At all times sports had a large army of fans. Some people like to watch competitions while at the stadium, others prefer to stay at home and follow everything that happens on their TV screens. Of course, it’s much more interesting when a football or basketball match conducted by skilled commentators. Some of them are no less popular than TV presenters of entertainment programs. Further in the article we will present to your attention who are the most famous sports commentators Russia. Let's start with a real veteran.
Gennady Orlov
Before becoming a commentator, he was a footballer, a striker. In this field, he received the title of master G. Orlov is also an Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation and a laureate of the TEFI Prize (2008). He became interested in football during his school years, played for Avangard (Sumy), and after graduating from school he played in the Kharkov team of the same name. After the coach of this team noticed him at a match with Leningrad “Zenith”, he received an invitation to go to the Northern capital and join its team. For some time he played and lived in Leningrad, but at the age of 25 he had to leave football because he was injured. Then he decided to return to his homeland, but met a beautiful girl Olga, who was an actress at the Komissarzhevskaya Theater. So he stayed for her and her acting career.
He came to television in 1973. After the death of Viktor Nabutov, one of the best sports commentators in Russia, a vacancy appeared in the sports news editorial office and a competition was announced. I decided to participate and won. So off we go, he reported from the Olympics and the most responsible football matches both the country and the world. He became the host of such sports programs on Leningrad television as “Penalty”, “Again about Football”, “Football at Zenit”. Then he was invited to host the “Gol!” program on ORT on a freelance basis. Since the fall of 2009, Gennady moved to the NTV-Plus channel, but continued to remain a constant commentator for Zenit matches. Since November 2015, he has been a commentator for football broadcasts on the Match TV channel.
Georgy Cherdantsev
He also heads the Russian sports commentators. He gained his main fame as a sports presenter on NTV television channels, and then on NTV-Plus. Today he is a commentator on Match TV. He began his television career in 1996, when the staff of the new satellite television channel NTV + was recruited.
Initially, he was a translator, then he voiced small stories of sports reports. Then I took him as a correspondent for his author’s program “Football Club”. He commentated on the first match in 1998. It was a recording of the match between Italy and Norway at the World Cup in France. A year later, he was hired by the TNT and NTV+ Football channels.
From time to time he replaced Vasily Utkin and hosted several issues " Football club" In addition to television, he became the host of sports programs on the Silver Rain radio station. Like most of the country's best sports commentators, today he is a permanent employee of the Match TV television company.
Victor Gusev
What kind of sports commentators are there on famous channels? “Russia-1” and “Channel One” are a special brotherhood. To work in these television companies - highest achievement for most sportswriters. V. Gusev has been collaborating with television since 1992, first as a freelancer and presenter of the “Gol” and “Sports Weekend” programs, which were shown on Channel One.
The first football match he commented on was the game between Spartak Moscow and Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League. Since 1995, he became a full-time employee of Channel One. By the way, since 1996 he was the presenter of the sports block in the news programs “News” and “Time”.
Then he became the head of the Directorate of Sports Programs at Channel One. Since 2004, he has been the author and host of the original program “At Football with Viktor Gusev.” He also became a participant in the popular projects “The Last Hero” (third part), “Lost” and the game “Great Race”. In addition to sports programs, he also hosted the culinary television game “Lord of Taste”. He received the TEFI award three times and is vice president Federation of Sports Journalists of the Russian Federation.
Dmitry Guberniev
This Russian sports commentator is not only one of the most famous, but also one of the most beloved TV presenters in the country. Today he is a full-time employee of the Match TV channel, as well as the editor-in-chief of the United Directorate of Sports TV Channels of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. He was a laureate twice in 2007 and 2015. He got into television in the early 90s, taking part in a competition for the position of a sports commentator for the new satellite TV channel NTV+, and then TV-6. His stage speech teacher was Svetlana Kornelyevna Makarova, who was the teacher of Ekaterina Andreeva, Leni Parfenov, Mikhail Zelensky and Tina Kandelaki. Today he himself teaches using her methodology and teaches young commentators.
How to gain popularity
Since 2000, Dmitry Guberniev became a sports commentator on the TV channels “Russia-1”, and then “Sport”, which later became known as “Russia-2”. Every year his popularity as a presenter increased. “The two-meter big man,” as he calls himself, was loved by the whole country. Today he is the best sports commentator (“Russia-2” is a channel that can be called his home).
For quite a long time he was the co-host of the morning program “Good morning, Russia!” and other transmissions. Since 2007, he has had his own author’s program, “Sports Week with D. Guberniev,” as well as the program “Biathlon with Dmitry Guberniev,” which he hosted for 5 years. You probably remember him as a participant in “Fort Boyard” - one of the most interesting and extreme games all over the world. Since 2000, he has been a columnist for the Olympics diaries.
Russian sports commentators
In this article, we profiled four of the country's most popular sports commentators. Their voices are familiar to many of our compatriots, and not only, because sports programs broadcast on Russian TV channels are also watched by residents of the CIS countries, and these men have become very dear and beloved. As for their faces, we see them less often, but nevertheless they are also recognizable. Russian sports commentators, whose photos we presented in the article, managed to achieve popularity through their hard work, as well as their love and devotion to sports.
The Match TV channel has determined the list of commentators who remained on staff after optimization. This list does not include Vasily Utkin, Alexey Andronov, Kirill Dementyev and other commentators who worked for NTV-Plus. Georgy Cherdantsev, Gennady Orlov, Vladimir Stognienko, Konstantin Genich and Yuri Rozanov remained on the staff. The R-Sport agency reports this with reference to its source.
“Not everyone has yet received notifications [about removal from staff], including Vasily Utkin, Alexey Andronov and Kirill Dementyev, although they have already been summoned to the personnel department. Among those who have already received notices, one can name Vladislav Baturin, Vladimir Ivanitsky, Alexander Netsenko, Taras Timoshenko, Yolanda Chen, Mikhail Melnikov, Elvin Kerimov, Alexander Elagin.
An important point is that we are not talking about layoffs or dismissals; the transition to a fee-based remuneration system without a fixed salary is a purely voluntary matter. If the employee is against this, he can work for two months under the same conditions, receive one salary and become completely free, or agree to switch to work under new conditions. Moreover, if the commentator has about 15 work shifts, as they explained to us, then he will most likely repeat his current salary.
We can say with full confidence that Georgy Cherdantsev, Gennady Orlov, Vladimir Stognienko, Konstantin Genich, Yuri Rozanov were not included in the optimization,” the agency quotes the words of an informant familiar with the situation.
On January 22, information appeared in the media that the management of Match TV had begun to optimize its staff. It became known that Vasily Utkin, Alexey Andronov, Kirill Dementyev, Alexander Elagin, Vladislav Baturin and Elvin Kerimov will be removed from the state.
“Match TV plans to optimize the number of personnel. Some employees have already received notifications this evening. The channel's management intends to retire some of its employees, including some commentators. They will be asked to enter into contracts that provide payments only for work actually performed: commentating on matches and hosting live programs.
At the same time, commentators will have the opportunity to work in other media outlets without the approval of the channel administration. The optimization will affect at least half of the channel’s commentary staff,” a source working for Match TV told R-Sport.
The channel's press service issued a statement explaining that the contracts of employees who are not 100 percent involved will be revised. These employees will be able to work on third-party projects.
“By the time the channel was launched in November 2015, about 1,200 employees of the combined editorial offices of NTV Plus and Rossiya 2 were involved in working on Match TV. In the process of work, some specialists have increased their area of responsibility and responsibilities, while others, on the contrary, have decreased. For the first few months we worked in test mode. We are now introducing personnel practices that are used by many television companies.
Now some of our employees, whose time we do not use 100 percent, are free to work on other projects. The previous version of the agreement significantly limited this possibility,” the press service said.
Vasily Utkin, former director sports edition NTV-Plus announced on Monday that it was starting to look for a new job.
In Russia, there are only a few days left before the start of Match TV. But news about a new sports channel that has not yet launched continues to appear in bulk on the front pages of various publications with the regularity of front-line reports. Literally every day, readers are informed about the names of those who were invited to work in the new editorial office, who were not hired, who agreed and who were refused, etc. The editors of Tricolor TV Magazine decided to find out who they are - commentators on the public federal television channel Match TV.
Vasily Utkin, after long negotiations, agreed to work under the leadership of Tina Kandelaki. Photo: eurosport.com
A new free sports channel, which will be broadcast on the frequency " Russia 2", should launch on November 1, 2015. U " Match TV“We already have our own website, though on at the moment it only reports how much is left before the start of the TV channel, accurate to seconds; other details (which programs, broadcasts, other projects will be aired on the new TV channel) are not there yet.
So far, you can’t find a list of the team on the portal who agreed to work for the benefit of the new TV channel. Although, thanks to the public outcry caused by some appointments and near-television events, some names of Match TV have been around for a long time. First, like a bolt from the blue, the news came out that a well-known presenter was being appointed to the head of a sports channel. Tina Kandelaki, which even the lazy one seemed to joke about, but a serious verbal altercation ensued between the newly appointed general producer and commentator Vasily Utkin.
More than a month Tina Kandelaki and Vasily Utkin , regularly exchanging barbs and caustic jokes on Twitter. I followed this story as better times Our whole country is behind Brazilian TV series. In the end, the correspondence exceeded all expectations: neither the emotional journalist himself, who signed a contract with Match TV, nor the TV channel itself, the interest in which turned out to be so warmed up that they could make doshirak noodles, were left out.
Dmitry Guberniev joined the Match TV team. Photo: guberniev.com
Meanwhile, during the time that Tina Kandelaki and Vasily Utkin were publicly sorting out their relationship, many well-known television commentators came to the new sports channel (at the moment about 30 names are known), but their stories of coming to Match TV turned out to be practically unnoticed. But in vain...
After all, there is no better commentator in our country who, with the same trepidation, passion and overwhelming curiosity, will tell us, the audience, about biathlon than Dmitry Guberniev. He has both fans and spiteful critics, but one thing is clear: only thanks to Guberniev’s lively and sincere interest in this sport, we know which biathletes use crooked poles, who likes to knit scarves and mittens in their spare time, and who slept through the start , who had a second child, and who is unlucky in love - and all this against the backdrop of seconds, penalty laps, sports records, long-awaited victories and the bitterness of defeats... The creators of Match TV promised viewers to keep Dmitry Guberniev for biathlon on the new TV channel in full.
Zenit fans will continue to listen to Gennady Orlov's reports from the match of their favorite team. Photo: rusfootball.info
Who, tell me, doesn’t know the best auto racing commentator Alexey Popov? At different times he led sports programs, rugby broadcasts and biathlon. But real fame and the title of “Russian voice” Formula 1“he received, sophisticatedly and at the same time passionately, and with excitement commenting on the annual races of the cars. By the way, it is known that it will be possible to hear Alexei Popov already on the first day of broadcasting of the new federal sports television channel “Match TV”: among other broadcasts, a screening of the Mexican Grand Prix will be organized. Also on the broadcast schedule is documentary about the Russian Formula 1 pilot Daniil Kvyate.
Did you really remain indifferent during football matches, listening to the comments? Alexandra Shmurnova, Konstantin Genich,Sergei Krivokharchenko, Vladimir Stognienko, Georgy Cherdantsev,Gennady Orlov? Almost all of them once came to sports journalism from other professions, but this does not prevent them from being true masters of words and experts in Sports No. 1. Many of them have worked on TV channels until now. VGTRK And " NTV-Plus", now they are all employees of Match TV.
Watch from November 1 in the package of public free TV channels - “Match TV” - a channel about sports, for the sake of sports and thanks to sports! Only the best commentators, presenters and correspondents; the most important broadcasts, important matches and interesting views sports; current news, prominent guests, famous experts and loyal fans!
Full list commentators on the new sports channel “Match TV” is as follows (according to data from open Internet sources as of October 27, 2015).
The Match TV channel has determined the list of commentators who remained on staff after optimization. This list does not include Vasily Utkin, Alexey Andronov, Kirill Dementyev and other commentators who worked for NTV-Plus. Georgy Cherdantsev, Gennady Orlov, Vladimir Stognienko, Konstantin Genich and Yuri Rozanov remained on the staff. The R-Sport agency reports this with reference to its source.
“Not everyone has yet received notifications [about removal from staff], including Vasily Utkin, Alexey Andronov and Kirill Dementyev, although they have already been summoned to the personnel department. Among those who have already received notices, one can name Vladislav Baturin, Vladimir Ivanitsky, Alexander Netsenko, Taras Timoshenko, Yolanda Chen, Mikhail Melnikov, Elvin Kerimov, Alexander Elagin.
An important point is that we are not talking about layoffs or dismissals; the transition to a fee-based remuneration system without a fixed salary is a purely voluntary matter. If the employee is against this, he can work for two months under the same conditions, receive one salary and become completely free, or agree to switch to work under new conditions. Moreover, if the commentator has about 15 work shifts, as they explained to us, then he will most likely repeat his current salary.
We can say with full confidence that Georgy Cherdantsev, Gennady Orlov, Vladimir Stognienko, Konstantin Genich, Yuri Rozanov were not included in the optimization,” the agency quotes the words of an informant familiar with the situation.
On January 22, information appeared in the media that the management of Match TV had begun to optimize its staff. It became known that Vasily Utkin, Alexey Andronov, Kirill Dementyev, Alexander Elagin, Vladislav Baturin and Elvin Kerimov will be removed from the state.
“Match TV plans to optimize the number of personnel. Some employees have already received notifications this evening. The channel's management intends to retire some of its employees, including some commentators. They will be asked to enter into contracts that provide payments only for work actually performed: commentating on matches and hosting live programs.
At the same time, commentators will have the opportunity to work in other media outlets without the approval of the channel administration. The optimization will affect at least half of the channel’s commentary staff,” a source working for Match TV told R-Sport.
The channel's press service issued a statement explaining that the contracts of employees who are not 100 percent involved will be revised. These employees will be able to work on third-party projects.
“By the time the channel was launched in November 2015, about 1,200 employees of the combined editorial offices of NTV Plus and Rossiya 2 were involved in working on Match TV. In the process of work, some specialists have increased their area of responsibility and responsibilities, while others, on the contrary, have decreased. For the first few months we worked in test mode. We are now introducing personnel practices that are used by many television companies.
Now some of our employees, whose time we do not use 100 percent, are free to work on other projects. The previous version of the agreement significantly limited this possibility,” the press service said.
Vasily Utkin, the former head of the sports editorial office of NTV Plus, announced on Monday that he was starting to look for a new job.
