Baku-APA. CNN International withdraws from Russian cable networks from December 31, 2014, according to a letter from Turner Broadcasting System Europe (CNN owner), APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS.
CNN is broadcast by operators of paid cable and satellite television, including Akado, Vimpelcom, NTV+, and others.
A copy of the letter available to TASS notifies Russian paid TV operators that Turner stops broadcasting CNN International in Russia from December 31, 2014. No reasons behind the move are provided. Turner Broadcasting System’s director general in the CIS, Tatiana Kalita, refused to comment.
Akado and Vimpelcom confirmed they had received such a notification. “Yes, we have received such notification. We hope next year the channel will be back in Russia,” Vimpelcom’s press service said.
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