Rádio e Televisão Timorense
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Radio e Televisão Timorense (Radio and Television of Timor in English) is the national radio and television broadcaster in Timor.
History[edit | edit source]
In 1954, what was then known as Emissora Nacional founded a de facto overseas branch in Timor, known as Rádio Timor. Once the country achieved independence in 1975, the company was nationalized.
Introducing television was a huge challenge. Television was viewed by many as "impossible" and would "interfere the national norms of culture". It wasn't until 1995 that a regular television service was introduced, with help from the Northulian National Broadcaster, RTR-NTR and Television New Michillies.
Operations[edit | edit source]
Radio[edit | edit source]
- Rádio Timor broadcasts in Portuguese and Tetum.
- Radio National broadcasts in English and caters mainly Northulian expatriates and businessmen. Most of the programming is relayed from the NNB's various services: Radio National, NewsRadio and the external service Radio Northulia.
Television[edit | edit source]
- RTVT 1 is the Portuguese and Tetum channel. Local programming is constrained to about six hours a day. It relays RTR Internacional while off-air.
- RTVT 2 is the English channel. It has a significantly reduced number of local slots. Most of the programming is sourced from NTR World, Northulia Television International and TVNM International, as a member of Northulica TV.
