2008 in television

• January 5 - Change of the logo of the Ukrainian TV channel " Tonis ".
• January 8 - Italian television company Mediaset 1 launched 8 new channels: Premium Menu, Premium Calcio, Premium Calcio 1, Premium Calcio 2, Premium Calcio 3, Premium Calcio 4, Premium Calcio 5 ”,“ Premium Calcio 6 ”and“ Premium Calcio 7 ”.
• January 10 - The broadcasting of the Sport TV channel in Yekaterinburg, he resumed broadcasting in the second half of this year.
• January 28 - Beginning of broadcasting of the legal television channel “ Law of TV ” ^[1] .
• January 30
  • Change of the “ TV-3 ” logo, change of design, henceforth a slogan appeared, positioning it as “real mystical”.
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the children's family educational television channel “ My Joy ”.
  • Change of logo on the 2x2 TV channel.

• February 1 - The beginning of the broadcasting of the Ukrainian television channel on real estate “ Real TV Estate ”.
• February 7 - Change of logos of the Club 100 holding of the Russian Illusion , Detsky, Zoo and Illusion + TV channels.
• February 11 - Cherepovets TV channel " Channel 12 " refused to network partnership and began its own broadcasting. ^[2]

• March 1
  • Change of logo on the TV channel " Home ".
  • Change the design of the channel "Russia".
• March 8 - Change of logo on the TV channel " Star ".
• March 11 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Arab television channel " BBC Arabic Television ".
• March 17 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Ukrainian TV channel " TBi ".
• 21 March
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the Kurdish satellite channel Nauroz TV .
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the television channel in the city of Nazarovo and the Krasnoyarsk Territory "Pyramid-TV".
• March 30 - Beginning of broadcasting of the New Zealand non-profit round-the-clock news and information television channel “ TVNZ News 24 ”.

• April 2-4 - Beginning of broadcasting of the NATO TV Internet channel.
• April 14 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Ukrainian information television channel “ChP.info”.
• April 19 - “IDB2” TV channel returns to the air after 5 years without changing the logo and design.
• April 21 - The first screening of the animated series " School of Sorceresses " (later - Winx Club - School of Sorcerers) was released on the STS channel. Re-branding of BBC news channels: BBC News 24 was renamed BBC News, the same with BBC World News, change of design (graphic and musical).

• 5 May
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the international information Internet channel " Red TV ".
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the Ukrainian television channel " First Automobile ".
  • Change of logo and design of the Ukrainian Orthodox TV channel “ KRT ”.
  • Changing the logo of the Krasnoyarsk TV channel " TVK ".
• May 17 - The first issue of the ProjectorParisHilton program was released on Channel One.

• June 1st
  • The start of broadcasting of the Romanian television channel broadcasting in high definition “ TVR HD ”.
  • Regional versions of the TNT television channel disappeared strip with the names of cities in many regions of Russia.
• June 7 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Polish news channel “ Polsat News ”.
• June 23 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Russian comedy television channel Comedy TV .

• July 1
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the Belarusian television channel “ RTR-Belarus ” ^[3] .
  • The broadcast of the Italian version of Disney Channel , Disney Channel Italia, began.
• July 10th
  • Change of logo on the “ 5th channel ”.
• July 14 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Italian TV channel " Rai 4 ".
• July 28th
  • On “Channel One”, the broadcast “ Let's Get Married ” aired.
  • The broadcasting of the Samara television channel Samara-GIS began .
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the private Macedonian TV channel "A2".

• August 6 - The start of broadcasting of the Polish public television channel in high quality “ TVP HD ”.
• August 8 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Slovak sports TV channel “ Trojka ”.
• August 14 - Beginning of broadcasting of the French television channel Girondins TV.
• August 25 - Change of the logo of the Ukrainian television channel " STB ", under the logo appeared the slogan "Ti vdoma" and turned red.

• September 1
  • The TNT channel has radically changed its design.
  • The beginning of test broadcasting of the Ukrainian entertainment television channel “ Kui-TB ”.
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the Bulgarian sports television channel “ Sport7 ”.
  • The termination of broadcasting of the Yekaterinburg television company " TSTU ".
  • Rebranding of the Moscow regional television channel “Capital Plus” in “ Trust ”.
  • Change of the logo of the Ukrainian “First National Channel”.
• September 6 - Sergey Brilev ’s program “News on Saturday” was released.
• September 12 - Rebranding of the channel "Gameplay.TV" in the "First Game".
• September 13 - Rebranding of the Rocket TV channel in Teen TV.
• September 15 - The beginning of broadcasting of the international music television channel MTVNHD .
• September 18 - Change of logo on the Muz-TV channel, new programs appeared.
• September 27 - Change of the logo of the "TeleNanny" TV channel.
• September 29 - Change of logo and graphic design of the Moscow television channel " Capital ".

• October 1st
  • The beginning of full broadcasting of the Ukrainian entertainment television channel “ Kui-TB ”.
  • The beginning of broadcasting in Russia of the international television channel " SET ".
• October 6th
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the Polish entertainment channel “ Polsat Café ”.
  • The full broadcasting of the Polish entertainment channel “ Polsat Play ” has begun.
• October 10 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Romanian television channel " TVR3 ".
• October 14 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Syrian satellite state television channel “ Syrian Educational Channel ”.
• The Cherepovets TV channel " Channel 12 " first rebranded.

• Nov. 1
  • Beginning of broadcasting of the specialized commercial television channel for homosexual men TIMM .
  • Change of the logo of the Ukrainian NTN channel.
• November 5
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the Tajik state news channel " Jahonnamo ".
  • Change of logo on the TV channel " Mir ".
• November 18 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Ukrainian sports television channel Football 1 .
• November 28 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Serbian state digital television channel RTS Digital .
• The next logo change on the " 2x2 " channel.

• December 1st
  • The beginning of broadcasting of the information and analytical TV channel Expert TV .
  • Change of logo on RU.TV.
  • TNT Channel switched to round-the-clock broadcasting.
• December 8 - Disney Junior and Cartoon Network TV channels became available in Italy.
• December 12 - Beginning of broadcasting of the Kazakh sports TV channel “KZ Sport 1”.
• December 22 - Change of logo on the Kinopokaz TV channel.
• December 24th
  • Change of logo on the channel " Russia ".
  • The Polish TVR channel began broadcasting.
• December 27 - Popular TV game “ Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” "Changed the concept. The host of the game again was Dmitry Dibrov. Also changed the screen saver, the musical and graphic design of the game, the design of the studio. The second fireproof amount in the amount of 100,000 rubles appeared again. All other amounts remained the same. Qualifiers of the qualifying round became touch.
• Change of logo on the 2x2 TV channel.
• December 29 - Change of the logo of the channels “ Fun TV ”, “Zoo TV” and “Telepath Travel”.

• Spring - The beginning of broadcasting of the movie channel " AXN Sci-Fi " in Russia.
• May - The beginning of broadcasting on the territory of Russia of the international channel " Universal Channel ".
• Beginning of broadcasting of the Armenian private public channel “USArmenia”. This is the international version of “Armenia TV” TV channel broadcasting in the USA.
• Rebranding of the Russian TV channel “ Russia Today ” in “RT”.
• Renaming of the Bulgarian TV channel “Channel 1” to “ BNT 1 ”.
• The beginning of broadcasting of the private Macedonian television channel “ K-15 ”.
• Beginning of broadcasting of the Macedonian national television channel Our TV .
• Change of logo of the Russian Orthodox television channel Soyuz .

Died

• January 3 - Alexander Abdulov - TV presenter ( Natural Selection ) and actor, lung cancer (abused smoking ).
• October 17 - Urmas Ott - TV presenter, ( myocardial infarction ).
• December 30 - Vadim Medvedev - TV presenter.

Died

• January 12 - Gennady Bachinsky - TV presenter (The Bare Walls, Removal Rules, Wall to Wall ), died in a car accident in the Tver Region , on the 69th km of the P104 highway Sergiev Posad - Kalyazin ^[4] .