On Channel One, the exodus of TV presenters who have worked there for almost decades continues.
On Tuesday, the news came that the TV company would no longer buy the program "So far, everyone is at home."
This is due to the scandal that began last year. The charitable part of Kizyakov's program - the heading "You will have a child" - critics accused of additional funding.
On Channel One, they then expressed bewilderment about this.
“We are buying the program “So far, everyone is at home” from the company “Dom” (formerly “TMK” and “So far, everyone is at home”). Since we are not involved in the creation of the project, we do not know the details of the relationship between the authors and government organizations, including financial ones. We have always considered charitable projects to be an important matter, and, of course, the section on orphans was welcomed by the channel. The information you provide is news to us. We will figure it out, ”the kp.ru website quoted the response of the TV company’s press service in December 2016.
“Happy work with children and for children in a variety of projects, films and television programs has accompanied me for a long time. "You are super! Dancing” is a unique NTV project that you want to be a part of! For many years, being the host of popular television shows of various formats, I have always tried to become a protector, support, comrade and friend for the participants. Especially for children, - quotes Oleshko site NTV.Ru. - As a child, I myself, dreaming of becoming an artist, studied in a variety of studios, circles, including dancing. And for some time he was part of the children's group of the legendary dance ensemble ZhOK. Therefore, I know firsthand how important a kind word and support is. I would like our young dancers to open up, show everything they are capable of. Each of them is great!”
The entertainment program "So far, everyone is at home" is an old-timer on domestic television. She has been on the air since November 8, 1992. The author and presenter Timur Kizyakov came to visit famous artists, musicians, athletes and asked about life over a cup of tea. But in the new season, the program will not be on the air - Channel One decided to close it due to ethical and financial problems.
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The scandal erupted because of the heading "You will have a child", which has been published since 2006. Timur Kizyakov's wife Elena talked about children from Russian orphanages, promoted foster and foster families and helped with adoption.
According to the State Procurement website, in 2011, companies owned by the creators of the program "So far, everyone is at home" received a lot of money at tenders from the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as regional authorities to create videos about orphans. The amount is really huge - 110 million rubles. They spent them, according to the Vedomosti newspaper, on the creation of so-called video passports about orphans: 100 thousand for each.
At the same time, Channel One, on commercial terms, bought a license from the manufacturer for the entire program, including the heading "You will have a child." The channel was not aware that videos about orphans were produced at the expense of the state, the leadership of the First assures.
Everything was revealed at a meeting at the Ministry of Education and Science. According to TASS and the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, Yevgeny Silyanov, a department official, said that Kizyakov receives money from the budget to create videos about orphans and is suing other charitable foundations if they try to use the term "video passport".
As a result, Channel One terminated the contract with the manufacturing company "So far, everyone is at home." “We closed it because of a damaged reputation, they barely made it to the end of the season, but since April we have been preparing a new program,” sources on the First told the site.
Timur Kizyakov, host of “So far, everyone is at home,” told RBC that he was not aware of the termination of the contract: “I don’t have such information - I’m away.” Alexander Mitroshenkov, co-owner of the Dom company, noted that he could not comment on anything, since he "had no information."
Image copyright Sergei Vinogradov/TASS Image caption Timur Kizyakov did not agree with the claims of Channel One against him and his wife
The first channel decided to close the program "So far, everyone is at home" after the scandal with "video passports". According to media reports, the channel's management found it unacceptable that the companies of host Timur Kizyakov received exclusive rights and funding to produce charity videos about orphans. Kizyakov himself does not consider these claims justified.
The fact that Channel One terminated the contract with the company that produced the program "So far, everyone is at home" was reported by RBC on August 15, citing sources on the channel. The creator and host of the program, Timur Kizyakov, confirmed to the BBC Russian Service that the program would no longer air on Channel One.
The producer of the transmission was the Dom company, 49% owned by Kizyakov himself.
The decision to terminate the contract between the TV channel and the production company was made back in May, Kizyakov says. At the end of May, "Dom" notified the management of Channel One that "the methods of the channel's management" were unacceptable, the host claims.
“I don’t want to stir up this topic, but, for example, when a company writes to a channel on production issues, and the channel does not respond to letters at all, how should I deal with this? How should I deal with the fact that the channel delays funding? And delays happened all the time ", - said the TV presenter.
Scandal with "video passports"
However, according to RBC sources, the reason for the closure of the program on Channel One is the scandal that erupted in the fall of 2016 with the "video passports" of orphans.
Commercial companies linked to Kizyakov received more than 100 million rubles ($1.6 million) from the state to produce videos about orphans, Vedomosti calculated.
These videos were shown in the section "You will have a child", which was hosted by Elena Kizyakova's wife as part of "So far, everyone is at home." At the end of the video, viewers were shown a phone number where they could get advice about adopting a child.
The indignation of the leaders of charitable organizations and the media was caused by the fact that Kizyakov's companies became the owners of the exclusive right to produce such videos and receive subsidies from the state for them.
Kizyakov registered the video passport trademark, and only they could receive tenders from the Ministry of Education for the creation of such products. The creation of one video cost 100 thousand rubles (1.7 thousand dollars), the Ministry of Education said.
In addition, as a representative of the Ministry of Education and Science told at one of the meetings (TASS correspondent Tatyana Vinogradova cited his words on her Facebook), Kizyakov sued other charitable organizations that also tried to create similar projects.
Image copyright Boris Kavashkin, Alexandre Yakovlev/TASS Image caption Kizyakov led the program "So far, everyone is at home" for 25 years and twice received the TEFI award for it.According to RBC, on Channel One they found out that the Dom company received money for the column from the TV channel, from the state and from sponsors. The management of the TV channel considered that this spoils the reputation of the TV channel.
"Bone in the Throat"
Kizyakov does not consider the claims justified. According to him, “So far, everyone is at home” is a “bone in the throat” for competitors who also shoot videos about orphans. However, he did not specify what kind of programs in question.
"As long as we exist, we have and with whom to compare. Look carefully at these programs through the eyes of a potential adoptive parent - what information will give you a reason to go to your child across the country?" Kizyakov says.
He stressed that thanks to the heading "You will have a child" in "While everyone is at home" 2.5 thousand children from orphanages left for families. "And when 20-30 thousand videos are filmed, and five children are arranged, the efficiency is zero," he believes, calling the competitors' content "props" and "visibility."
Kizyakov said that all funding for the production of video passports came from government agencies - the Ministry of Education and Science or regional authorities.
"In order for a child to be seen, a certain amount of information is needed, a certain amount of professional work," he explained.
At the same time, Kizyakov claims that the sponsor of the rubric - the manufacturer of the tiles - had nothing to do with the videos, and the sponsor's gift goes to the children's institution where the child hero of the rubric lives. Kizyakov included the expenses for the trip of journalists to the orphanage in the estimate for the production of the program - it was assumed that Channel One would pay for this.
“I wonder how the channel will comment that the presenters are leaving one by one. We will not make excuses, but will continue to do what we were doing. The program may die, but it cannot die,” Kizyakov said. He added that he is considering the possibility of signing a contract with another TV channel and continue to show "So far, everyone is at home."
The press service of Channel One did not comment on the BBC information about Kizyakov's departure.
"So far, everyone is at home" has been broadcast on Channel One since 1992 on Sundays. The TV presenter came to visit celebrities and talked with their families.
According to the TV meter Mediascope (former TNS), the program "So far, everyone is at home" has recently been in the second half of the rating "100 most popular programs among Russians over the age of 4 years." The rating of issues of "So far, everyone is at home" in the spring did not exceed 3%.
Today this news was officially confirmed on the TV channel. The TV channel terminated the contract with the production company "So far, everyone is at home" after a scandal with the financing of filming videos about orphans.
Since the program does not belong to the TV channel and was created by the manufacturing company, the First Channel “So far, everyone is at home” will no longer be aired. The decision to terminate the contract was made about a month ago.
According to RBC's source, the termination of the contract with Dom LLC occurred as a result of an internal audit organized by the TV channel after reports appeared in the media that Timur and Elena Kizyakov, hosts of Poka Vse Doma, took money from several sources at once for the production of so-called video passports for orphans, which were shown in the heading “You will have a child”
www.uznayvse.ruThe heading “You will have a child” told about children from orphanages who need adoptive parents. “The channel started testing as soon as the first publications appeared in the media. As a result, the information about the fraud was confirmed, and it was decided to close the program, ”the interlocutor of RBC explained. “The main reason is the damaged reputation of the program. And everyone was waiting for some action from Channel One,” the source added.
According to a RBC source, it turned out that the company received money for this heading from the TV channel (for the production of the program on outsourcing), the state (for the production of so-called video passports for children) and from sponsors (for example, from ceramic tile manufacturer Kerama Marazzi). According to the interlocutor of RBC on Channel One, the production of the program “So far, everyone is at home” was carried out by Dom LLC, registered in Moscow in November 2015. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRLE), 49.5% of LLC belongs to Timur Kizyakov, the same share belongs to his longtime business partner Alexander Mitroshenkov, another 1% belongs to the head of the company Nina Podkolzina.
The fact that the companies that belong to the creators of the program “So far, everyone is at home” received funding in the amount of about 110 million rubles. to create videos about orphans from the Ministry of Education and Science and at the same time from regional authorities, at the end of December 2016, the Vedomosti newspaper reported. According to the procurement documents examined by Vedomosti, the production of one such video passport costs 100,000 rubles.
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The representative of Channel One, Larisa Krymova, then told the publication that the channel was not aware that the company producing the program was filming video passports with money received from the state. She also said then that the channel intends to investigate whether this violates the terms of the contract. According to the newspaper, Channel One pays about 1.5 million rubles for one episode of the program “So far, everyone is at home”. The column "You'll have a baby" also has a separate sponsor - the tile manufacturer Kerama Marazzi, part of this money is also received by the creators of the program. In 2015, Alexander Mitroshenkov, Timur Kizyakov and Elena Kizyakova received the Russian Government Prize in the field of mass media for the column “You will have a child”.
Timur Kizyakov, the permanent presenter of the program, at first assured that he did not know anything about the termination of the contract, then he also stated that the producers of the program themselves decided to stop working with Channel One. He said this in a commentary to the radio station "Moscow speaking".
The main reason is that we do not accept the methods of leadership of the First Channel, which are now practiced there, - said Kizyakov. It is not clear which methods are involved.
According to Kizyakov, in December 2016, after the release of publications about the situation with orphans' video passports (then it turned out that Kizyakov received money from the budget for them), Channel One simply stepped aside.
Now I believe that Channel One is trying to save face when programs with a long-term reputation are leaving, the presenter said.
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According to Kizyakov, the decision to terminate cooperation with Channel One in the Dom company (half owned by Kizyakov) was made in May 2017. At the same time, the Vedomosti newspaper writes that the decision to terminate the contract was made in April. According to Vedomosti, one of the reasons for this was the decrease in the ratings of the program. “The scandal with video passports of orphans became the final point for the channel,” the newspaper reported, citing a source on Channel One.
Kizyakov does not consider the claims justified. According to him, “So far, everyone is at home” is a “bone in the throat” for competitors who also make videos about orphans. However, he did not specify what kind of programs in question.
While we are, there is and with whom to compare. Look carefully at these programs through the eyes of a potential adopter - what information will give you a reason to go to your child across the country? Kizyakov says.
He stressed that thanks to the column “You will have a child” in “So far, everyone is at home”, 2.5 thousand children from orphanages left for families. “And when 20-30 thousand videos are filmed, and five children are arranged, the efficiency is zero,” he believes, calling the content of competitors “props” and “visibility”.
Kizyakov said that all funding for the production of video passports came from government agencies - the Ministry of Education and Science or regional authorities.
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In order for a child to be seen, a certain amount of information is needed, a certain amount of professional work, - he explained.
At the same time, Kizyakov claims that the sponsor of the rubric - the manufacturer of the tiles - had nothing to do with the videos, and the sponsor's gift goes to the children's institution where the child lives - the hero of the rubric. Kizyakov included the expenses for the trip of journalists to the orphanage in the estimate for the production of the program - it was assumed that Channel One would pay for this.
I'm wondering how the channel will comment that the presenters are leaving one by one. We will not make excuses, but will continue to do what we were doing. The program may die, but it cannot die,” Kizyakov said. He added that he is considering the possibility of signing a contract with another TV channel and continue to show "So far, everyone is at home."
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The press service of Channel One did not comment on the information about Kizyakov's departure.
- The program “So far, everyone is at home” has been broadcast on Channel One since 1992 on Sundays. The TV presenter came to visit celebrities and talked with their families.
- According to the TV meter Mediascope (former TNS), the program “So far, everyone is at home” has recently been in the second half of the rating “100 most popular programs among Russians over the age of 4 years”. The rating of “So far, everyone is at home” issues did not exceed 3% in the spring.
Timur Kizyakov, host of the program “So far, everyone is at home,” told RBC that the creators of the program themselves terminated the contract with Channel One. Kizyakov said that the methods of work of the channel’s management became “unacceptable” for the project team
Timur Kizyakov (Photo: Sergey Kuznetsov / RIA Novosti)
Timur Kizyakov, host of “So far, everyone is at home,” told RBC that the Dom television company, which was engaged in the production of the program, decided to stop cooperation with Channel One itself.
According to him, the Dom TV company sent an official letter on the termination of cooperation to Channel One on May 28. “[The letter] is official. It is in our outgoing papers, with the outgoing number registered when it was received by Channel One, he specified.
“The brief content of the letter can be formulated as follows: the methods that the leadership of Channel One began to adhere to are unacceptable for us, so we are terminating cooperation,” Kizyakov said in a conversation with RBC.
He also added that the decision to no longer shoot the program for Channel One was made due to the fact that "work has become unbearable." “We made such a decision, this is not my personal one, the team supports it,” Kizyakov said.
Earlier, RBC reported that Channel One decided to stop showing the program “So far, everyone is at home,” which had been airing since 1992, due to a scandal with the financing of filming videos about orphans, which involved the Dom TV company, as well as its owners Timur and Elena Kizyakov. “The main reason is the damaged reputation of the program. And everyone was waiting for some action from Channel One, ”the interlocutor of RBC said.
At the same time, Timur Kizyakov, during the preparation of the material earlier today, told RBC that he did not know anything about the termination of cooperation with Channel One. “I don’t have such information, I’m away,” he said during the first conversation with RBC.
Later, in a conversation with RBC, Kizyakov said that he interprets the “story” “in a different way” that the channel made its decision “on the basis of some scandals.”
“I interpret it differently. The channel now needs to save face at all costs and find reasons so that the reason is in them, ”said the TV presenter.
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According to Kizyakov himself, in December 2016 he and his colleagues were the victim of a “colossal stuffing” that they were cashing in on the filming of videos about children who need adoption.
He noted that at that time, Channel One simply stepped aside and pretended not to know them, and only now found a way to “save face somehow”.
The fact that Videopassport for a Child LLC, Videopassport-Tula LLC and the Videopassport Charitable Foundation, which belong to the creators of the Bye Everyone at Home program, received funding in the amount of about 110 million rubles. to create videos about orphans from the Ministry of Education and Science and at the same time from regional authorities, at the end of December 2016, the Vedomosti newspaper reported.
The videos, which were called video passports, were shown in the “You will have a child” section of the “So far, everyone is at home” program and posted on the Channel One website. The rubric told about children from orphanages in need of adoption.
According to the procurement documents studied by Vedomosti, the production of one such video passport costs 100 thousand rubles. Vedomosti also found out then that the creators of Poka Vse Dom were suing other charitable organizations that tried to use the term video passport and get government contracts for their production.
The representative of Channel One, Larisa Krymova, then stated that the channel did not know that the company producing the program was filming video passports with money received from the state. Krymova also added that the channel intends to investigate whether this violates the terms of the contract.
In June 2017, Dom LLC signed a contract with the Ministry of Education and Science for 10 million rubles. to produce at least 100 new videos about children in need of adoption. The contract stipulates that at least 100 30-minute videos must be posted on an Internet site “dedicated to the family arrangement of children left without parental care”, with an average monthly attendance of at least 15,000 unique users. Another "at least six" videos, each with a running time of at least six minutes, must be shown "on a federal television channel."
Who else wanted to produce videos?
In addition to Dom LLC, Utro Studio LLC, registered in 2015, the owner of which is Marina Vladimirovna Romantsova, participated in the competition. In addition, she is a co-owner of New Company Master LLC, New Company TV Plus LLC and New Company Image LLC. The New Company television group is part of the Alexander Mitroshenkov Transcontinental Media Company. The website of the Academy of Russian Television Foundation says that Marina Vladimirovna Romantsova works for the Novaya Kompaniya TV company and participated in the creation of the Subbotnik program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, the plot of which resembles the plot of “So far, everyone is at home”: the presenters come to visit to the star and at breakfast they talk about life. LLC "Studio Morning" is engaged in the production of the program "Business Morning" about the world economy, the family budget and the exchange rate on the NTV channel. In March 2017, VTB Bank signed a contract with Studio Morning LLC for the placement of sponsored advertising in the Business Morning program for RUB 130 million.When asked by RBC about where 100 new videos about orphans, the production of which is provided for by this contract, will now be broadcast, Kizyakov explained that only a small part of the stories are broadcast under the contract. “According to the agreement, we do not have to show 100 passports, but we have to show on the air a much smaller number, to make a broadcast version. Under the contract, the Ministry of Education pays for the production of video passports, we undertake the information support of video passports, which includes broadcasts, but not necessarily in the program “So far, everyone is at home”, the main thing is that it reaches a large audience. And we guarantee it. We will definitely show [the videos stipulated by the contract], they will be aired,” Kizyakov explained. Kizyakov could not answer the question on which channel the stories would be broadcast. "Let's think about it now," he said.
"While everyone is at home"
The program “So far, everyone is at home” has been on the air since November 1992. As part of the program, its author and presenter Timur Kizyakov comes to visit the families of famous artists, writers, musicians and athletes. In addition, there were several regular headings in the program. The heading "Crazy Hands" was published in 1992-2010, but was closed due to the departure of the presenter Andrei Bakhmetyev. The heading "My Animal" tells about the pets of the heroes.Since September 2006, the heading “You will have a child” has been on the air, which told about children from orphanages who need adoptive parents. It was hosted by the wife of the main host of the program, Elena Kizyakova.
In December 2016, it became known that companies owned by the creators of the program “So far, everyone is at home” have received about 110 million rubles at tenders from the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as regional authorities, since 2011. to create videos about orphans. Kizyakov himself told Vedomosti that since 2006, together with his wife and the film crew “So far, everyone is at home,” they have created about 3 thousand such videos.
The producer of the transmission is the structure of Alexander Mitroshenkov's Transcontinental Media Company, Dom LLC, registered in Moscow in November 2015. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRLE), 49.50% of LLC belongs to Timur Kizyakov, the same share belongs to his longtime business partner Alexander Mitroshenkov, another 1% belongs to the head of the company Nina Podkolzina.
The program is three times winner of the TEFI television award. In July 2017, several times she was included in the Mediascope rating of the 100 most popular programs among Russians over four years old, ranking 39-56 in it.
