STS suspends broadcasting in Sumy

STS Broadcasting asked the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting to approve their temporary suspension of broadcasting during martial law, reported the regulator's representative Larysa Yakubenko on June 14.

According to her, the decision had to do with the lack of advertising, the team downsizing due to the evacuation of some employees and mobilization.

The NCTRB approved the temporary suspension of broadcasting.

"STS was broadcasting without using the radio frequency spectrum (cable broadcasting). In 2022, following the full-scale invasion, the company already suspended its operations and resumed them after the de-occupation of Sumy oblast," Larisa Yakubenko wrote on Facebook.

IMI has contacted the broadcaster for comment.

LLC "STS Broadcasting" was founded in April 2015. According to "Detector Media", the TV channel was created by the former chair of the Sumy Oblast Administration (2010–2013) Yuriy Chmyr, then bought by deputy Ihor Molotok. Open sources suggest that he now owns 50% of the shares of PJSC "Shostka Broadcasting Company Telecom-Service". According to Youcontrol, Yevhen Karaban is the final beneficiary of the LLC "STS Broadcasting".