VTV7
Vietnam Television, or VTV (Vietnamese: Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam), is the national television broadcaster of Vietnam.
History[edit]
The first television broadcast in Vietnam was in 1966 when the United States set up 2-channels (1-Vietnamese and 1-English) in Saigon for the Republic of Vietnam. Named Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam (Vietnam Television), the network operated until the fall of Saigon.
VTV was established with technical assistance and training from Cuba on 7 September 1970, in Hanoi, as a department of Voice of Vietnam. 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 experimented in 1978 and adopted the French SECAM standard and fully implemented in 1986.[1] Vietnam Television became an official name on 30 April 1987. And by 1990, VTV viewers had two national TV channels to choose from as VTV2 was launched and that year switched to PAL.[2][3]
VTV's regional broadcasting centres are located in Ho Chi Minh City, Huế, Da Nang, Nha Trang (formerly in Phú Yên), and Cần Thơ. 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 51 provinces have their own television stations.[citation needed]
From 19th March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, and to taking safety precautions, Vietnam Television temporarily suspended the overnight timeslot on most channels, with the exceptions of VTV1, VTV4 & VTV7, and limiting the broadcast times to 19 hours per day. The overnight timeslot had been returned at these channels at 12am, 1st May 2020.
Channels[edit]
VTV today has the following channels:[4][5][6][7]
- VTV1: News and current affairs channel; 24/7.[8] The channel also broadcasts live important national events and parliament meetings. Music and movies are the only fields that largely fall outside its format. VTV1 initially broadcast on 7 September 1970. An HD version of VTV1 was launched on 31 March 2014. It is considered as one of seven must-carry national channels, and it must be caried free-to-air by all satellite and cable providers in Vietnam.
- VTV2: Science and education channel; broadcast 24/7. The channel also broadcasts China and South Korea TV series. VTV2 started transmission on 1 January 1990. An HD version of VTV2 was launched on 19 May 2015.
- VTV3: Entertainment channel, broadcast 24/7. VTV3 launched on 31 March 1996. An HD version of VTV3 was launched on 31 March 2013. This channel is the first channel in VTV to broadcast in High Definition.
- VTV4: An international channel launched in 1998, offering a best-of package of programming from VTV's domestic channels to Vietnamese worldwide, now available at Taiwan CHT MOD Channel 215 and Malaysia at ABNXcess Channel 311. An HD version of VTV4 was launched on 19 June 2015.
- VTV5: Ethnic language channel, broadcast 24/7. VTV5 launched on 10 February 2002. An HD version of VTV5 was launched on 1 July 2015.
- VTV6: Youth channel that targets an audience between 18–34 years old and sports shows and events, broadcast 24/7. VTV6 started broadcasting on 29 April 2007. An HD version of VTV6 launched on 7 September 2013.
- VTV7: National education television channel, broadcast from 6:00 to 24:00. VTV7 and VTV7 HD both soft-launched from 20 November 2015 and began broadcasting officially from 1 January 2016.
- VTV8: Specialized channel for viewers in the Central and Central Highlands region of Vietnam, broadcast 24/7. VTV8 and VTV8 HD launched on 1 January 2016.
- VTV9: Specialized channel for viewers in the Southern region of Vietnam, launched on 8 October 2007; HD simulcast launched on 28 August 2015.
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- ↑ Giới thiệu VTV - Đài Truyền Hình Việt Nam | VTV.VN
- ↑ VTV Official Site - Overall Archived 3 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ VTV Official Site - Milestones Archived 27 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ VTV Official site - Channel list Archived 30 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ vtv6.vtv.vn. "VTV6 - Ban Thanh thiếu niên - Đài Truyền Hình Việt Nam". VTV6. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "VTV sẽ có thêm 3 kênh truyền hình mới". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ra mắt kênh truyền hình VTV9". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ↑ "Lịch phát sóng - Lịch phát sóng truyền hình VTV - VTV.VN". Đài truyền hình Việt Nam. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
