NTV-Belarus

NTV-Belarus
НТВ-Беларусь
CountryBelarus
Broadcast areaBelarus
HeadquartersMinsk, Belarus
Programming
LanguageRussian
Picture format1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNational State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus
Sister channelsBelarus 1
Belarus 2
Belarus 3
Belarus 4
Belarus 5
Belarus 24
The First News Channel
History
Launched4 July 2006; 20 years ago (2006-07-04)
Links
Websitetvr.by

NTV-Belarus (Belarusian: НТВ-Беларусь) is the Belarusian version of Russian channel NTV, owned by Belteleradio. Created following a two-way agreement between it and NTV's owner in December 2005, it started broadcasting on 4 July 2006. It relays NTV's original productions and tries to emulate the Russian channel as much as possible. This, in the early years, was complemented by Russian and international feature films Belteleradio had rights to.

History

NTV was broadcast in Belarus since 1994. In 2000, Belteleradio began inserting its advertising slots illegally on the NTV relays. Negotiations between NTV and the BTRC did not finish in an agreement, limiting the channel's airtime in Belarus (starting at 8am and ending earlier than Moscow), meaning some of the network's movies, such as action and erotic titles, were not broadcast or were filled with other programs.

An agreement between the parties was settled in December 2005 and the new NTV-Belarus channel started broadcasting on 4 July 2006. Initially, BTRC decided not to broadcast NTV's own TV series, which considered them as being "too bloody". The Russian programs were complemented by international output which Belteleradio acquired.

The introduction of NTV-Belarus led to the gradual removal of both the original Russian feed and the international feed. Cable companies were instructed to remove NTV effective January 2007 to safeguard the local channel. From 25 December 2006, the channel started at an earlier time (8am) with This Morning, which, up until then, was not seen in Belarus. Closedown was at midnight on weekdays and after midnight on weekends, and the channel started airing commercials throughout the week; up until then, only from Fridays to Sundays. On 1 April 2009, NTV Mir was removed from Belarusian cable companies due to "financial reasons" and was replaced by NTV-Belarus.

On 11 February 2019, NTV-Belarus started broadcasting in high definition.

References

  1. 1 2 NTV-BELARUS, retrieved 21 August 2026
  2. ↑ "NTV-Belarus >> Television >> Belteleradiocompany". Belteleradiocompany. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "ЧЕМ ВАС ОБРАДОВАЛ И ЧЕМ ОГОРЧИЛ ТЕЛЕЭКРАН НА МИНУВШЕЙ НЕДЕЛЕ?". Trud. 2001-02-08. Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  4. ↑ "Пора пропалывать "клубнику"". Беларусь сегодня. 2001-04-28. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  5. ↑ "Белорусское телевидение не пустило "Добермана" на НТВ". Радио «Свобода». 2001-02-27. Archived from the original on 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  6. ↑ "В Беларуси перекрывают НТВ". Комсомольская правда (in Russian). 2006-06-20. Archived from the original on 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  7. ↑ В новом году НТВ в Беларуси не будет, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 19 December 2006, retrieved 21 August 2026
  8. ↑ В Белоруссии прекращено вещание ряда российских телеканалов, Kommersant, 1 April 2009, retrieved 21 August 2026
  9. ↑ "Телеканал "НТВ-Беларусь" перешел на вещание в формате HD" (in Russian). www.cableman.info. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-12.