Lithuanian National Radio and Television
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Lithuanian National Radio and Television (Lithuanian
: )is the national public broadcasting
company
of Lithuania
. The company operates the two national public television
channels
LTV, LTV2 and LTV World (broadcast from the Sirius 4 satellite). LRT also broadcasts three national public radio stations. It has provided regular radio service since 1926 and television broadcasting since 1957. The company is based in Vilnius
, the capital of Lithuania. Lithuanian Radio and Television currently employs about 650 people. LRT was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union
on 1 January, 1993.
The three radio stations operate under the name of Lietuvos radijas or LR. The radio is playing three programs: LR 1, LR Klasika (classic music) and Opus 3 (electronic music). Also LRT has an internet radio - @radijas. The Lithuanian Radio First program is the most popular radio station in Lithuania – 1 of 4 Lithuanians are listening to LR1.
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Council oversees the operations of LRT according to the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public and the Lithuanian Radio and Television Law. Although, LRT receives about 75% of its funding from the Lithuanian government, the company does show television commercials. A television licence
fee or tax that every television purchaser would have to pay is proposed as the future source of income for LRT.
In May 2007 LRT started a project of digitizing all of its films, including some five thousand cinefilm hours and some 30,000 video tape hours. The oldest entry dates back to 1895.
Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...
: )is the national public broadcasting
Public broadcasting
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company
Government-owned corporation
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of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. The company operates the two national public television
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
channels
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
LTV, LTV2 and LTV World (broadcast from the Sirius 4 satellite). LRT also broadcasts three national public radio stations. It has provided regular radio service since 1926 and television broadcasting since 1957. The company is based in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, the capital of Lithuania. Lithuanian Radio and Television currently employs about 650 people. LRT was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
on 1 January, 1993.
The three radio stations operate under the name of Lietuvos radijas or LR. The radio is playing three programs: LR 1, LR Klasika (classic music) and Opus 3 (electronic music). Also LRT has an internet radio - @radijas. The Lithuanian Radio First program is the most popular radio station in Lithuania – 1 of 4 Lithuanians are listening to LR1.
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Council oversees the operations of LRT according to the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public and the Lithuanian Radio and Television Law. Although, LRT receives about 75% of its funding from the Lithuanian government, the company does show television commercials. A television licence
Television licence
A television licence is an official licence required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts...
fee or tax that every television purchaser would have to pay is proposed as the future source of income for LRT.
In May 2007 LRT started a project of digitizing all of its films, including some five thousand cinefilm hours and some 30,000 video tape hours. The oldest entry dates back to 1895.