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24-519: BNT is a member of International Radio and Television Organisation (to 31 December 1992), European Broadcasting Union (from 1 January 1993), EGTA, IMZ, CIRCOM Regional, FIAT and BBLF. The first television broadcast in Bulgaria was in 1959. The archive had recorders, photos and movies which were open to the public from the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s. From 1964, BNT began broadcasting news, programmes and movies in monochrome to serve

48-607: A consequence, the OIR headquarters and its Technical Centre was relocated from Brussels to Prague in 1950. Staff members from Belgium and other Western countries, some of whom had already been active before the war, stayed on in Brussels and the centre became the technical centre of the new EBU . Unlike the EBU, the OIRT was not limited to European and Mediterranean countries and operated as

72-650: A degree that the medium would attract a wider radio audience. Their reasoning proved correct. In 1920, only a few thousand homes in Europe had radio receivers, in 1926 this number grew to 5.8 million and in 1931 to 16 million receivers. In 1940, the UIR equipment was evacuated from Brussels to Switzerland, but in 1941 was returned after German request, and was later used by the Wehrmacht to monitor radio activity of Allied forces. Thirteen member countries stopped cooperating with

96-702: A global organization. Members of the organization included countries aligned with the Eastern bloc, such as Cuba , Vietnam , the People's Republic of China and North Korea (although the latter's membership was temporarily inactive after their break with the USSR), as well as the allies of the USSR that were temporarily led by communist parties, such as Nicaragua and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan , and

120-617: Is available to watch over the internet. However, BNT 1, BNT 2 and BNT 3 channels are watched over the internet only in Bulgaria due to their broadcasting rights. Attempting to watch BNT 1, BNT 2 and BNT 3 channels outside of Bulgaria, the test card on the website will result in the English text "This broadcast is limited only for the territory of Bulgaria.". BNT operates four regional broadcasting centers, based in Blagoevgrad , Varna , Plovdiv and Ruse . BNT operates in accordance with

144-448: The 2-inch era was in 1984. The year 1991 was very important for Bulgarian National Television. All records started to be recorded on computer and digitized for better quality, and available in a variety of other formats, and it switched from SECAM to the more widely used PAL . BT1 and BT2, were renamed as "Kanal 1" and "Efir 2", respectively. In 1992, an archive was created with more than 2,000 photos and 33,000 documents. The year 1999 saw

168-938: The African and Middle Eastern states having been temporarily associated or supported by the socialist camp . On January 1, 1993, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the OIRT merged with the European Broadcasting Union and all European OIRT memberships were transferred to the EBU. The television network of OIRT was established in 1960 and was called Intervision ( Russian Интервидение , German Intervision , Albanian Intervizioni , Bulgarian Интервизия , Polish Interwizja , Czech Intervize , Slovak Intervízia , Hungarian Intervízió , Romanian Interviziune , Finnish Intervisio ). Between 1977 and 1980

192-699: The IBU building in Brussels . Technical activity was taken up again under the authority of two directors, one delegated by the Soviet Union and the other by France . However, the political situation gradually degraded into the Cold War and this created an uneasy situation of distrust within the staff of the Technical Centre. In 1950 some members (mostly western European) left the organization to form

216-526: The OIR. Many Western European countries decided to form a completely new organization despite a mistrust of the United Kingdom – in the opinion of some, the BBC wanted to dominate the new organization. UIR was officially dissolved in 1950, and its remaining assets were transferred to a newly established European Broadcasting Union (EBU). On 1 January 1993, OIR, at that time renamed to OIRT, merged with

240-598: The OIRT organised four Intervision Song Contests in Sopot , Poland , in an attempt to imitate the Eurovision Song Contest . International Broadcasting Union The International Broadcasting Union ( IBU ; official name in French : Union Internationale de Radiophonie , UIR , modern translations in French : Union Internationale de Radiodiffusion/Union internationale de radio-télévision , UIR )

264-682: The Radio and Television Act. Under the Act, BNT is a legal entity based in Sofia and it is the national public service broadcaster and communications operator. As a public service broadcaster, the main purpose of BNT is to deliver a broad range of news and programming that keeps its audience informed about important issues and events in the areas of politics, economics, business, culture, science and education. Through its programming policy, BNT protects national interests and values, science and education; and represents

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288-406: The UIR after it went under German control. After the end of World War II the UIR was discredited as "German-friendly" in the eyes of many former member states. In March 1946, the Soviet Union demanded dissolution of UIR and establishment of a new international broadcasting organization, where all the satellite states of the USSR would be represented with voting rights. 26 members of UIR founded

312-725: The alternative International Broadcasting Organisation commonly known as OIR on 28 June 1946. The dispute escalated when the ITU world radio conference was held in 1947 in Atlantic City. Both organizations, the OIR and the UIR, demanded to participate at this meeting as "technical experts". Both organizations were denied this status, instead being allowed only to participate as observers without voting rights. The European follow-up conference in Copenhagen in 1948 had similar outcome. This situation did not satisfy either party. The BBC

336-428: The cultural heritage of all Bulgarian citizens, irrespective of their ethnicity. BNT caters for the diverse ideas and beliefs within society by reflecting the many different points of view and encouraging mutual understanding and tolerance in the relations between people. BNT has the commitment to produce a broad spectrum of national and regional programmes including ones about other countries, societies and cultures around

360-593: The development of broadcasting. Without British participation, 26 members founded the OIR on 28 June 1946. The next day, at the General Assembly of the International Broadcasting Union (IBU), an attempt was made to dissolve this body, but the motion failed to obtain the required majority. However, 18 of the 28 existing members left the IBU and become co-founders of the new OIR. In 1946, the newly created OIR installed itself in

384-489: The foundation of TV Bulgaria (now BNT 4), BNT's satellite television. The 2010 FIFA World Cup became the first sports event broadcast in HD format. Since March 2012, BNT has been broadcasting in 16:9 format. On 6 February 2014, BNT started broadcasting its own HD channel – BNT HD (which was renamed in 2018 as BNT 3). The Bulgarian National Television broadcasts on four different themed channels: Outside of Bulgaria, only BNT 4

408-418: The new European Broadcasting Union (EBU), among them Belgium , Egypt , France, Italy , Lebanon , Luxembourg , Monaco , Morocco , Netherlands , Tunisia and Yugoslavia . Broadcasting organizations from the following countries remained members: Albania , Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Finland (also a member of EBU), East Germany , Hungary , Poland , Romania , Syria and the Soviet Union. As

432-496: The rising number of viewers in Bulgaria. BNT began broadcasting in colour in 1973 using the French SECAM colour system after series of experimental broadcasting since 1969. The second channel, BT2, saw its emergence the following year. From 1975, the first video recordings using the 2-inch format were made. In 1977, a broadcasting and program archive was created. In 1983, recorders with one-inch tape were made. The end of

456-460: The technology was too "young" and changing too quickly. The decision left room for international efforts that were not driven by governments. European broadcasters took the initiative, discussing how to deal with national and international problems of broadcasting, and whether the private companies should seek government regulation or establish their own international organization of broadcasters working outside governments. Lengthy negotiations between

480-461: The various private broadcasters and the British BBC culminated in establishing of the non-governmental International Broadcasting Union. The diverse and complex problems of a growing number of broadcasting stations in Europe required expert knowledge in law, finance, engineering, journalism, and musicology. The experts argued that their efforts would improve the quality of broadcasting to such

504-795: The world; programmes that meet the needs of Bulgarian citizens whose mother-tongue is not Bulgarian, by the inclusion of original content in their own language; and programmes that keep Bulgarians living abroad up-to date with events in their home country. [REDACTED] Media related to Bulgarian National Television at Wikimedia Commons International Radio and Television Organisation The International Radio and Television Organisation (official name in French : Organisation Internationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision or OIRT (before 1960 International Broadcasting Organization (IBO), official name in French: Organisation Internationale de Radiodiffusion (OIR))

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528-426: Was an East European network of radio and television broadcasters with the primary purpose of establishing ties and securing an interchange of information between those various organizations responsible for broadcasting services, promoting the interests of broadcasting, seeking by international cooperation a solution to any matter relating to broadcasting, and studying and working out all measures having as their aim

552-693: Was an alliance of European radio broadcasters, established on 3–4 April 1925. The union had its headquarters in Geneva. The UIR aimed to resolve international problems of broadcasting. Since its establishment in 1865, the International Telegraph Union (ITU) focused on wireless point-to-point communications. After the end of World War I , the ITU did not take up the new development of radio broadcasting. The League of Nations and ITU decided not to create international broadcasting regulations as

576-523: Was not eager to join a new association which was likely to be dominated by the Soviet Union. Moreover, the USSR enrolled some of its member republics as independent states, giving the USSR eight votes in the new organization. France intended to do the same for its North African colonies, which would give it four votes. The United Kingdom would have had only one. In 1949, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium declared their intention to resign from

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