7 Ukrainian TV channels plan to hold telethons on election night.
According to the press service of "Channel 5", the telethon "Parliamentary Elections-2006" starts simultaneously with the opening of polling stations - at 7:00 a.m. and will continue until the election results are announced.
At the same time, the telethon "Choice-2006" on the "1+1" channel will begin on March 26 at 21:45 and will last with breaks for more than a day until 24:00 on March 27, the channel's press service reported.
Live international hookups are planned regarding reactions to the elections in Ukraine from Georgia, Poland, America and Russia.
Popular TV presenters are involved in working on the telethon project on "1+1": Hanna Bezulyk, Anatoliy Borsyuk and others.
In addition to Ukraine, broadcast of the telethon to the USA and Canada is planned via the "1+1 International" channel.
The press service of the ICTV TV channel also promises to hold on election day a multi-hour information and discussion marathon that will go on air at 18:45.
At the end of voting, at 22:00 the first results of "exit polls" will be announced live.
After that, a discussion of the first election results will take place in Savik Shuster's studio, to which leaders of political forces have been invited.
On UT-1 at 21:00, a joint telethon with TRK "Era" titled "Election Night Live" starts, beginning with a news broadcast.
After the closing of polling stations, the results of "exit polls" will be announced and discussion will start in the press center, headquarters and regions.
All of this, together with news broadcasts, will be aired from 22:00 to 2:00 on Monday and from 6:00 to 9:00. The final studio show in the television center will take place on Monday evening from 21:30 to 23:00.
The "NTN" TV channel also plans to hold a telethon on the topic of the parliamentary elections. According to the head of the channel's analytical department, Halyna Kovalyova, it will begin on Sunday at 22:00 and end around 3:00 a.m. on Monday.
On the "Inter" TV channel at 21:30, a live broadcast titled "Election Night. The Parliament of the Future" will begin. The channel's press service did not report how long it will last.
A telethon from 22:00 on Sunday is also planned on the "Tonis" TV channel.
At the same time, the "STB" TV channel together with the production center "Closed Zone" on Monday began filming a hour-and-a-half film "Through the Looking Glass. The Reverse Side of the Elections."
According to the channel's editor-in-chief Oleksiy Mustafin, the goal of the project is to cover the last week of the election campaign, including election day.
It is planned that leaders of political forces, political strategists, heads of media and the Central Election Commission will participate in the filming. The film is scheduled to air on March 26 at 22:30.