Radiotelevizija Slovenija
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Radiotelevizija Slovenija (Radio-Television of Slovenia) – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia
's national public broadcasting
organization
. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana
, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor
and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world. RTV Slovenija's national radio services operate under the name , while the television division carries the name or . The names are sometimes Anglicized as and , respectively. There are 3 national and 4 regional radio services, which can all be heard online as well. RTV Slovenija also finances the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
and the Big Band RTV Slovenija.
The legal foundation for the institution is the Radiotelevizija Slovenija Act . It is the only public nonprofit broadcasting organization in Slovenia to operate both radio and television stations. The law also requires it to air radio and television services for the country's two indigenous linguistic minorities, which it does in collaboration with the regional broadcasting centres in Maribor
(for the Hungarian
-speaking minority) and in Koper (for the Italian
-speaking minority). Approximately 73% of RTV Slovenija's funding comes from television licence
fees http://www.eumap.org/topics/media/television_europe/national/slovenia/media_slove1.pdf.
in Domžale
was destroyed and the station was occupied by Italian Fascists
.
On 1 April 1949, the first TV laboratory was established in Ljubljana, but was separate from the radio station. However, the task of setting up a television service was eventually assigned to Radio Ljubljana. Second radio program started in 1951. On 11 November 1958 the TV channel got a regular schedule, but it was shared by other Yugoslav
republics, with TV Ljubljana getting around 30% of airtime. TV Ljubljana produced its first broadcast for Eurovision, showing ski jumping
in Planica
, in 1960. The color program broadcasting started in 1966. During that decade, the amount of programming produced exclusively for Slovenian audiences increased substantially. On 15 April 1968, the main evening newscast was broadcast in the Slovenian language for the first time. It had previously originated in Belgrade
and was produced in Serbo-Croatian
.
In 1970, the RTV Slovenia record label was established. In 1971, TV Koper/Capodistria, a subsidiary of RTV Ljubljana, was launched as the first bilingual TV station in Slovenia, serving the Italian community in Slovenia and Croatia
. However, it enjoyed huge popularity in many parts of Italy. There, RAI
still had a monopoly on television, so many Italians eagerly tuned into the new Yugoslav station, which broadcast mostly in color. Private companies built transmitters and translators in various parts of Italy that made TV Koper-Capodistria (generally known as "Telecapodistria" in Italy) available to millions of Italians. Because the station used the PAL
color standard, Italians bought PAL
TV sets in large numbers, ending the hopes of the French government that Italy might adopt its SECAM
system instead. With the advent of privately owned, purely commercial television
in Italy, the station's popularity eventually began to diminish.
During the 1970s, TV Ljubljana's main service was also gradually converted to color. In 1984, teletext
was introduced, whereas the digitalization started in 1986. In 1989, Radio Ljubljana started transmitting an RDS
signal.
At first, TV Ljubljana's second television network primarily relayed programs from other Yugoslav television stations. In the late 1980s, however, the percentage of TV Ljubljana's own programs on the second network increased dramatically.
A year before Slovenia's independence in 1991, the institution was renamed to Radiotelevizija Slovenija (from RTV Ljubljana). On 1 January 1993, RTV Slovenija was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union
following the collapse of Yugoslavia, and began participation in the Eurovision Song Contest
.
In the mid- to late 1990s, TV Slovenia began to face increased competition from Slovenia's commercial television stations
. In 1995, RTV Slovenija published its first web page. Radio digitalization started in 1995, whereas the digitalization of television broadcasting started in 1999.
In 1997, satellite broadcasting started via Hot Bird 3. In 2001, RTV Slovenija's Multimedia Centre was established to help introduce new technologies. A new multimedia web portal
was introduced in 2002. This portal includes regular news updates, broadcast archives, and the live transmission on line of most services, both radio and television. RSS feeds were introduced in 2005. On 12 November 2005 a law was passed stating that Radio-television Slovenia is “a public institution of special cultural and national importance..."
In May 2008 TV Slovenia began to air new TV channel – TV Slovenija 3 for live Parliament coverage. In August 2008 TV Slovenia broadcasted first HD
event – Olympic Games 2008 on test DVB-T channel. In 2011, analogue signal was abandoned.
The stations are:
The regional stations are:
The current clock is used from 2007 until now. The clock is white on the blue background, next to the clock is advert. (Was changed slightly in 2009, where the name "TELEVIZIJA SLOVENIJA" was moved from beside the clock to the clock's face and changing tip seconds from white to red.)
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
's national public broadcasting
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...
organization
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world. RTV Slovenija's national radio services operate under the name , while the television division carries the name or . The names are sometimes Anglicized as and , respectively. There are 3 national and 4 regional radio services, which can all be heard online as well. RTV Slovenija also finances the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra was established in 1956 within Radiotelevizija Slovenija. In 50-year period of its work, it contributed a major part of archive recordings, composed by Slovenian composers, as well as contemporary and classical music from all over the world...
and the Big Band RTV Slovenija.
The legal foundation for the institution is the Radiotelevizija Slovenija Act . It is the only public nonprofit broadcasting organization in Slovenia to operate both radio and television stations. The law also requires it to air radio and television services for the country's two indigenous linguistic minorities, which it does in collaboration with the regional broadcasting centres in Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
(for the Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
-speaking minority) and in Koper (for the Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
-speaking minority). Approximately 73% of RTV Slovenija's funding comes from television licence
Television licence
A television licence is an official licence required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts...
fees http://www.eumap.org/topics/media/television_europe/national/slovenia/media_slove1.pdf.
History
Radio Ljubljana signed on the air for the first time on 1 September 1928, with experimental broadcasts. By 28 October the radio station already had a scheduled programme. On 11 April 1941, the station's transmitterDomžale Transmitter
The Domžale Transmitter is a facility for medium wave broadcasting near Domžale, in Slovenia. The first transmitter was built in 1928 and used until its destruction in 1941, during World War II...
in Domžale
Domžale
Domžale is a municipality and city Slovenia. Domžale is known today for its flourishing small businesses, agriculture, and light industry . It is the site of the renaissance Krumperk Castle...
was destroyed and the station was occupied by Italian Fascists
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
.
On 1 April 1949, the first TV laboratory was established in Ljubljana, but was separate from the radio station. However, the task of setting up a television service was eventually assigned to Radio Ljubljana. Second radio program started in 1951. On 11 November 1958 the TV channel got a regular schedule, but it was shared by other Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
republics, with TV Ljubljana getting around 30% of airtime. TV Ljubljana produced its first broadcast for Eurovision, showing ski jumping
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
in Planica
Planica
Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking destination in Triglav National Park.Planica is famous for...
, in 1960. The color program broadcasting started in 1966. During that decade, the amount of programming produced exclusively for Slovenian audiences increased substantially. On 15 April 1968, the main evening newscast was broadcast in the Slovenian language for the first time. It had previously originated in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
and was produced in Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
.
In 1970, the RTV Slovenia record label was established. In 1971, TV Koper/Capodistria, a subsidiary of RTV Ljubljana, was launched as the first bilingual TV station in Slovenia, serving the Italian community in Slovenia and Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. However, it enjoyed huge popularity in many parts of Italy. There, RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
still had a monopoly on television, so many Italians eagerly tuned into the new Yugoslav station, which broadcast mostly in color. Private companies built transmitters and translators in various parts of Italy that made TV Koper-Capodistria (generally known as "Telecapodistria" in Italy) available to millions of Italians. Because the station used the PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
color standard, Italians bought PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
TV sets in large numbers, ending the hopes of the French government that Italy might adopt its SECAM
SECAM
SECAM, also written SÉCAM , is an analog color television system first used in France....
system instead. With the advent of privately owned, purely commercial television
Commercial Television
Commercial Television was the third free-to-air broadcast television station in Hong Kong. It first went on air in 1975, and ceased transmissions in 1978.-History:...
in Italy, the station's popularity eventually began to diminish.
During the 1970s, TV Ljubljana's main service was also gradually converted to color. In 1984, teletext
Teletext
Teletext is a television information retrieval service developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. It offers a range of text-based information, typically including national, international and sporting news, weather and TV schedules...
was introduced, whereas the digitalization started in 1986. In 1989, Radio Ljubljana started transmitting an RDS
Radio Data System
Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...
signal.
At first, TV Ljubljana's second television network primarily relayed programs from other Yugoslav television stations. In the late 1980s, however, the percentage of TV Ljubljana's own programs on the second network increased dramatically.
A year before Slovenia's independence in 1991, the institution was renamed to Radiotelevizija Slovenija (from RTV Ljubljana). On 1 January 1993, RTV Slovenija 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...
following the collapse of Yugoslavia, and began participation in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
.
In the mid- to late 1990s, TV Slovenia began to face increased competition from Slovenia's commercial television stations
Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship...
. In 1995, RTV Slovenija published its first web page. Radio digitalization started in 1995, whereas the digitalization of television broadcasting started in 1999.
In 1997, satellite broadcasting started via Hot Bird 3. In 2001, RTV Slovenija's Multimedia Centre was established to help introduce new technologies. A new multimedia web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
was introduced in 2002. This portal includes regular news updates, broadcast archives, and the live transmission on line of most services, both radio and television. RSS feeds were introduced in 2005. On 12 November 2005 a law was passed stating that Radio-television Slovenia is “a public institution of special cultural and national importance..."
In May 2008 TV Slovenia began to air new TV channel – TV Slovenija 3 for live Parliament coverage. In August 2008 TV Slovenia broadcasted first HD
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
event – Olympic Games 2008 on test DVB-T channel. In 2011, analogue signal was abandoned.
National
RTV Slovenija's national radio networks are based in Ljubljana and broadcast in Slovene. They can be heard throughout Slovenia.- Prvi program (first programme): A traditional generalist service carrying news and news reports, a variety of specialized broadcasts, and a wide range of music
- Val 202: A more populistPopulismPopulism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social...
service with the emphasis on popular music, news bulletins and updates, talk segments, lifestyle reports, and live sports coverage - ARS: A cultural service concentrating on classical music, radio dramaRadio dramaRadio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
, and other cultural programming
Regional
RTV Slovenija's regional radio stations are based in regional RTV centres, and broadcast in Slovenian and/or the languages of the indigenous minorities in the area. They can be heard only in their own regions.The stations are:
- Radio Koper (in Slovenian, based in Koper, received in the Slovenian LittoralSlovenian LittoralThe Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....
) - Radio Capodistria (in Italian, based in Koper, received in Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...
, Slovenian Littoral, and IstriaIstriaIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
) - Radio Maribor (in Slovenian, based in Maribor, received in Northeastern Slovenia)
- MMR – Pomurski madžarski radio (broadcasting in Hungarian, based in RTV Maribor's LendavaLendavaLendava is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene...
studio, received in PrekmurjePrekmurjePrekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...
)
Other
Other radio services:- Radio Slovenia International (RSi; in English and German, based in Maribor, heard in various places around Slovenia and southeastern Austria; for expatriates, tourists, English-speaking Slovenians, and foreigners)
Television services
RTV Slovenija operates three national and two regional television services. All except Tele M can be watched online.National
RTV Slovenija's national television networks can be watched all over Slovenia and are based in Ljubljana. They are broadcast in Slovenian.- TV Slovenija 1: A general-interest television service with newscasts, feature films, documentaries, talk shows, series, children's programming, variety shows, and live coverage of significant national events.
- TV Slovenija 2: A more specialized service with programs generally aimed at narrower audiences, sitcoms, a wide range of live sports coverage, but virtually no news.
- TV Slovenija 3: Specialized service dedicated to airing full unedited proceedings of the Slovenian Parliament and Committees live, it also features documentaries, interviews and news.
- TV Slovenija HD: TVS 1 & TVS 2 in high-definition
Regional
Each of the regional RTV centres has its own television facilities. While TV Koper/Capodistria is bilingual (Italian and Slovenian), the Hungarian public has no regional station, but has regular broadcasts on TV Slovenija 1.The regional stations are:
- TV Koper/CapodistriaTV Koper/CapodistriaTV Koper Capodistria is a bilingual, Slovene-Italian language television channel based in Koper, Slovenia. Mainly founded by state aids, the channel serves the Italian-speaking minority in Slovenia and Croatia...
(in Slovenian and Italian, based in Koper, received in Primorska, IstriaIstriaIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
, and parts of Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...
via a terrestrialTerrestrial televisionTerrestrial television is a mode of television broadcasting which does not involve satellite transmission or cables — typically using radio waves through transmitting and receiving antennas or television antenna aerials...
signal, and throughout Slovenia via cableCable televisionCable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
)
- Televizija Maribor (in Slovenian, based in Maribor, received in Northeastern Slovenia) Also has Hungarian language programming.
Ident history
| Years | Description |
|---|---|
| September 1990 – today | Boy with a Flute and name in two versions: a longer "RADIOTELEVIZIJA SLOVENIJA" or a shorter "RTV SLO". |
Clocks
Clocks on TV Slovenija were introduced in 1959.The current clock is used from 2007 until now. The clock is white on the blue background, next to the clock is advert. (Was changed slightly in 2009, where the name "TELEVIZIJA SLOVENIJA" was moved from beside the clock to the clock's face and changing tip seconds from white to red.)
Test cards
The test card TV Slovenija is PM5544, introduced in 1960s. Nowadays test cards are rarely broadcast.- 1960s–1970s PM5544 with upper text "JRT" and lower text "RTV-LJNA".
- 1970s–September 1990 The testcard has again been modified, where updated upper text to "RTV-1" or "RTV-2".
- September 1990-now Modified testcard. Upper text are "TV SLO1" or "TV SLO2", lower text is "SLOVENIJA".
SLO1
- 1960s–1980s opens at 11:30 and close at 22:30 along with other stations of the Yugoslav Radio Television broadcast system
- 1980s–23 June 1991 opens at 08:00 and close at 23:00 along with other stations of the Yugoslav Radio Television broadcast system
- 24 June 1991–1994 opens at 08:00 and close at 00:00
- 1994–1997 opens at 06:00 and close at 00:30
- 1998–2000 opens at 05:30 and close at 01:00
- 2000–2002 opens at 05:00 and close at 01:30
- 2002–present: 24 hour
SLO2
- 1970s–June 1991 opens at 18:00 and close at 22:00 along with other Yugoslavian channel 2's
- September 1990–1995 opens at 11:00 and close at 23:00
- 1995–2000 opens at 09:30 and close at 00:00
- 2000–2004 opens at 06:00 and close at 01:00
- 2004–present: 24 hour