Radio Television of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Радио-телевизија Србије, sr-Lat, Radio-televizija Srbije, italics=yes; abbr. RTS/PTC) is

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. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is a member of the

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. Radio Television of Serbia has four organizational units - radio, television, music production, and record label (

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). It is financed primarily through monthly subscription fees and

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revenue.

History

Radio Belgrade (1929–1958)

Radio Belgrade began its broadcasts in 1929. The first news announcer in 1929 was Jelena Bilbija. The first radio program in Serbia was broadcast in February 1929, when released radio signal was transmitted from the transmitter in Belgrade suburb of Rakovica. After five years, on 24 March 1929 Radio Belgrade began with regular broadcasting of its program from the building of the

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Radio Television Belgrade (1958–1991)

Radio Television Belgrade (RTB), consisting of Radio Belgrade and Television Belgrade (TVB) was established as a result of the decision by the Executive Council of the

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on 13 February 1958. This came after the

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's government decision of 1956 to invest in a television network. The first televised broadcast was on 23 August 1958, an edition of the ''Dnevnik'' (Journal) news programme with

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, Branislav Surutka, Olga Nađ, Olivera Živković and Vera Milovanović. The first RTB program was broadcast from the

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and from a new TV Studio build there. From 1961, RTS began to use quadruplex video tape recording equipment. The Sixties saw dramatic development in all genres of TV programs. TVB became famous by its sitcoms, directed and written by Radivoje-Lola Djukić, Novak Novak and others (unfortunately, only a small proportion is preserved, owing to implicit censorship and shortage of tapes). Also, TVB had excellent documentary programs (series ''Karavan'', ''Reflektor'' and others) and quizzes. By 1970, the entire territory of Serbia was covered by the RTS signal. On 31 December 1971, TVB started broadcasting in

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color system on its second network. A new AM (radio) broadcast equipment in Zvečka, Obrenovac, with 2000 kW transmitter was erected in 1976. After the political turmoil in the 1970s (against the "liberals") the program of RTB became more sterile, however, in the 1980s it reached the zenith. In 1989, preparation for the formation of the RTS system officially began. That same year, 3K TVB started broadcasting as the youth, alternative TV channel. Along with it, Radio 101 started broadcasting in Belgrade and Vojvodina. Radio 101 was the more commercial youth radio, carrying pop and turbo-folk hits. It was intended to complement the more alternative Belgrade 202. In 1990, a few regional studios (Niš, Kragujevac, Jagodina, Šabac) officially started broadcasting regional programming via a window in place of "Beogradska hronika". In 1991, all public broadcasters within Serbia began the formation of the RTS network system by merging their stations and programming direction to RTB, which served as flagship of the RTS network.

Radio Television of Serbia (1990s)

During the March 1991 anti-war demonstrations in Belgrade, the protesters issued a series of demands, one of which was the sacking of RTB's general director, Dušan Mitević. The Yugoslav government eventually relented and removed Mitević from his position at RTB. On 8 October 1991, four RTB journalists were killed on the

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–

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road, in central

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, while covering Yugoslavia's civil war. Ruins of the Radio Television of Serbia, destroyed during 1999 NATO aggression

RTS was established in 1992 with the merger of RTB and regional networks Radio-Television Novi Sad and Radio-Television Priština into a true national network. All transmitters, relay stations, antennas and other television equipment once owned by these broadcasters were inherited by RTS. As Yugoslavia disintegrated, RTS's journalistic standards plummeted. During the

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, RTS claimed that smoke rising from the city's Old Town was the result of automobile tires set on fire by locals. During the

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, RTS newscasts showed an image of

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from the 1980s, untouched, thereby downplaying the severity of the siege.Laura Rozen: Serbia's culture shock
/ref> As the wars dragged on, the Yugoslav government began terminating the employment of many dissenting journalists. By January 1993, nearly 1,300 RTS employees – amounting to one-third of the broadcaster's pre-war workforce – had been fired. RTS was active during the

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and the concurrent

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. On 20 April, the

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, General

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, ordered that RTS was to be bombed off the air. NATO missiles struck RTS at 2:06 a.m on 23 April. Serbia's

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, scheduled to appear on

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's ''

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'' from RTS's headquarters at 2:30 a.m., narrowly escaped the bombing. Sixteen RTS employees were killed and an additional 16 were injured. The human rights organization

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condemned the attack and described it as a war crime. NATO officials stated that the alliance considered RTS a legitimate target because of its "biased and distorted coverage" of the war. The bombing temporarily forced RTS off the air, but it resumed broadcasting several hours later, and continued to do so for the rest of the conflict. Most of RTS's headquarters was reconstructed after the war, but part of it was left in ruins as a memorial to those killed. The victims of the bombing were later memorialized by the ''Zašto?'' (Why?) monument in Belgrade's Tašmajdan Park. In 2002, Dragoljub Milanović, the general manager of RTS, was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years' imprisonment for failing to evacuate the broadcaster's headquarters despite repeated threats by NATO officials that it would be bombed.

Radio Television of Serbia (2000s)

After Milošević's removal from power, RTS underwent reconstruction in order to regain respect amongst much of its audience which the network had lost during the '90s. Particular emphasis was put on news programming which suffered greatly during the 1990s. In 2006 RTS became the most viewed television network in Serbia and has retained this position since then. Early that year, RTS decided to shut down one of its television channels. ''3K'' (Treći kanal RTS-a) was a channel dedicated to the youth, which, however, became the main film, series and sports channel in the late 1990s and the early 2000s.

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* 1991–1991: Ratomir Vico * 1992–1992: Dobrosav Bjeletić * 1992–1995:

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* 1995–2000: Dragoljub Milanović * 2000–2001: Nenad Ristić * 2001–2004: Aleksandar Crkvenjakov * 2004–2013:

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* 2013–2015: Nikola Mirkov * 2015–present: Dragan Bujošević

In 2007, the

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World Service Trust launched an extensive training programme at Serbia's national broadcaster. This 30-month project, which was funded by the

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, provided extensive journalism, craft and management training to all levels of staff at the broadcaster. In 2008, RTS underwent major changes as it celebrated 50 years of existence. The network launched its digital network which uses DTT

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via several

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transmitters. It has also invested millions in new technology. The new high-definition television system was first put in place in May for the

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while on 26 November 2008, RTS began airing its new channel ‘'RTS Culture and Arts'’ which is a DTT-only channel, transmitted in 16:9 standard definition format, with stereo and 5.1 digital audio. During 2008 the networks web presentations was greatly improved. On 23 August 2008, the 50th anniversary of ''Dnevnik'' (the RTS news bulletin) was celebrated. A special edition of the 19:30 ''Dnevnik'' was aired with Mića Orlović, the first newsreader to host the news in Serbia, hosted the special addition helped by Dušanka Kalanj, the first female newsreader in Serbia. The theme of the evening's news included a reflection on the past 50 years a projection of the future as well as the news of the day. The weather was read out by Kamenko Katić, the first weather forecaster. All babies born on 23 August 2008, received a

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television set from RTS. On 9 September 2009, at 21:00

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, RTS launched its first high definition channel – RTS HD. RTS was the host broadcaster of the semi-final and finals of the

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. Serbia gained the rights to host the contest after

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's 2007 victory in

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, Finland. The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was held in

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. RTS broadcast the event as usual (since 2004) on RTS1. The host couple were

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and

Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar an ...

. The rating of the final of Eurovision was overwhelming with 4,560,000 people tuning in to watch making it the most watched event on Serbian television as well as on RTS. In 2011, RTS issued a written apology to the citizens of Serbia and former Yugoslavia for its actions during the regime of Slobodan Milošević and the break up of Yugoslavia. The letter apologises for the network's senseless reporting and the hurt it caused to the public. It vows "never to let history repeat itself." On 23 August 2014, at the 56th anniversary of the broadcaster, RTS got a new visual identity: focusing on new on-screen logos introduced on 18 February for their terrestrial channels. At the same day, the watermarks changed themselves to fit into the 16:9 format.

Television

RTS has two TV centers: in addition to the main TV production center within RTS headquarters complex in the downtown

, there is also TV production center in

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(housing two largest studios: Studio 8 and Studio 9). RTS offers live programming on its website.

Channels

There are currently five channels: *

RTS1 RTS1 (Serbian Cyrillic: РТС1; First program of RTS ( sr, Први програм РТС-а/), First channel of RTS (/ ) or only First (/ )) is a Serbian public mainstream TV channel operated by RTS. Previously on RTS1 Serbian TV series *Ј� ...

is the oldest television station in Serbia, launched on 23 August 1958 as Televizija Beograd. It is available nationally free-to-air and is the most watched television channel in the country beating the other two most popular television networks in Serbia,

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and

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. RTS1 offers viewers political shows and debates and domestic and international shows. RTS1 airs a range of locally produced dramas, which are among the most watched television shows in Serbia. *

RTS2 RTS2 (Serbian Cyrillic: РТС2; Second program of RTS ( sr, Други програм РТС-а/), Second channel of RTS (/ ) or only Second (/ )) is a Serbian public TV channel operated by RTS. It focuses on culture, in addition to offering mus ...

is first colour television station in Serbia, launched on 31 December 1971 as TVB 2. Available nationally free-to-air, it focuses on educational programmes and sporting events. Parliamentary sittings are also broadcast live on RTS2. * RTS3 is first digital-only channel which began broadcasting on 26 November 2008 as RTS Digital. The channel, available nationally free-to-air, mainly airs cultural programmes, with emphasize on music (classical musical and jazz performances, in particular) broadcasting various concerts as well as ballet performances. Among other things, the channel broadcasts the

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and the

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live each year. * RTS Svet, launched on 14 May 1991, is the satellite service created to serve the

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across the world. It broadcasts the most popular programmes from RTS1, RTS2 and RTS3. RTS Svet now covers Australia, Europe, North America and Eurasia (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia).

Programming

News programmes

News programmes are produced in

, however the network has a total of 25 news offices in the country. RTS also has its own correspondents and offices outside of Serbia in:

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, and

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. RTS has the most watched news and current affairs programmes in the country, according to the AGB Nilsen Serbian ratings. The centerpiece of RTS news programming is the ''Dnevnik'' (

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: Journal), which is the network's main news programme and is aired on RTS1. The ''Dnevnik'' bulletins are aired at 8:00 (runs for approximately 25 minutes), 12:00 during workweek and 13:00 Saturdays and Sundays (around 15 minutes, excluding Sports Review and Weather forecast), 19:30 (between 35 and 40 minutes) and at 23:00 (approximately 20 minutes). The flagship (evening) ''Dnevnik'' has been the most watched news programme in

since 2003, averaging between 1.5–2 million viewers nightly. The following are news and current affairs aired on RTS: * ''Dnevnik'' (Journal) * ''Jutarnji program'' (Morning programme) * ''Upitnik'' (Questionnaire) * ''Da. Možda. Ne'' (Yes. Maybe. No) * ''Oko magazin'' (Eye review) * ''Šta radite, bre'' (What are you doing?) * ''Tako stoje stvari'' (That's the way things are) * ''Ovo je Srbija'' (This is Serbia) * ''Beogradska Hronika'' (Belgrade chronicles) * ''Srbija na vezi'' (Serbia calling) * ''Građanin'' (Citizen) * ''Dozvolite...'' (Allow us...) * ''Uviđaj'' (Investigation discovery)

Entertainment

The RTS entertainment is largely based on local production of Serbian drama programmes, soaps and musical programmes. Recently RTS has started investing more in local drama and as a result has been rewarded with high ratings. An episode of the RTS drama ''Ranjeni orao'' aired on 15 January 2009, is the most watched scripted drama episode in Serbian broadcasting history with over 3 million viewers."ДВАДЕСЕТ НАЈГЛЕДАНИЈИХ ЕМИСИЈА НА ТЕЛЕВИЗИЈИ ТОКОМ СЕДМИЦЕ", 18 November 2007
/ref> RTS also broadcasts various world entertainment events as part of its entertainment programming including the

and

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ceremony. The network has transferred a lot of its cultural programming and documentaries, originally broadcast on RTS2, to the RTS3. The network holds rights to air major entertainment events such as the

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. In 2008, RTS produced the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest. The following is a list of entertainment programmes produced and aired by RTS (as of October 2011): * Gastronomad (Cooking nomad) *

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i Vi (Mira Adanja-Polak and You) *

TV Slagalica ''TV Slagalica'' (Serbian Cyrillic: ; en, TV Puzzle) or simply ''Slagalica'' is a Serbian quiz show produced by RTS and airs on RTS1. It is based on ''Des chiffres et des lettres'', a French game show. It first aired on 22 November 1993. at 7 p ...

(TV Puzzle) * Bingo i pesma (Bingo and song) * Plava ptica (Blue bird – children's show) * Uviđaj (Investigation) * SAT (SAT-Saobraćaj, Automobilizam, Turizam/TCT – Traffic, Cars, Tourism) * Žikina šarenica (Žika's Motley Rug) * Kvadratura kruga (Squaring the Circle) * Balkanskom ulicom (Balkan Street Chronicles) * Veliki izazov (The great challenge – quiz show ) * Na slovo na slovo (I spy – children's show) The following is a list of drama series produced and aired by RTS (as of October 2011) * Nepobedivo srce * Cvat lipe na Balkanu * Jagodići * Vojna akademija * Zaboravljeni umovi Srbije * Dramska triologija 1941–1945 RTS also relies on dramas and soaps produced outside of Serbia as well as documentary programmes. The following is a list of internationally created shows currently broadcast by RTS (as of October 2011):

Sports programming

RTS is a major player in Serbian sports broadcasting. Major sporting events are aired on RTS1, especially if a Serbian team or athlete is participating while all other sports broadcasting is aired on RTS2. The network has several shows which are specially dedicated to sports, aired on both RTS1 and RTS2. RTS broadcast its first

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(previously the Olympics were broadcast in Serbia through Yugoslav Radio Television, JRT) and has held broadcasting rights for both the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games ever since. RTS also holds rights to broadcast the

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, FIVB Men's World Championship,

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, Roland Garros, US Open,

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, etc. It has exclusive rights to the

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football matches.

Iconic programmes

(TV Puzzle) is the longest running quiz show in the

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. It has been on RTS programming for over 20 years and has always had a solid ratings. * Bolji život (A better life) is one of the most iconic Yugoslav shows ever produced. Made during the '80s and '90s it works through the problems of a few families. The show brought in huge ratings for the network during its dark days of the '90s and after the production of the show ceased RTS has continually re-run the series. *

Otpisani ''Otpisani'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Отписани, en, The Written Offs) is a famous Serbian TV series, that was very popular in former Yugoslavia, originally airing in 1974. Due to its popularity, Radio Television of Serbia has shown reruns of ...

(Disposable Heroes) is a 1970s Serbian TV series, aired on RTS, based around youths from the resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Belgrade that are high on the Gestapo's termination list. The series has achieved something of a cult status among its audience. The television series has been encored a total of seven times. *

Srećni ljudi ''Srećni ljudi'' ( sr-Cyrl, Срећни људи, lit=''Happy People'') is a Serbian TV series that aired from 1993 to 1996. Created by the Radio Television of Belgrade (RTB) it is the first Serbian TV show ever produced after the breakup of S ...

(Happy people) is the most successful, long running, television series aired between 1993 and 1996. The most watched drama series in Serbia. * Ranjeni orao (Wounded eagle) based on the novel by Serbian author

Mir Jam Milica Jakovljević ( sr-Cyrl, Милица Јаковљевић; 22 April 1887 – 22 December 1952), better known under the pen name Mir-Jam ( sr-Cyrl, Мир-Јам) was a Serbian writer whose many period novels have been successfully adapted ...

, the 17-episode show premiered in December, 2008. Produced by Zdravko Šotra, the show had a cast of popular Serbian actors, most notably

Sloboda Mićalović Sloboda Mićalović Ćetković ( sr-cyr, Слобода Мићаловић Ћетковић; born 21 August 1981), better known as Sloboda Mićalović, is a Serbian actress. She is best known for her roles in film ''Zona Zamfirova'' and television ...

Ivan Bosiljčić Ivan Bosiljčić ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Босиљчић, ; born 15 January 1979) is a Serbian film, television, and theatre actor. He is popular for his leading roles in numerous television and cinematographic roles, as well as in theatrical musica ...

and

Dragan Nikolić Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor. Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the ...

. The show is based in the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

between the two world wars and centres around the love life of Anđelka Bojanić. The show received extremely positive critical reviews and outstanding ratings. The show's final episode on 19 January 2009 was watched by 3,277,000 people, making it the most watched television show in Serbia. Due to viewer requests, once the show ended it was immediately reprised in primetime, making it the fastest repeated show on RTS. In its repeats it also managed to produce extremely high ratings.

Radio

RTS operates 4 radio stations, under the name Radio Belgrade. * is flagship channel which provides comprehensive news and current affairs programmes to the public as well as entertainment and culture shows. * is a cultural station based around social dialogue which constantly broadcasts thoughts about life and creation abroad and in Serbia. The station is known for documentary reporting, religious discussions, classical music, evergreen, jazz and satire. Radio Belgrade 2 shares the same radio waves as Radio Belgrade 3 and is broadcast from 6:00 until 20:00. * focuses on classical music and radio dramas. Radio Belgrade 3 shares the same radio waves as Radio Belgrade 2 and broadcasts from 20.00 until 06.00. *

Radio Belgrade 202 Radio Belgrade 202 ( sr, Радио Београд, ) is the fourth program of a state-owned and -operated radio station Radio Belgrade in Belgrade, Serbia. History The program of Radio Belgrade 202 began broadcasting on June 27, 1969. Conceived ...

broadcasts short news segments, rock and pop music. Hosts of various music programmes on the radio often ask listeners to send in their thoughts via

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or the Internet. Belgrade 202 also has a special morning programme broadcast from 06.00 until 09.00. which is based around current cultural, social and political trends.

Other

RTS has an archive of its TV programmes. In addition to 5000+ video tapes in the long obsolete quadruplex format, the archive contains tapes in C-type helical scan,

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, beta-SP and digital formats. Also, the archive contains an extensive collection of

newsreels A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s. Typically presented in a cinema, newsreels were a source of current affairs, informa ...

, short filmed stories, and feature films on 16 mm and 35 mm tapes.

is a music production company owned by the television network, starting with production in 1958 under the name

PGP-RTB PGP-RTB (abbreviation for sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd) was a major state-owned record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. After the breaku ...

and used to be one of two largest record labels in the

former Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

. Today, it is the third largest record label in Serbia (after

Grand Production Grand Production ( sr, Гранд продукција) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand Parada'', launched their own cable television ...

and

City Records City Records (full legal name in Serbian: Предузеће за издавачко-пропагандну делатност City Records д.о.о. Београд/''Preduzeće za izdavačko-propagandnu delatnost City Records d.o.o. Beograd'') ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1929 establishments in Serbia Radio stations established in 1926 Radio stations in Serbia Companies based in Belgrade Television networks in Serbia European Broadcasting Union members Mass media companies of Serbia Multilingual broadcasters Publicly funded broadcasters Radio stations established in 1929 Television channels and stations established in 1958 Television stations in Serbia