Radio Television Brunei

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Radio Television Brunei
Native name
Radio Televisyen Brunei
Company typeCrown corporation
IndustryMass media
Predecessors
  • Radio Brunei (1957–1975)
  • Televisyen Brunei (1975)
Founded2 May 1957; 67 years ago (1957-05-02)
HeadquartersSecretariat Building, Jalan Elizabeth II,
Bandar Seri Begawan
,
Brunei BA8610
Area served
Nationwide[a]
Key people
Pengiran Ismail Pengiran Muhammad Kifli (Acting Director)
Products
Services
  • Television
  • radio
  • online
OwnerGovernment of Brunei
Number of employees
5,000 (2021)
ParentPrime Minister's Office
Websitewww.rtb.gov.bn

Radio Television Brunei (Malay: Radio Televisyen Brunei, Jawi: راديو تيليۏيشين بروني, officially abbreviated as RTB) is the national public broadcaster of Brunei, headquartered at the Secretariat Building, Bandar Seri Begawan. Radio Brunei made its first broadcast on 2 May 1957,[1] with a television service starting on 1 March 1975. Modelled after Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), which is a government department, RTB came into its current state with its present name in 1975 after the merger of its radio and television services.[2]

RTB monopolises the free-to-air television in the country, and also radio until 1999, when the country's only commercial radio station, Kristal FM was founded. Currently, it operates 3 television channels and 5 radio stations as well as an over-the-top streaming service, RTB Go. The broadcaster's logo was based from the national emblem of Brunei.[3]


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  1. ^ "Radio expansion for Brunei". The Singapore Free Press. 23 February 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Brunei Television Services continue to Move Forward". The Free Library. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "RTB penghubung, penyampai maklumat kerajaan kepada masyarakat". Pelita Brunei. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.