Bulgarian National Television

Bulgarian National Television
TypePublic broadcasting
Country
Founded25 December 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-25)
HeadquartersUlitsa San Stefano 29, 1504 Sofia
Broadcast area
Bulgaria and parts of its bordering countries
OwnerRepublic 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
LanguageBulgarian

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.

  1. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2020-03-28.