Botswana TV

Botswana TV
Type Broadcast
Country Botswana
Owner Government of Botswana
Official website
 www.btv.gov.bw

Botswana TV is the national broadcaster in Botswana. Botswana's first national television service started in 2000 following a 1997 government decision. The station delivers thirteen hours of local and international programmes daily on weekdays and 13 hours of programming on weekends. Since it was launched on 31 July 2000, BTV has established itself at the centre of Botswana's viewing habits.

The station has committed itself to provide at least 60% local content to meet the diverse needs of Batswana. According to its guiding principles, the station is upbeat and forward looking, and seeks to align its strategy with the national vision, Vision 2016. It recognizes that the majority of Batswana are young people, and that Botswana has diverse cultural and language groups. It also recognizes that Botswana is part of an integrated global village and has to compete effectively.

BTV is the first station in Africa and the second in the world after ITN (UK-based Independent Television News) to fully use digital technology. It signal is carried on the Intelsat 20 satellite with a significant footprint, which covers the whole country, and most of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The station is fully Serial Digital Video, 4:3 and 16:9 switchable, but with the flexibility of analogue with dual language stereo capabilities.

The station uses the Quantel Inspiration System for processing and transmission with the news processing software ENPS (Electronic News Production System) in the newsroom. Its server-based technology gives the news the speed and flexibility sought by journalists and news editors.

To cover the wide area of the country, two satellite News Gathering (SNG) teams are based in the North and North-West - Francistown and Maun respectively. Their area of responsibility stretches from Palapye/Serowe to the border with Zimbabwe and Zambia. The Maun team also covers Ghanzi the extreme West.

The station already provides a great outlet for advertisers because of its coverage. The client base has been gradually increasing since launch. With SADC secretariat based in Gaborone, BTV is expected to play a significant role in driving Botswana's vision of becoming the financial services centre for the region and attracting investors to Botswana. As it grows, the station expects to play a crucial role in the development of the television industry in Botswana.[1]

ISDB-T

Features:

  • Supports ISDB-T broadcast (1 segments).
  • MPEG-2/ MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 HD/ SD video.
  • DiVX Compatible with 480i/ 480p/ 720p/ 1080i/ 1080p video formats. Auto and Manually scan all available TV and radio channels.
  • Aspect ratio 16:9 and 4:3.
  • 1000 channels memory.
  • Parental control.
  • Teletext/ Bit map subtitle.
  • Compliant with ETS1.
  • Supported 7 days EPG function.
  • VBI Teletext support 6 MHz software setting Auto/ Manual program search.
  • Multi language supported.

See also

References

  1. ↑ S Mosanako. "However, Btv's innovation television future in manner to ensure both current and future generations benefit from the resources" (PDF).
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