"Belarus-TV" - 1 year on the air

29.01.2006

Press release Owing to the efforts of the Belarusian diaspora in Moldova, there is a transmitter operating in Bendery. About 5 million viewers can watch Belarusian programs and films 17 hours a day through the cable networks of 12 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, Australia, Latvia, Estonia, etc.


Press release


Owing to the efforts of the Belarusian diaspora in Moldova, there is a transmitter operating in Bendery. About 5 million viewers can watch Belarusian programs and films 17 hours a day through the cable networks of 12 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, Australia, Latvia, Estonia, etc.
"Belarus-TV" is available live online at www.tvr.by. The largest audience of the channel is in USA, Canada, Germany, Israel, Portugal, Spain. Below are some of the responses we received:
“I have been living in Chicago for 16 years already and really looking forward to this moment, because I still miss my homeland - Belarus. Now finally I can watch the best programs of the Belarusian channels online. Alas, the television signal fails to reach America so far, but this is no snag for the opportunity to watch "Belarus-TV" online is truly unique…” (Jury Epstein).
“Hello! We live in Spain … Congrats on the launch of your online service. Thank you for bringing us - those who live far away from home - closer to Belarus” (Inna).
An average of 30,000 watch "Belarus-TV" from the website of Belteleradiocompany every month.
Over one year of operation, "Belarus-TV" was featured at numerous exhibitions and fora both home and abroad, including ХI Kiev International TV and Radio Fair (Ukraine), NATEXPO-2005 (Russia), XXVII Conference and Exhibition “Network Convergence - Business, Technologies, Management” (Poland), etc.
"Belarus-TV" became the first foreign channel in Russia to obtain a license to broadcast via cable networks.
“Recently I have been spending more time watching you channel, because I love to criticize and never miss a chance to do it, but in this case I cannot bring myself to criticizing, for there are very few things to criticize on which is good to know, of course. I wish your channel creative progress and new ideas” (Valery, Vilnius).
“I read online somewhere that there was "Belarus-TV" operating since 1 February 2005. I am very interested in how the life is in modern Belarus, especially since Russian channels do not cover it enough and sometimes even with a bias. Therefore the availability of "Belarus-TV" is of great account” (Vladimir, Russia).
At the 8th EurAsian TV Forum held 9-13 November 2005 in Moscow, "Belarus-TV" was called “the highlight of the year in the information field of EurAsia”, Belteleradiocompany was awarded a special diploma for building the single information environment in EurAsia and a special commemorative medal.