Burundi National Radio and Television

Publicly funded broadcaster of Burundi

Television channel

Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi
Programming
Country	Burundi
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Bujumbura
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 4:3 480i pan and scan for SDTVs)
Ownership
Owner	Government of Burundi
History
Launched	5 October 1975 (1975-10-05)
Links
Website	www.rtnb.bi/fr

La Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB) (Burundi National Radio and Television) is the national broadcaster of the Central African state of Burundi. Burundi National Radio and Television currently broadcasts in Kirundi, French, Swahili, and English.

History

Radio began its activity in Burundi in 1961 with Radio Burundi, when the country was still a Belgian colony. Television made its debut, however, in 1984, long after its independence.^[1]

RTNB operates two radio stations and a television channel, which offer educational and information programs, as well as TV series, talk shows, cartoons and other entertainment programs. ^[2]

In June 2013, Burundi began operations for the migration of television from analogue to digital technology, which was completed by the end of 2014.^[3]

References

^ L'avis du Petit Futé sur Radio-Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB), Petitfute.com
^ Eva Palmans, Les médias audiovisuels au Burundi Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 3-4, www.ua.ac.be
^ Radio-télévision: le Burundi veut passer au numérique d'ici le 31 décembre 2014 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, www.french.cri.cn, 1 June 2013.