Bulgarian National Television

Bulgarian National Television

BNT headquarters in Sofia
Type	Public broadcasting
Country	Bulgaria
Founded	25 December 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-25)
Headquarters	Ulitsa San Stefano 29, 1504 Sofia
Broadcast area	Bulgaria and parts of its bordering countries
Owner	Republic of Bulgaria as a statutory corporation
Key people	Emil Koshlukov (General Director)
Former names	BT (1959-1992)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9
Official website	www.bnt.bg
Language	Bulgarian

The Bulgarian National Television (Bulgarian: Българска национална телевизия, Balgarska natsionalna televizia) or BNT (БНТ), stylized as ·Б·Н·Т· since 2018, is a public television broadcaster of Bulgaria. BNT was founded in 1959 and started broadcasting on December 26 of the same year.^[1] It was the first television service to broadcast on the territory of Bulgaria.

BNT is a member of International Radio and Television Organisation (to 31 December 1992), European Broadcasting Union (from 1 January 1993), EGTA, IMZ, CIRCOM Regional, FIAT and BBLF.