Izvestia TV channel became the winner of the Golden Ray-2025 award

The Golden Ray award ceremony of the National Association of Television Broadcasters took place in Skolkovo on Wednesday, December 3. Izvestia TV channel was recognized as the best in the nomination "TV channels: information and journalism".

It is specified that Izvestia received the award for the fifth time. Previously, the channel won the award in two categories: "Discovery of the Year" and "TV Channels: information and journalism". This significant achievement was the result of many years of work by a team of professionals and recognition of the high quality of the content produced.

Today, Izvestia is the leader in daily coverage among news channels and in terms of share in the cable information TV segment. The unique broadcasting format made it possible to bring the current news of the TV channel to the urban environment. In addition, Izvestia's news is broadcast at airports, transport, hotels, and at major Russian and international events.

The objectives of the Golden Ray Award are to define quality standards in the field of creating thematic programs and channels, as well as to promote the further development of the industry. Therefore, awards are given to channels that demonstrate innovation, high quality standards and social responsibility. The award was established in 2009 by the National Association of Television and Radio Broadcasters (NAT) in order to promote the further development of the industry, stimulate marketing activity and positioning of TV channels.

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For the third time in history, the main television award was awarded posthumously - the deceased military commander of Izvestia, Semyon Eremin, became the winner.

Earlier, on November 20, Elena Sobkova, the author of Izvestia, was among the winners of the annual All-Russian Digital Journalism 2025 contest. Her material "Limitless Hinterland: how digitalization will help to revive villages" won the main prize in the nomination "Best analytical IT material". The Digital Journalism contest has been held since 2023 as part of the United Russia Digital Russia party project among journalists covering information technology topics. This year, more than 2.3 thousand applications were submitted from all regions of the country, and in just three years, more than 7.5 thousand journalists from federal and regional media took part in it.

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