Studio "Quarter 95" reacted to information regarding the conspiracy of the Chairman of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting Yuri Artemenko with the head of the ICTV channel Alexander Bogutsky.

On Monday, February 5, it became known from open sources in the media that allegedly several members of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, including the chairman of the National Council Yuri Artemenko in October 2017 colluded with the head of the ICTV channel Alexander Bogutsky On the ban of the series "Matchmakers".

"They had a pre-planned procedure for introducing the surname of the artist Fedor Dobronravov to the list of persons who were banned from entering Ukraine, and then, in an indeterminate manner of Ukraine's way of listing him as a threat to the national security of Ukraine. The consequence of this was the ban of six seasons of the highly-rated Ukrainian TV series "Matchmakers". For many years, all six seasons of "Matchmaker" are the most popular series on Ukrainian television, "- said in the official address of" Quarter 95 ".

On the web there were photos of correspondence between Artemenko and Bogutsky, in which they discuss what to do with the actor Fedor Dobronravov, who played one of the leading roles in "Matchmakers".

"It becomes clear that if the published correspondence is true, this ban was aimed at obtaining non-competitive advantages of the ICTV channel over the 1 + 1 channel,. Consequently, the ban "Svatov" took place on order? I would like to hear comments and explanations of all the people involved in this case (Yu. Artemenko, A. Gerasimyuk and S. Kostinsky), and perhaps the comments of the competent authorities, "- said in the treatment studio.

"In our opinion, unfortunately, this situation may indicate an unfair competition and the presence of corruption plots, in which officials of the National Council. Moreover, we received another confirmation that all the fake scandals, which were trying to draw in the studio "Quarter 95" during the last time, are custom-made and fabricated, "- summed up in" Quarter 95 ".

According to the study of the Kwendi expert group based on the Nielsen data, the series "Matchmakers" topped the rating of the top-series of 2017. "Matchmakers 6" occupy the first line in the audience 18-54, 50 thousand +, "Matchmakers 5" - in third place. In the audience 14-49, 50 thousand + on the first positions "Matchmakers 6", "Matchmakers 5" and "Matchmakers 4". In the context of different age groups in the audience at the age of 24-35 years the most popular series are "Matchmakers". Click here for more information..