On January 1, 1956 newscaster Tamara Bastun for the first time turned to TV audience of Minsk: "Good evening! Happy New Year! We start our test broadcasting…".
It was the first year of Belarusian television. Hardly 4 000 people accepted programs of Belarusian TV; Minsk-based TV-center televised 6 hours a day and covered 60 km radius around Belarusian capital.

Today Belarusian TV is one of the biggest broadcasters in Europe, the company is equipped in accordance to modern standards and only the best professionals work there.

"Belarus 1" is:
True and operational information. New projects and documentaries produced by TV Inforserice: information-analytical programs, reporters’ investigations and documentary series.

"Belarus 1" is:
Over 100 new movies demonstrations in the new seasons, all genres and directions of popular TV series.

"Belarus 1" is:
Sport of high achievements, broadcasts of the biggest world forums.

Having rich traditions, "Belarus 1" uses the latest technologies of TV production, researches and uses interests and demands of the audience and does best so that a viewer every time switching the channel would say: "It is the First!".