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The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a
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delivering radio and television services to the
French-speaking Community of Belgium In Belgium, the French Community (french: Communauté française; ) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation (french: Fédé ...
, in
Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
and
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
. Its counterpart in the Flemish Community is the
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VRT (''Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie''), and in the
German-speaking Community The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...
it is BRF (''Belgischer Rundfunk''). RTBF operates five television channels – ', ', ', ' and ' together with a number of radio channels, ', ', ', ', ', and '. The organisation's headquarters in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, which is shared with VRT, is sometimes referred to colloquially as ''Reyers''. This comes from the name of the avenue where RTBF/VRT's main building is located, the .


History

Originally named the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute (french: INR, Institut national belge de radiodiffusion; nl, NIR, Belgisch Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep), the state-owned broadcasting organisation was established by law on 18 June 1930, and from 1938 was housed in
Le Flagey The Flagey Building (french: Bâtiment Flagey, nl, Flageygebouw) also known as Radio House (french: Maison de la Radio, nl, Radiohuis) is a building located in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, housing the Flagey cultural centre. ...
, formerly known as the Maison de la Radio, a purpose-built building in the "paquebot" style of
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architecture. On 14 June 1940 the INR was forced to cease broadcasting as a result of the German invasion. The German occupying forces, who now oversaw its management, changed the INR's name to '. A number of INR personnel were able to relocate to the
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's studios in London from where they broadcast as '' / '' under the ' (RNB) established by the
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's Ministry of Information. At the end of the war the INR and the RNB coexisted until 14 September 1945, when a Royal Decree merged the two and restored the INR's original mission. The INR was one of 23 broadcasting organisations which founded the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. Television broadcasting from Brussels began in 1953, with two hours of programming each day. In 1960 the INR was subsumed into RTB (') and moved to new quarters at the Reyers building in 1967. RTB's first broadcast in colour, ' (a gardening and nature programme), was transmitted in 1971. Two years later, RTB began broadcasting
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in colour. In 1977, broadcasting became a concern for Belgium's language communities, rather than the national government as a whole. Accordingly, the French-language section of RTB became RTBF (') and a second television channel was set up with the name . In 1979 became . Along with French channels , , and Swiss channel TSR, RTBF jointly established the European French-speaking channel in 1984. On 21 March 1988, became . On 27 September 1989 a joint-venture company of RTBF and
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was set up with the name , which subsequently became ' in May 1995. In 1993, was replaced by and . In mid-January 2010, RTBF adopted the new branding of RTBF.be in its main logo. The change was made because of the growing importance of new media; the ".be" suffix stresses these new developments. On 11 June 2013, RTBF was one of the few European public broadcasters to join in condemning the closure of
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's public broadcaster, ERT. By 2011, the analogue systems for RTBF.be were planned to be phased out for
Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
.


''Bye Bye Belgium''

On 13 December 2006, at 20:21
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(19:21 UTC), RTBF replaced an edition of its regular current affairs programme ' with a fake special news report in which it was claimed that
Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...
had proclaimed independence, effectively dissolving the Belgian state. The programme had been preceded by a caption reading "This may not be fiction", which was repeated intermittently as a subtitle to the images on screen. After the first half-hour of the 90-minute broadcast, however – by which point RTBF.be's response line had been flooded with calls – this was replaced with a caption reading "This is fiction". The video featured images of news reporters standing in front of the Flemish Parliament, while Flemish separatists waved the
flag of Flanders The flag of Flanders, called the ''Vlaamse Leeuw'' ("Flemish Lion") or ''leeuwenvlag'' ("Lion flag"), is the flag of the Flemish Community and Flemish Region in Belgium. The flag was officially adopted by the Cultural Council for the Dutch Cultura ...
behind them. Off to the side, Francophone and Belgian nationalists were waving Belgian flags. The report also featured footage of King Albert and
Queen Paola Paola (born Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria;AlthougThe Belgian Monarchy websiteattributes the title of "Princess" to Queen Paola prior to marriage, Burke's Peerage 1973, The Descendants of Louis XIII 1999, ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'' 200 ...
getting on a military jet to Congo, a former Belgian colony. RTBF justified the hoax on the grounds that it raised the issue of
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, but others felt that it raised the issue of about how much the public can trust the press.


Logo history

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Television channels

Television channels are transmitted: * On
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on , an encrypted pay satellite service. * On cable: analogue and digital on all Belgian cable providers, as well as on cable in
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; * On
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lines through
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to
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, Scarlet and Billi customers, as well as PostTV in
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;Included channels
PostTV * On satellite
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worldwide as a participant in francophone channel; * On
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using DVB-T on UHF and VHF frequencies in
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and
Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
.


Current channels

* (''Channel One''): RTBF's main channel television, formerly known as RTBF1; began in 1953 on VHF channel 10; in
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color since 1973 * : formerly known as , , and ; began in 1977 * (''Channel Three''): the quality TV channel; began in 2007; there are no commercial adverts on this channel * : in collaboration with the Franco-German TV network


Video on demand

The
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(VOD) offer of the RTBF is available on several platforms: * Web: Free VOD has been collected under the RTBF brand since 2016. Offering Catch up TV, allowing viewers to see all programs from the RTBF channels during 7 days after broadcast. * IDTV: Free catch up TV and pay VOD *
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: and are available on several Belgian mobile networks. *
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, PlayStation 4 and
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Radio channels

The RTBF broadcasts radio channels in either analogue format ( FM and digital format (using DAB and DVB-T). All channels are also broadcast live over the Internet.


Analogue and digital


Digital-only channels

* : Focus on the "Golden Sixties" * : Focus on music from the 1970s * : Focus on music from the 1980s * : Focus on music from the 1990s * : Focus on Blues * : Focus on Metal * : Focus on Route 66 music * : Focus on Soul * :
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for children from 8 to 13 years old. * : Focus on new talents * : Focus on relaxed music * : Focus on urban music They also have a TMC service transmitted on ''Classic 21''.


See also

* VRT *
List of television channels in Belgium This list contains the Belgian television channels that are broadcast either terrestrially (DVB-T), via cable (Telenet, VOO and Numericable) or phone lines (Proximus), or via satellite (TV Vlaanderen and Télésat). See also * Television i ...
*
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Notes and references


External links

* {{Authority control Television networks in Belgium French-language television networks Television channels in Belgium Publicly funded broadcasters French-language television in Belgium European Broadcasting Union members Radio stations established in 1930 Television channels and stations established in 1953 1977 establishments in Belgium State media Mass media in Brussels