National State Teleradiocompany
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The National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus (Belteleradio) is the state television
and radio
broadcasting
service in Belarus
.
TVR currently owns three national television stations (TV-First, LAD, Belarus TV
), five national radio stations, and several local and regional stations.
The broadcasts are featured in the Belarusian language
and in the Russian language
.
On January 1, 1993, it was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union
under the name Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC).
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
service in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
.
TVR currently owns three national television stations (TV-First, LAD, Belarus TV
Belarus TV
Belarus TV is the state television and radio channel of Belarus. It was launched on 1 February 2005. It broadcasts primarily in Russian language programmes of other Belarusian state TV channels LAD and TV-First.- Logotype :TV channel replace 1 logotype...
), five national radio stations, and several local and regional stations.
The broadcasts are featured in the Belarusian language
Belarusian language
The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
and in the Russian language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
.
On January 1, 1993, it 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...
under the name Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC).