ORT Balt / ОРТ БАЛТ is the baltic version of the national russian tv station ORT (now Perwy Kanal / Первый канал) which was broadcasted via 1° West Intelsat 707 satellite. This version was completely identical with the main version broadcasted for Russia. The only exception was, they showed own advertisements mostly for Estonia. As there were no adverts booked for the Estonian region they showed the "заказ рекламы" (order advertisement) screen, while in the background you can see the Russian advertising blurred from the main program.
The special thing here, ORT/ОРТ from Moscow uses already a new corporate design (to be seen in the teaser) but ORT Balt / ОРТ БАЛТ in Tallinn is still using the old design for "заказ рекламы"
They used to play songs like the Twin Peaks theme or from Vangelis.
Index:
0:00 Programme preview "принцесса на бобах"
0:10 "заказ рекламы" (order advertisement) screen with announcement in russian; Music: Vangelis - Alpha
3:39 ORT/OPT ident
3:57 another "заказ рекламы" (order advertisement) screen, Music: Vangelis - Intergalactic radio station
Recorded from: 1°West Intelsat 707 satellite (nordic beam) in Bonn, Germany
10.1998
Digitized VHS footage
