OREANDA-NEWS. October 15, 2008. Changing television and radio to a digital broadcasting system was discussed at a meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and the heads of national TV channels.
 
The meeting was attended by Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office Alexei Gromov, Presidential Press Secretary Natalya Timakova, Deputy Prime Minister and Government Chief of Staff Sergei Sobyanin, Minister of Communications and Mass Media Igor Shchyogolev, presidential advisers Mikhail Lesin and Leonid Reiman, general director of the Russian State Television and Radio Company Oleg Dobrodeev, general director of NTV Vladimir Kulistikov and general director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst.