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Espreso TV (Шаблон:Lang-uk) is an Internet television station in Ukraine that started to operate in November 2013. Espreso TV enabled the Euromaidan protests to be broadcast worldwide.[1][2][3][4]

Ownership

The channel is owned by the media company Goldberry LLC.[5]

Prior to August 2017 99% of Espreso TV belonged to Larysa Knyazhytska, the wife of Mykola Knyazhytsky.[5]

In August 2017 Inna Avakova (the wife of former Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov) acquired 40% of Goldberry LLC and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (former Prime Minister) acquired 30%; the remaining 30% of Goldberry LLC stayed in the possession of Larysa Knyazhytska.[5]

In December 2017 the US Atmosphere Entertainment became a major shareholder of Espresso TV by purchasing 77.5% stake in Goldberry LLC that runs Espresso TV in Ukraine. The final beneficiary of the US company is Ivan Zhevago. [6]

History

On 22 January 2014, a journalist of Espreso TV Dmytro Dvoychenkov was kidnapped, beaten, and taken to an unknown location. He was later released.[7]

Cyber attack

On February 19, 2024, at around 7:30 p.m., unknown hackers gained access to the broadcast signal of the Espresso TV channel.

The attackers broadcast a short footage of destroyed Ukrainian cities and a video of Joe Biden falling and stumbling with a call to stop, hinting at the possible involvement of the United States in the war in Ukraine.[8][9]

References

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