5 Kanal (Ukraine)

5 Kanal (Ukraine)

5 Kanal (Ukrainian: 5 канал; English: Channel 5) is a television station in Ukraine controlled by businessman Petro Poroshenko. It became well known as the first major broadcaster during the 2004 presidential election offering balanced or critical broadcasting on candidate Viktor Yanukovych. According to Ukrainian media watchdog Telekrytyka Kanal 5 and TVi where the only remaining TV-channels mid-May 2010 with independent and fair TV news coverage.