Vietnam Television

For other uses, see Vietnam Television (1966–75).
Vietnam Television (VTV)
Đài truyền hình Việt Nam
Type Broadcast television
Country Vietnam
Availability Nationwide
International
Headquarters Hanoi, Vietnam
Owner Government of Vietnam
Launch date
 7 September 1970
Former names
 Hanoi Radio Television (7 September 1970 – 26 January 1973)
Vietnam Television System (27 January 1973 – 4 July 1976)
Central Television (5 January 1976 – 30 April 1987)
Picture format
 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Official website
 vtv.vn

Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster of the Vietnam. See Vietnam Television for the former national TV-radio broadcasters in South Vietnam.

History

The Old Logo of Vietnam Television until the 2013 refresh.

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), the network operated until the fall of Saigon.

VTV was established with technical assistance and training from Cuba on 6 September 1970, in Hanoi, as an department of VOV. During the Vietnam War it broadcast intermittently from a mountainous regional.

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 30 April 1987. And by 1990, VTV viewers had two national TV channels to choose from as VTV-2 was launched that year.[1][2]

VTV's regional broadcasting centres are located in Ho Chi Minh City, Huế, Da Nang, Phu Yen, Nha Trang, 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.

In addition, each major city and most of the 51 provinces have their own television stations.

Channels

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

Defunct 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 satellite television called VTVCab, including many translated programs from Reuters, ESPN, Disney Channel, Discovery Channel, BBC plus about 40 original channels but users have to pay for these programs.

From 1 January 2016, some regional channels will cease programming or be re-developed. VTV Huế, VTV Đà Nẵng, and VTV Phú Yên will cease programming and merge to form VTV8, a specific channel for Central and Highland Regions of Vietnam. Both the now-airing VTV9 (which was only for Ho Chi Minh City and Southeast Vietnam regions) and VTV Cần Thơ 1 (which was only for Cần Thơ City and Hậu Giang Province) will be merged to form the new VTV9 for both southeast and southwest of Vietnam, while VTV Cần Thơ 2 will also merge to form VTV5 HD, a Khmer-style (or any other regional) channel.

Future channels

List of VTV channels on VTVcab (Vietnam Cable Television Corporation)

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 by VTV due to in 1999 and 2013 and operated due to Vietnam Cable Television Corporation (VTVCab) 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 Foreign Affairs Channel now owned and operated by VTV
5 VTV5 VTV5 Free TV Free-to-air Channel for several ethnic groups in Vietnam , owned and operated by VTV

Programming

VTV has its own film production company, the Vietnam Television Film Centre, 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 theatre and ethnic minority culture shows.

Also, in Chinese New Year's Eve, VTV simulcasts some programmes and comedy show like Year's Last Afternoon, News Special, Gặp nhau cuối năm, music concerts, firework shows... until 2 a.m.

VTV Worldwide Bureau

Currently, VTV has 11 bureau at:
• Vientiane, Laos
• Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Singapore (ASEAN Region)
• Beijing, China
• Tokyo, Japan
• Moscow, Russia
• Brussels, Belgium (Europe Region)
• London, United Kingdom
• Washington D.C., United States
• New York City, United States
• Los Angeles, United States

Criticism and Controversies

VTV4 has been criticised by Vietnamese emigrees who find the channel's one-sided support of the one-party Communist state distressing and offensive.[10][11]

According to Thanh Niên News, in 28 February 2016, VTV has admitted that it used copyrighted content without permission in some of its programs, confirming that the violation has caused its YouTube channel to be blocked. On this day, the network, better known as VTV, was notified by YouTube that the video sharing website had received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding videos on VTV's official YouTube page. The page was blocked the following morning. VTV then told local press that some of its editors used some footage they found online in their news and current affairs programs without asking permission of the copyright holders. The programs were then uploaded on the YouTube page. The case was exposed after Bui Minh Tuan, 35, reported to Google that VTV had repeatedly used his flycam videos, posted on his YouTube page named Yamaha Trung Ta, without seeking his permission. Tuan, who runs a motorcycle trading company in the central province of Quang Tri, told news website ICTNews he had spent a lot of time and money to produce the aerial videos capturing beautiful scenes across the country. He claimed that over the past year he had sent many complaints to VTV, the Department of Copyright and the Ministry of Information and Communications to report around 20 copyright violations by VTV, but to no avail. Tuan decided to report the case to Google, the owner of YouTube. Since September he had reportedly filed three complaints. He told ICTNews he is not trying to seek damages and that he wants VTV to respect copyright laws. Tuan said VTV needs to publicly apologize to him in a news program and hold a press conference on the matter.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ VTV Official Site - Overall
  2. ↑ VTV Official Site - Milestones
  3. ↑ VTV Official site - Channel list
  4. ↑ vtv6.vtv.vn. "VTV6 - Ban Thanh thiếu niên - Đài Truyền Hình Việt Nam". VTV6. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "VTV sẽ có thêm 3 kênh truyền hình mới". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ra mắt kênh truyền hình VTV9". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Lịch phát sóng - Lịch phát sóng truyền hình VTV - VTV.VN". Đài truyền hình Việt Nam. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 "VTV3 sắp hết độc quyền"
  9. ↑ "Phê duyệt Quy hoạch phát thanh, truyền hình đối ngoại đến năm 2020"
  10. ↑ "Crunch time for SBS over Vietnamese news bulletin". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Breaking the news at SBS". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "National network VTV admits to copyright infringement after YouTube block". 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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