BNT 1 () is a Bulgarian-language

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founded in 1959. It began

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on December 26 the same year. The

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are located in

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. BNT 1 is run by the

Bulgarian National Television The Bulgarian National Television ( Bulgarian: Българска национална телевизия, ''Balgarska natsionalna televizia'') or BNT (БНТ), stylized as ·Б·Н·Т· since 2018, is a public television broadcaster of Bulgaria ...

History

When it was initially launched, the channel was called simply ''Bulgarian Television'' (''Българска телевизия''), as it was the only channel available. When a second state-owned channel was started in 1974, it was renamed to ''First Programme'' (''Първа програма''), and later to ''"BT 1"'' (''БТ 1'') (with ''BT'' still referring to ''Bulgarian Television''). In 1992, BT 1 and BT 2 were given separate visual designs and were renamed respectively to ''Channel 1'' (''Канал 1'') and ''Efir 2'' (''Ефир 2''). In this period, the channel was also referred to as ''BNT Channel 1'' (''Канал 1 на БНТ''), to show that it was operated by the BNT. On 14 September 2008 BNT Channel 1 changed its name once more, this time to ''"BNT 1"'' in an effort to put all BNT channels under a single banner (e.g., the

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TV Channel will become BNT Plovdiv). The second BNT channel called

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broadcasts the local programming of the former four regional TV centres, and broadcasts nationally. It airs sports like the

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–2021 along with

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and

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. BNT 1, along with its sister channel

and the sports channel

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holds the rights for the

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and the Olympics.

Logos and identities

Current programming

*Panorama ''(Панорама)'' *Around the World and at Home ''(По света и у нас, in Bulgarian)''- regular news programme *BNT Taxi ''(БНТ такси)'' *A Minute is Too Much ''(Минута е много)'' - game show *The Day Begins ''(Денят започва)'' - morning news and discussion block *The Memory of Bulgaria ''(Памет българска)'' - history programme *The Big Choice ''(Големият избор)'' - reality show, which aims to "find the new leader of Bulgaria" *Faith and Society ''(Вяра и общество)'' - programme about religion in Bulgaria *HAH ''XAX'' - afternoon show for teens *Night Owls ''(Нощни птици)'' - late-night talk show, featuring well-known persons from Bulgaria and around the world *

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References

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