Igor Piddubny (also spelled Poddubny; Ukrainian: Ігор
Миколайович Піддубний; born June 18, 1965) is a
Ukrainian journalist, media manager, politician, and film director
known for a number of documentaries that covered controversial topics
in Ukrainian history and were aimed at Russophone audiences in both
Ukraine and Russia. One of these documentaries, which delves into the
life of Stepan Bandera, one of the leaders of Ukrainian nationalists,
topped the ratings of UA:First, the national television channel in
Ukraine, for the year 2015. Piddubny was also one of the founders of
Robinzon TV, the first streaming television website in Ukraine. He
received Merited Journalist of Ukraine award in 2015.Piddubny was born
in Kharkiv on June 18, 1965. He graduated from Kharkiv National
University of Radioelectronics in 1991, and later took courses in
journalism from the University of Vienna.Piddubny's career in
journalism started amid the economic chaos, hyperinflation, and
uncertainty that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In 1992, he worked for the newly formed Kharkiv newspaper ATV and
became the deputy head of the Kharkiv office of Nika TV, a newly
formed cable television company headquartered in Moscow. As both media
projects failed and were restructured, Piddubny moved to the FM radio
business. In March 1995, he became CEO of Radio 50, a local radio
station, but after a period of media asset consolidation, the station
changed its ownership, and in 1997, Piddubny had to leave. He briefly
attempted his own advertising business, but returned to radio in 1998.
Миколайович Піддубний; born June 18, 1965) is a
Ukrainian journalist, media manager, politician, and film director
known for a number of documentaries that covered controversial topics
in Ukrainian history and were aimed at Russophone audiences in both
Ukraine and Russia. One of these documentaries, which delves into the
life of Stepan Bandera, one of the leaders of Ukrainian nationalists,
topped the ratings of UA:First, the national television channel in
Ukraine, for the year 2015. Piddubny was also one of the founders of
Robinzon TV, the first streaming television website in Ukraine. He
received Merited Journalist of Ukraine award in 2015.Piddubny was born
in Kharkiv on June 18, 1965. He graduated from Kharkiv National
University of Radioelectronics in 1991, and later took courses in
journalism from the University of Vienna.Piddubny's career in
journalism started amid the economic chaos, hyperinflation, and
uncertainty that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In 1992, he worked for the newly formed Kharkiv newspaper ATV and
became the deputy head of the Kharkiv office of Nika TV, a newly
formed cable television company headquartered in Moscow. As both media
projects failed and were restructured, Piddubny moved to the FM radio
business. In March 1995, he became CEO of Radio 50, a local radio
station, but after a period of media asset consolidation, the station
changed its ownership, and in 1997, Piddubny had to leave. He briefly
attempted his own advertising business, but returned to radio in 1998.
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