dec 31, 2015$6.1M8 Dec 31, 2014+3319.0%
Marketable securities, current$26.0M8 Dec 31, 2014$180.3M7 Dec 31, 2013−85.6%
Stakes in other companies (equity method)$87.2M8 Dec 31, 2015

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$53.6M7 Dec 31, 2014$135.3M7 Dec 31, 2013−60.4%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$46.0M7 Dec 31, 2014$90.3M7 Dec 31, 2013−49.1%
Trademarks and trade names (indefinite-lived)$3.5M7 Dec 31, 2014$5.3M7 Dec 31, 2013−34.2%
Accumulated amortization$43.7M7 Dec 31, 2014$51.5M7 Dec 31, 2013−15.1%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$2.8M7 Dec 31, 2014$4.9M7 Dec 31, 2013−43.4%

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

CTC Media (till 2004 - StoryFirst Communications) was established by a U.S. entrepreneur Peter Gerwe in 1989 in Delaware in the United States. In 1991 co-founded Russian-American radio station Maximum. The Group launched broadcasting operations in 1991 with its own TV station in St. Petersburg. Channel Six of St. Petersburg started broadcasting in other regions in 1994.

National TV channel CTC debuted in 1996, Russia's first thematic channel Domashny was launched in 2005.

In 2009, СTC Media began international satellite broadcasting in North America as CTC International. In June 2010, the launch of international broadcasting took place in Israel. In March 2011, CTC Media started international broadcasting in Germany, and later in May 2011, a number of agreements were signed to start broadcasting on two new platforms in North America. In October 2011, CTC International increased its footprint in North America and began broadcasting in the Baltic states. As of February 2012, the international version of CTC began broadcasting in Europe, as well as in a number of countries in North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. CTC-International started broadcasting in Kyrgyzstan in April 2012, and launched in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan in May the same year. CTC International is available in Thailand since July 2012.

The Everest Sales advertising agency was established in the autumn 2010 and is responsible for selling the advertising inventory of CTC, Domashny, Che and CTC Love, the Group’s Videomore.ru and Domashniy.ru internet portal. It also manages advertising sales in the Commonwealth of Independent States for Channel 31 group of companies in Kazakhstan.

In December 2010, Videomore was launched as the first Social TV Network in Russia. The site combines all the advantages of a professional video portal with those of a social network. Since 2012, it also offers content of Channel Five and Ren. In October 2011, CTC Media introduced the Domashniy portal as an online extension of Domashny TV channel, which is aimed at a female audience.

In October 2013, Peretz International (international version of Peretz channel) began broadcasting in cable networks in Belarus. In January 2014, launch took place in Kyrgyzstan.

In spring 2014, CTC Media launched the new channel CTC Love on cable and satellite platforms, and signed a distribution deal with Hulu.

CTC Media was acquired by the private, Nicosia, Cyprus-based firm Telcrest Investments Limited in the spring of 2016.

From Wikipedia’s article on CTC Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Leadership

Who has led CTC Media, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Yuliana Slashcheva2013–2014

Chief financial officer

  1. Nilesh Lakhani2006–2007
  2. Boris Podolsky2010
  3. Nikolay Surikov2012–2014

Chief operating officer

  1. Vladimir Khanumyan2006
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Board members and other officers (32)

Products and brands

Business activity

In December 2007, the Group acquired TV content production facilities Soho Media for $10 million and Konstantin Kikichev’s CostaFilm for $40 million. The companies were merged into Story First Production in July 2011.

In 2008, CTC Media acquired a 20% interest in Channel 31 group of companies in Kazakhstan for $65 million and it began broadcasting in CTC format. In October 2008, the Group acquired a 51% stake in the TeleDixi broadcasting company in Moldova for $4.1 million. Also in 2008, CTC Media and Terra Group established a broadcasting company SofTS in Uzbekistan. However, it did not take off and was divested in 2010.

In April 2008, CTC Media acquired DTV channel (currently – Che) from the Group’s shareholder Modern Times Group.

In 2006, CTC Media acquired TV company Orion in Samara, Russia, and went on to acquire RIO in the same region in May 2011.

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Businesses

СTC Media incorporates five nationwide free-to-air television channels in Russia (CTC, Domashny, Che, CTC Love, Kazakhstan (Channel 31) with a combined potential audience of over 150 million people. CTC-International is available in Israel, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the US, Canada and Australia. International versions of Domashniy and Peretz are available in the CIS countries, and Europe, Georgia, Mongolia, in the US and Australia. International version of Peretz channel is also available in the Baltic states and in Cyprus. The Group incorporates EvereST-S advertising sales agency, Social TV Network VideoMore.Ru, and CTC.ru, Domashniy.ru, Chetv.ru, CTCLove.ru portals as well as Caramba TV.

From Wikipedia’s article on CTC Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 201727.6B RUB1

Net income

  • 2017392.2M RUB1

Timeline

  1. Aug 6, 2013New chief executive Yuliana Slashcheva becomes CEO9
  2. 1989Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How CTC Media is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARCTC Media, Inc.2
  • CIK0001354513
  • Employer ID (EIN)58-18692112
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)4833 Television Broadcasting Stations2
  • Business address31A Leningradskiy Prospekt, Build. 1, Moscow, 1Z 1252842
  • Phone7 495 785 63332
  • Shares outstanding156,103,854 as of Dec 31, 20158
  • Public float$128.0M as of Jun 30, 20158
  • On EDGAR sinceMar 6, 20062
  • Filings463 in all: 8-K (118), 4 (115), 3 (45), 10-Q (29), CORRESP (19), UPLOAD (19), 10-K (10), SC 13D/A (10)2
    All 34 form types

    CT ORDER (9), DEF 14A (9), SC 13G (9), 5 (8), SC 13G/A (8), 8-K/A (7), ARS (6), DEFA14A (5), S-1/A (5), SC 13E3/A (4), 10-K/A (3), 4/A (3), S-8 (3), S-8 POS (3), SC 13D (3), 3/A (2), PRER14A (2), 25-NSE (1), 424B1 (1), 8-A12G (1), EFFECT (1), FWP (1), NT 10-K (1), PREM14A (1), S-1 (1), SC 13E3 (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 31, 2016
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 9, 2015
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Nov 17, 2015
    Latest 8-K (8-K) May 20, 2016

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