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Vietnam Television
TypeAnalog television network
BrandingVTV
Country
Vietnam
AvailabilityWorldwide via satellite
Launch date
September 7, 1970
Official website
http://www.vtv.vn or http://www.vtv.gov.vn

Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.

History

The first television broadcasts in Vietnam were in the 1960s when the United States set up 2-channels (1-Vietnamese and 1-English in Saigon - today Ho Chi Minh City Television).

VTV was established with technical assistance and training from Cuba on September 7, 1970, in Hanoi.[1][2] During the Vietnam War it broadcast intermittently from a mountainous region.

After Reunification in 1975, the former US-run stations in the south became part of the national network and broadcasting was extended to the entire country.

Color television was introduced in 1978. Vietnam Television became an official name on April 30, 1987. And by 1990, VTV viewers had two national TV channels to choose from.[1][2]

VTV's regional broadcasting centers are located in Ho Chi Minh City, Huế, Da Nang, Phu Yen, Nha Trang, Cần Thơ, Vinh and Tam Dao. Programming is relayed nationwide via a network of provincial and municipal television stations. There are transmitters in most outlying areas of the country. By 2003, more than 80% of all urban households owned a television set. The percentage was considerably less in rural areas, but even the most remote village cafe has a TV and video or DVD player.[citation needed]

In addition, each major city and most of the 64 provinces have their own television stations.[citation needed]

Channels

VTV today has the following channels:[3][4][5][6]

Terrestrial channels (3)

  • VTV1 (channel 9): News and current affairs, broadcast 24/7 .[7] VTV1 initially broadcast on September 7, 1970.
  • VTV2 (channel 11): Science, technology and education, broadcast 24/7. VTV2 initially broadcast on January 1, 1990.
  • VTV3 (channel 22): Sports and entertainment, broadcast 24/7. VTV3 was started on March 31, 1996.
  • VTV6: Youth channel, broadcast 24/7. VTV6 was started on April 29, 2007

International channels (1)

  • VTV4: An international channel launched in 2000, offering a best-of package of programming from the three domestic channels to Vietnamese worldwide.

Cable/satellite channels (5)

Regional channels (5)

Since 2003, all above channels have also been made available via satellite. In addition, VTV has also offered 15 channels in the system of cable television VCTV, including many translated programs from Reuters, ESPN, Discovery Channel, BBC plus about 40 original channels but users have to pay for these programs.

List of channels on VCTV (Vietnam Television)

EPG No. EPG Name Channel Name Channel Type Availability Notes
1 VTV1 VTV1 Free TV Free-to-air Entertainment and News Vietnam Television now owned VTV due to in 2000 and operated due to Vietnam Cable Television (VCTV) under all the contract
2 VTV2 VTV2 Free TV Free-to-air Education and Science Channel
3 VTV3 VTV3 Free TV Free-to-air Sports, Entertainment and Format Aconomy due to Vietnam Cable Television and operated by the VTV under contract
4 VTV4 VTV4 Free TV Free-to-air International News and News Channel now owned VTV due to in 2000 and operated due to Vietnam Cable Television (VCTV) under all the contract

Programming

VTV has its own film production company, the Vietnam Television Film Center, or VFC, which makes made-for-television movies and miniseries. However, only about 30% of the entertainment programming shown on VTV is made locally. The rest is imported and dubbed in Vietnamese. Shows include Korean and Chinese serial melodramas, which are the mainstay of nightly programming on VTV3.

Aside from news and current affairs programming, VTV1 devotes itself to orchestral concerts, ballets, traditional theater and ethnic minority culture shows.

VTV4 has been criticized by Vietnamese emigrees who find the channel's one-sided support of the one-party Communist state distressing and offensive.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b VTV Official Site - Overall
  2. ^ a b VTV Official Site - Milestones
  3. ^ VTV Official site - Channel list
  4. ^ VTV6 (Vietnamese)
  5. ^ Center for Press and International Communication Cooperation - Ministry of Information and Communication, Vietnam (Vietnamese)
  6. ^ Center for Press and International Communication Cooperation - Ministry of Information and Communication, Vietnam (Vietnamese)
  7. ^ http://www.vtv.vn/LichPS/Index
  8. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/01/1070127351359.html
  9. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/19/1071337155787.html?from=storyrhs
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