BNT 1 (БНТ 1) is a
Bulgarian-language public television station founded in 1959 which began
broadcasting on December 26 the same year. The
headquarters are located in
Sofia,
Bulgaria. BNT 1 is run by the
Bulgarian National Television.
When it was initially launched, the channel was called simply
Bulgarian Television (
Българска телевизия), as it was the only channel available. When a second state-owned channel was started in 1974, it was renamed to
First Programme (
Първа програма), and later to
"BT 1" (
БТ 1) (with
BT still referring to
Bulgarian Television). In 1991, BT 1 and BT 2 were given separate visual designs and were renamed respectively to
Channel 1 (
Канал 1) and
Efir 2 (
Ефир 2). In this period, the channel was also referred to as
BNT Channel 1 (
Канал 1 на БНТ), to show that it was operated by the BNT. On 14 September 2008 BNT Channel 1 changed its name once more, this time to
"BNT 1" in an effort to put all BNT channels under a single banner (e.g., the
Plovdiv TV Channel will become BNT Plovdiv). It is speculated that a future digital second channel by the BNT will similarly be called
BNT 2. The channel broadcasts sports like the
UEFA Europa League along whit
bTV Action and
RING.BG. The channel, along whith
TV7 holds the rights to the
Bulgarian Football Championship.
Current programming
- Panorama (Панорама)
- Around the World and at Home (По света и у нас,in Bulgarian)-......
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