B1 TV
Country | Romania |
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Broadcast area | Romania |
Headquarters | Bucharest |
Programming | |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | B1 TV Channel SRL |
History | |
Launched | December 14, 2001 |
Links | |
Website | www.b1.ro |
B1 TV is a Romanian television network which began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile channel and became a news channel in 2011. B1 TV broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week all over the country.
Overview
B1 TV is now broadcast via satellite through all analog and digital cable networks and has a 92% geographical covering.[citation needed]
History
B1 TV first broadcast in December 2001, as a local general-profile station in Bucharest, Romania. In 2004, News Corporation purchased 12.5% of the network's shares.
In 2010, SC B1 TV Channel SRL purchased the audiovisual license for all programs under the name “B1”.
B1 TV's rebranding took place in March 2011 and became an infotainment TV channel. Two months later, in May, The National Audiovisual Council (CNA) extended B1 TV's broadcast license up to nine years. In September 2011, B1 TV officially became a news television station and has been broadcasting as such ever since.
Since the fall of 2011, B1 TV has broadcast in a “news and current affairs” format that involves a significant number of news programs and debates.[citation needed]
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Logo used until 2011
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