On August 13, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network was put into postal circulation

The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS) is a Russian state-owned company that operates the country’s over-the-air television and radio transmission network. Its headquarters is located in Moscow.

RTRS was founded on August 13 of 2001. It is included in the list of Russia’s strategic enterprises; it provides 98.6% of Russia’s population with twenty mandatory overt television channels and three radio channels in the DVB-T2 standard - which are part of the first and second multiplexes of the Digital Terrestrial television - and contributes to the development of mobile communications.

The RTRS digital television network is the largest in the world. It consists of 5,051 transmission stations. RTRS is a full member of the DVB Project Consortium and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Terrestrial television and radio broadcasting in Russia’s regions is provided by 78 regional, republican, territorial, and provincial radio and television transmission centers that are branches of RTRS.

The RTRS broadcasting network operates 10,080 digital television transmitters and more than 2,700 radio transmitters. The network comprises 5,040 antenna-mast structures used for digital broadcasting (no data on other poles is provided). The most famous Russian television towers that are part of the RTRS network are the Ostankino TV Tower, the Shukhov Radio Tower, the St. Petersburg TV Tower, and the Novorossiysk TV Tower.

RTRS is the only one broadcast operator of the first, second, and subsequent multiplexes of digital terrestrial television in Russia. The first and second multiplexes of digital terrestrial television are free for viewers, unencrypted, and freely available (FTA) for reception without the use of a conditional access system throughout Russia. RTRS has established a multiplex formation center in each region and has developed and patented an original technology for distributed program modification. Since November of 2019, the programs of mandatory public regional channels have also been broadcast in digital format on OTR as part of the first multiplex. Local news and programs are broadcast for up to five hours a day: three hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. Through DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television, RTRS provides free services: standard-definition television (SDTV), digital radio, stereo sound, subtitles, teletext, a TV guide, time and date synchronization based on digital broadcast data, and interactive hybrid television using the HbbTV standard.

RTRS operates analog terrestrial radio broadcasting on two ultra-high-frequency (UHF) bands with frequency modulation (FM) and broadcasts the nationwide radio stations Radio Russia, Mayak, and Vesti FM in digital quality as part of the first multiplex, RTRS-1.

The commemorative stamp features the logo of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network; the main image shows a radio tower designed by engineer V. Shukhov.

In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka produced special cancels for Moscow, Kostroma and Tver.


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Quantity: 12 thousand postcards.

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