In 2002 the National Television Company of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Space Agency started to broadcast Pershyi Natsionalnyi ( as First National ) ( UT-1 ) through a satellite abroad . In 2004 UT2 ended its operations and as a result UTR started its broadcasting on UT-2 's frequency . UT-1 was renamed '' First Channel '' . In 2005 Taras Stets ' kiv became the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine . First Channel prepared to and held the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 successfully in Kiev . In 2006 Vitaliy Dokalenko was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine by former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko . In 2010 Yehor Benkendorf , former chief producer of Inter TV channel , was appointed as the president of the National Television Company of Ukraine by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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