Unbiased, accurate, and prompt news broadcasting is the cornerstone of Channel One’s programming. Morning and evening news releases, Vremya (Time) program at 21:00, and the summary weekly Voskresnoye Vremya (Sunday Time) are the longstanding leaders of the country’s news broadcasting.

Daily program Drugie Novosti (Other News), public talk show Pust Govoryat (Let Them Talk) with Andrei Malakhov, a show on healthy lifestyle Malakhov Plus, and a talk-show on fashion and styles Modniy Prigovor (Fashion Verdict) address the most topical issues of today’s life. Analytical project Pozner touches upon most controversial subjects of modern life. Documentary programs Iskateli (Searchers), Genii I Zlodei (Geniuses and Villains), Chelovek I Zakon (Man and Law), as well as large-scale docudrama projects featuring journalist investigations, event reconstructions, and unique archive documents and footages, reveal hitherto unknown pages of Russia’s past and present.

Film programming accounts for a substantial part of the total air time. On Channel One Russia, viewers will find all possible movie genres and forms: world premieres, top Russian and international series, TV novels, and cartoons. Films and serials produced in-house by Channel One Russia are especially popular among viewers.

Channel One Russia is the trendsetter in the field of entertainment broadcasting. The traditional leaders are the legendary game programs — intellectual quiz show Chto? Gde? Kogda? (What? Where? When?), the KVN student team contest show, capital show Polye Chudes (Field of Wonders), and Kto Khochet Stat Millionerom? (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)

The unique parody show Bolshaya Raznitsa (Big Difference) and the provocative, striking show Projektorparishilton open up new pages in the TV humor genre.

Bright, dynamic shows on Channel One Russia set a new standard for entertainment broadcasting, with projects such as Lednikovy Period (Ice Age), Tsyrk (Circus), Dve Zvezdy (Two Stars), Minuta Slavy (Minute of Glory), Posledniy Geroy (Survivor) steadily keep the top lines in rating lists.

Music on Channel One Russia consists of the best performances by Russian and international stars and holiday shows, including the traditional New Year musicals. Channel One Russia is also a star factory. A talent show with the same name and an annual young singer contest Pyat Zvezd (Five Stars) help viewers discover new names on the music stage.

Channel One’s sports broadcasting covers all kinds of sports that are popular in Russia — football, ice-hockey, boxing, and figure-skating. Channel One Russia features live feeds from national tournaments, international cups, continental and world championships, and Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Since the year 2005, Channel One Russia has been the only channel in the world to hold its own annual football and hockey Cups attended by major teams of Russia and the world.

Every year, prestigious Russian and international TV contests and festivals mark Channel One’s achievements with top awards and prizes.

In 2009, Channel One Russia acted as the organizer of the world’s most technologically and creatively complex TV show — the Eurovision. Several hundred tons of state-of-the-art equipment, unique special effects, excellent sound and an incredible stage set design made millions of viewers in over 40 countries across the globe hold their breath, watching the show in Moscow. According to Eurovision management, the Channel One Russia team managed to stage an unprecedented show, the best in the 54 years of the contest’s existence.