First Baltic channel

First Baltic channel
Pirmais Baltijas kanāls
Первый Балтийский канал
Country	Latvia
Broadcast area	Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania;
Headquarters	Riga, Latvia
Programming
Language(s)	Latvian; Russian;
Picture format	16:9 576i
Ownership
Owner	Baltic Media Alliance
Sister channels	NTV Mir Baltic; REN TV Baltic;
History
Launched	4 September 2002
Replaced	ORT TEM
Closed	26 October 2021 (Latvia); 25 February 2022 (Lithuania); 2 March 2022 (as PBK Estonia in Latvia);

First Baltic channel (Latvian: Pirmais Baltijas kanāls; abbreviated PBK; Russian: Первый Балтийский канал, romanized: Pervyy Baltiyskiy kanal) was a Baltic pay television channel based on the largest Russian Channel One to broadcast its programs in the Baltic states. It was launched on 4 September 2002. The channel had also broadcast the local news programme Latvian time (Russian: Латвийское время) since June 2003.

The channel was closed in Latvia on 26 October 2021 due to misinformation about COVID-19 and two other violations. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its license was revoked and the channel was effectively banned in all three Baltic States.