About TIC

Television Industry Committee (TIC) is a professional association of leading TV-channels, media agencies and advertisers. It represents interests of television industry of Ukraine and cares for its members' protection. The main goal of TIC is to promote the development of TV industry in Ukraine.

In the TIC represented: 4 major television group (Inter, 1 +1, Ukraine, StarLightMedia) and channel Tonis, 4 major media groups (Publicis Groupe Media, Omnicom Media Group, ADV Group, GroupM) and Agency Media Arts Group Ukraine, and advertisers. Together channels occupy over 76% of viewers' attention (according to GfK Ukraine).

Television Industry Committee was established on August 27, 2002. Oleg Popenko, CEO of Publicis Groupe Media, has been the TIC’s Chairman since its foundation. Kateryna Kotenko is the TIC’s Executive Director. TIC has a team of 18 people.

TIC is a member of international organizations in the field of TV broadcasting and media research:

• European Media Research Organisations (EMRO), Germany;
• Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio (EATR), Russia;
• International Joint Industry Committees (I-JIC), France;
• National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), USA;
• National Association of TV and Radio Broadcasters (NAT), Russia;
• Ukrainian Advertising Coalition (UAC), Ukraine.

In addition, TIC is a member of working groups, expert committees and the following bodies:

• Public Council for Information and Communication Technologies;
• Public Council under the State Customs Service of Ukraine;
• Public Council of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine;
• Public Council of the Committee on Freedom of Expression and Free Access to Information;
• Public Council of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine;
• Public Council under the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;
• Public Council under the State Service on protection of personal data;
• Public Council under the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine;
• Public Council under the State Agency for Science, Innovation and Informatization of Ukraine;
• Public Council under the State Tax Service of Ukraine;
• Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine;
• Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine;
• Public Council of the State Agency of Ukraine for cinema;
• Committee of the media, NGO "Association of Lawyers of Ukraine";
• Working Group for outlining the main activities of the Public Council of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine;
• Expert Group on the project "Support of co-regulation mechanisms in the field of electronic media on the eve of the transition to digital broadcasting".

TIC also co-operates with local industry associations in the field of media self-regulation, television audience measurement, review and revision of legislative and legal issues; TIC is also interested and actively involved in the implementation of digital broadcasting in Ukraine.