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BTV (Bulgaria)
BTV (stylised as bTV) is the first private national television channel in Bulgaria. Owned by bTV Media Group, part of Central European Media Enterprises, and commanding a 37% market share, it is reportedly the television channel with the largest viewing audience in the country.
The network was previously owned by Balkan News Corporation, part of News Corporation. On February 18, 2010, after months of negotiations, News Corp announced that it would sell 94% of bTV (along with bTV Comedy and bTV Cinema) to Central European Media Enterprises. The US$400M deal was completed in the second quarter of 2010.
bTV is broadcast terrestrially in Bulgaria and by satellite internationally. Most of the channel's original content is available on its Internet site. bTV's first broadcast was on 1 June 2000 using BNT transmitters for Efir 2. The channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day on February 18, 2001, after having gradually extended its programming. On October 7, 2012, the channel began broadcasting in HD, while the old SD channel converted to a 16:9 format for most programs.
bTV is the leading channel in the bTV Media Group family, which includes bTV Comedy, bTV Cinema, bTV Action, bTV Story, and RING. The company also owns five local radio stations: bTV Radio, N-JOY, Z-Rock, Classic FM, and Jazz FM.
bTV was scheduled to launch on 1 June 2000 with a two-hour schedule. The channel employed a staff of 150 at launch. The airtime was to be increased to six hours from July and eighteen hours from October. Most of the staff and programming was American, hoping to bring local investors. Executive director Albert Parsons had arrived to Bulgaria after assisting in the reorganization process of Fox affiliates WDFX-TV and WPGX, which at the time were owned by Waitt Media.
bTV airs reality shows like:
and TV games like Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (under the name Tova go znae vsyako hlape" "Every kid knows that", 2007–2009). bTV also broadcast the Bulgarian version of ABC`s show The Dating Game under the name Love games (Gorchivo, 2007–2009). The first season of the Bulgarian version of the slovak TV show Modre Z Neba (Best wishes) was aired in the fall of 2012 under the name Predaj natatak i.e. Pass it on. The first season of the Bulgarian version of the German comedy show Schillerstraße was aired in 2013, under the name Mladost 5, that is the name of a quarter in Sofia. In the fall of 2013 bTV offered the viewers 4 brand new TV shows in primetime - the first season of the Bulgarian version of Star Safari under the name Afrika: zvezdite sigurno sa poludeli (i.e. Africa: the stars must've gone mad), the Bulgarian version of The Price Is Right - That's the price, a new culinary show - A Pinch of Salt (local version of Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live) and the Bulgarian version of the Italian comedy show Striscia la notizia under the name The Naked Truth (Golata istina). bTV also produces the Bulgarian versions of My mom cooks better than yours, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (under the name Brigada: Nov dom), Hollywood Game Night (under the name Igrite na zvezdite), The Story of my life, Wife Swap (Smeni zhenata, 2017–2022), The Nikolas Tsitiridis Show from 2020-2023, the Bulgarian version of Who wants to be a millionaire? (Stani Bogat, 2021–).
Popular American TV series such as Monk (all of the seasons), The O.C. (all seasons), Desperate Housewives (seasons 1–6), Ghost Whisperer (seasons 1–3), Grey's Anatomy (seasons 1–6), Battlestar Galactica (all the seasons), Alf (all the seasons), Friends (all seasons), Ally McBeal (all seasons), The Unit (season 1), The 4400 (season 1), American Heiress (all the episodes), The Middle (seasons 1–3), Nikita (seasons 1–2), Pretty Little Liars (seasons 1–2), The Vampire Diaries (seasons 1–3), The Lying Game (all the seasons), Two and a Half Men (seasons 1–9), Dallas (all seasons), Desire (all the episodes) and many others were or are also part of bTV's programme. A lot of Turkish series are still part of the schedule of television. In the Summer of 2011 bTV first aired a Korean series - Iris and in the Summer of 2013 again first aired an Indian soap opera - Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai and Diya Aur Baati Hum.
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BTV (Bulgaria)
BTV (stylised as bTV) is the first private national television channel in Bulgaria. Owned by bTV Media Group, part of Central European Media Enterprises, and commanding a 37% market share, it is reportedly the television channel with the largest viewing audience in the country.
The network was previously owned by Balkan News Corporation, part of News Corporation. On February 18, 2010, after months of negotiations, News Corp announced that it would sell 94% of bTV (along with bTV Comedy and bTV Cinema) to Central European Media Enterprises. The US$400M deal was completed in the second quarter of 2010.
bTV is broadcast terrestrially in Bulgaria and by satellite internationally. Most of the channel's original content is available on its Internet site. bTV's first broadcast was on 1 June 2000 using BNT transmitters for Efir 2. The channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day on February 18, 2001, after having gradually extended its programming. On October 7, 2012, the channel began broadcasting in HD, while the old SD channel converted to a 16:9 format for most programs.
bTV is the leading channel in the bTV Media Group family, which includes bTV Comedy, bTV Cinema, bTV Action, bTV Story, and RING. The company also owns five local radio stations: bTV Radio, N-JOY, Z-Rock, Classic FM, and Jazz FM.
bTV was scheduled to launch on 1 June 2000 with a two-hour schedule. The channel employed a staff of 150 at launch. The airtime was to be increased to six hours from July and eighteen hours from October. Most of the staff and programming was American, hoping to bring local investors. Executive director Albert Parsons had arrived to Bulgaria after assisting in the reorganization process of Fox affiliates WDFX-TV and WPGX, which at the time were owned by Waitt Media.
bTV airs reality shows like:
and TV games like Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (under the name Tova go znae vsyako hlape" "Every kid knows that", 2007–2009). bTV also broadcast the Bulgarian version of ABC`s show The Dating Game under the name Love games (Gorchivo, 2007–2009). The first season of the Bulgarian version of the slovak TV show Modre Z Neba (Best wishes) was aired in the fall of 2012 under the name Predaj natatak i.e. Pass it on. The first season of the Bulgarian version of the German comedy show Schillerstraße was aired in 2013, under the name Mladost 5, that is the name of a quarter in Sofia. In the fall of 2013 bTV offered the viewers 4 brand new TV shows in primetime - the first season of the Bulgarian version of Star Safari under the name Afrika: zvezdite sigurno sa poludeli (i.e. Africa: the stars must've gone mad), the Bulgarian version of The Price Is Right - That's the price, a new culinary show - A Pinch of Salt (local version of Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live) and the Bulgarian version of the Italian comedy show Striscia la notizia under the name The Naked Truth (Golata istina). bTV also produces the Bulgarian versions of My mom cooks better than yours, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (under the name Brigada: Nov dom), Hollywood Game Night (under the name Igrite na zvezdite), The Story of my life, Wife Swap (Smeni zhenata, 2017–2022), The Nikolas Tsitiridis Show from 2020-2023, the Bulgarian version of Who wants to be a millionaire? (Stani Bogat, 2021–).
Popular American TV series such as Monk (all of the seasons), The O.C. (all seasons), Desperate Housewives (seasons 1–6), Ghost Whisperer (seasons 1–3), Grey's Anatomy (seasons 1–6), Battlestar Galactica (all the seasons), Alf (all the seasons), Friends (all seasons), Ally McBeal (all seasons), The Unit (season 1), The 4400 (season 1), American Heiress (all the episodes), The Middle (seasons 1–3), Nikita (seasons 1–2), Pretty Little Liars (seasons 1–2), The Vampire Diaries (seasons 1–3), The Lying Game (all the seasons), Two and a Half Men (seasons 1–9), Dallas (all seasons), Desire (all the episodes) and many others were or are also part of bTV's programme. A lot of Turkish series are still part of the schedule of television. In the Summer of 2011 bTV first aired a Korean series - Iris and in the Summer of 2013 again first aired an Indian soap opera - Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai and Diya Aur Baati Hum.