Belarus 1
Беларусь 1
CountryBelarus
Broadcast areaCIS region - Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
Europe - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia
HeadquartersMinsk, Belarus
Programming
Language(s)Russian, Belarusian
Picture format1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNational State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus
Sister channelsBelarus 2
Belarus 3
Belarus 4
Belarus 5
Belarus 24
NTV-Belarus
History
Launched1 January 1956 (1956-01-01) (as Belteleradio)
Replaced byTeleExpo
Former namesThe Belarusian Program of Central Television
SBO
Links
Websitehttps://www.tvr.by
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-TMUX 1 (1)
Belintersat-111350 H
Streaming media
https://www.tvr.by/live-broadcast/

Belarus 1 (Belarusian: Беларусь 1) is a state-owned television channel in Belarus.

It is the oldest television channel in the country. The channel is on air from 6:00 am to 2:00 am on the next day, in contrast with most public channels in Europe, which broadcast 24-hour programming. It is used to spread propaganda in Belarus.[1]

History

The channel was launched on 1 January 1956, as the Belarusian branch of the Soviet Central Television, after months of preparation. The first spoken words were Good evening! Happy New Year. Today, we start our test run. spoken by Tamara Bastun.[2] Broadcasts were initially running for 2–3 hours every evening on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Censorship and propaganda

International experts and the Belarusian democracy movement have traditionally called state television one of the most important propaganda tools of Lukashenko's regime. It is accused of disinformation, propaganda of political repression, election manipulation, and insulting critics of the regime.[3][4]

Employees and top managers of state television companies, including Belteleradiocompany, which owns Belarus 1, have been repeatedly put in the EU-led list of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus,[5][6][7][8] have been included in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List,[6] the sanction lists of the United Kingdom,[9] Switzerland.[10][11]

According to a journalist who left the channel during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests in August 2020, Belarus 1 was severely censored.[12] For example, there was a list of people whose names could not be mentioned in the news, which included opposition politicians, there was a blacklist of economists and political scientists, who could not be asked for comments, the use of the words "Stalinism," "cult of personality," " Gulag" was prohibited.[12] TV news unit journalist Alyaksandr Luchonak, who also resigned in protest of propaganda, also confirmed the existence of censorship.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Marples, David (2013-01-22). "Belarus Starts Propaganda War Against the EU". Eurasia Daily Monitor. 10 (11).
  2. ↑ "Belarus-1 TV is 60!". Belarus TV. 3 Jan 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-01-15. Retrieved 5 Aug 2021.
  3. ↑ Лещенко, Сергій (2011-11-08). "Посол Польщі Генрик Літвін: Втратити добрий час – це великий ризик для України" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. Archived from the original on 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2021-05-05. Або подивіться на ситуацію в мас-медіа. У Білорусії існують тільки державні ЗМІ, крім інтернету. А так звані незалежні білоруські газети працюють в таких умовах, що можна сказати, що вони стали тільки орнаментом для системи. Телебачення в Білорусії є виключно державною пропагандою
  4. ↑ Lucas, Edward (2017-01-20). "Edward Lucas Podcast: Belarus propaganda". Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-05. in Belarus the state television maintains Soviet levels of venom and mendacity
  5. ↑ "Поўны спіс 208 беларускіх чыноўнікаў, якім забаронены ўезд у ЕС". Наша Ніва (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. 2011-10-11. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  6. 1 2 Мария Садовская. "Суровые и спорные" (in Russian). Belorusy i rynok. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  7. ↑ МГ/АА (2021-06-21). "Евросоюз утвердил новый пакет санкций против представителей Беларуси. Кто в списке?" (in Russian). Belsat TV. Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  8. ↑ "EUR-Lex - 02012D0642-20210621 - EN - EUR-Lex". EUR-Lex. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  9. ↑ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury. 2021-06-25.
  10. ↑ Shields, Michael (2021-07-07). Liffey, Kevin (ed.). "Swiss widen sanctions list against Belarus". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  11. ↑ "Sanctions program: Belarus: Verordnung vom 11. Dezember 2020 über Massnahmen gegenüber Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), Anhang 1 Origin: EU Sanctions: Art. 2 Abs. 1 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 3 Abs. 1 (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot)" (PDF). Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft. 2021-07-07. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  12. 1 2 Неведомская, Татьяна (2020-08-29). "Машина пропаганды в Беларуси: бывшие журналисты госСМИ о своей работе" (in Russian). Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  13. ↑ Ставская, Яна (2020-08-13). "В Беларуси журналист уволился с госТВ и объяснил, как работает пропаганда Лукашенко" (in Russian). Ukrainian Independent Information Agency. Archived from the original on 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2020-10-12.


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