Real Scary Television
Real Scary Television is a Russian TV channel broadcasting films and series in the genres of horror, thriller, mysticism, sci-fi and black humor. It was part of the NKS Media media holding. In 2015, after the merger of assets of VGTRK and Rostelecom, the channel became part of the Digital Television package of thematic TV channels.
History
NST was launched on October 1, 2006. It broadcasts movies and series in the genre of thriller, horror, mystery, sci-fi, black humor, as well as anime and fiction. The channel's inter-program airing consisted of the animated series Monsters, whose main characters were Slasher, Dracula, Mummy, and Zombie.NST also showed thematic documentary programs of its own production: "Encyclopedia of Horror", Masterpieces of Horror, "World of Anime", "DOOM and more". On October 3, 2011, the channel underwent a rebranding. On December 23, 2016, the channel switched to widescreen broadcasting and became available with stereo sound.
Reception
The channel has an audience of more than 11,714,000 subscribers. The channel is broadcast on many cable and satellite networks.According to a study conducted by Mediascope, the TV channel "Real Scary Television" was among the top ten TV channels with the largest audience in the 2016/2017 TV season. Thus, NST ranked 10th with an audience share of 0.32%, an average daily reach of 1.69% and a viewing time of 47 minutes. In the 2018-2019 TV season, the channel ranked eighth among thematic channels in Russia, and 35th among all TV channels in the country.
The channel has repeatedly supported horror films at the Russian box office.