TV1 (Bulgaria)

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TV1
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Country Bulgaria
Broadcast areaBulgaria
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Programming
Language(s) Bulgarian
Picture format16:9 SD/HD
Ownership
OwnerRumen Kovachev
History
Launched2008
ReplacedEstate TV
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Website tv1.bg

TV1 is a Bulgarian television channel and production company headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was founded in 2008 by Rumen Kovachev, replacing his previous channel, Estate TV. [1] Its programming features newscasts, business news, political commentary, art and culture coverage, and variety shows. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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History

TV1 was founded by Rumen Kovachev in 1998 as a production company. [1] [6] It had the first private portable production unit in Bulgaria. [7] Beyond producing TV1's original programming, the company has worked on television shows, sportscasts, and live events for others in Bulgaria and abroad. Some of its production work includes Bulgarian versions of various reality competition formats like Got Talent , The Voice , The Farm , and MasterChef , sportscasts of various national and international sports events, and musical concerts. [8]

In 2005, Rumen Kovachev founded the Estate TV, a television channel focused on real estate and tourism. In 2008, Kovachev replaced Estate TV with the newly created TV1 channel, moving to producing and airing original programming focused on current affairs, political discussions, and newscasts. In 2017, the company moved to a newly constructed headquarters building, allowing for expanded production of original programming. [1] [6]

Following the controversial purchase of one of Bulgaria's two major private broadcast channels Nova by Georgi and Kiril Domuschiev in 2019, [9] [10] multiple journalists left under duress. [11] [12] [13] [14] In the months after the purchase, many of these journalists moved to TV1, creating and working on political news and commentary shows for the channel, most notably The Questions and The Alternative. [15] [16]

Following the death of the journalist Milen Tsvetkov in 2020, [16] then host of The Alternative and a member of the journalistic team at The Questions, the street of the channel's headquarters was renamed after him. [17]

The channel expanded into talk shows with the start of The Bobi Vaklinov Show in May of 2020 [5] and On the Wall later that same year. [3]

In 2021, TV1 entered into a strategic partnership with Bulsatcom, Bulgaria's largest satellite television operator, which included both offering the channel to their clients as well as the rights to resell ad space. [4]

In 2023, the channel faced financial struggles after their renewed deal with Bulsatcom significantly lowered the operator's ad purchases for reselling, leading to a pause in production of its investigative journalism program The Questions. [18] [19] Bulsatcom denied responsibility for the show suspending production and clarified that they had not ended their contract with TV1. [20]

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  2. ↑ "Предавания" [Programmes]. TV1 (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 Dachev (13 November 2020). ""На стената" със Светльо Митев тръгва по TV1" [On the Wall with Svetlio Mitev starts on TV1]. dir.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Булсатком и TV1 обявяват стратегическо партньорство" [Bulsatcom and TV1 announce strategic partnership]. Mediapool.bg (in Bulgarian). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Боби Ваклинов замени Милен Цветков в TV1" [Bobby Vaklinov replaced Milen Tsvetkov in TV1] (in Bulgarian). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 Tarandova, Eleonora (7 January 2022). "Нека го направим по-добре" [Let's do it better]. Forbes Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Unlocking the World's Stories". TV1 Broadcast Company. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Братя Домусчиеви купуват Нова ТВ за 185 млн. евро" [Domuschiev Brothers buy Nova TV for 185 million euro]. Mediapool.bg (in Bulgarian). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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  14. ↑ ""Отказах да уволня Ани Цолова и просто ми прекратиха договора"" ["I refused to fire Ani Tsolova and they simply ended my contract."]. Club "Z" (in Bulgarian). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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  17. ↑ "В София вече има улица "Милен Цветков"" [In Sofia there is now a Milen Tsvetkov street]. mediapool.bg (in Bulgarian). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Предаването "Въпросите" по TV1 спира временно заради липса на финансиране" [The show The Questions temporarily stops due to lacking funding]. Radio Free Europe (in Bulgarian). 26 July 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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  20. ↑ "Булсатком отрекоха, че предаването Въпросите спира заради тях" [Bulsatcom denied that the show "Questions" stopped because of them]. OFFNews (in Bulgarian). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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