VTV4

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VTV4
VTV4 logo 2013 final.svg
Country Vietnam
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Programming
Languages Vietnamese
English
Mandarin
French
Russian
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner Vietnam Television
Sister channels VTV1
VTV2
VTV3
VTV5
VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ
VTV5 Tây Nguyên
VTV7
VTV8
VTV9
VTV Cần Thơ
History
LaunchedJanuary 1, 1998;27 years ago (1998-01-01)
Links
Website https://vtv4.vtv.vn
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T2 UHF 25, 26, 27
Thaicom 6 4034 H 19200

VTV4 is a Vietnamese state-owned pay television network, serving as an international channel of Vietnam Television. Launched on January 7, 1998, it offers the three domestic channels to the Vietnamese diaspora worldwide. From March 31, 2018, Vietnam Television stopped broadcasting the channel on foreign satellites. [1]

VTV4 is also available over-the-air in Vientiane, capital of the ideologically-aligned state of Laos. [2]

History

VTV4 conducted test broadcasts starting on January 1, 1995, leasing one hour (9:45pm-10:45pm) on a transponder on the Russian Gorizont 25 satellite. [3] [4]

Full broadcasts began on January 1, 1998, under the title "Program for compatriots away from home and of compatriots from all around the world", [5] covering all of Asia and parts of Europe for two hours a day, from 12am-2am Vietnam time, using the Measat 1 satellite, which then used it to relay to Thaicom 3. On February 3, 1998, the VTV4 Editorial Programming Department was created, subordinate to the Editorial Secretariate (currently Department of programming).

On April 1, 1998, coinciding with the separation of VTV3 to an independent channel, VTV4 doubled its airtime, running from 12am-4am. On April 27, 2000, VTV4 started covering the entire world, by launching on Telstar 5, in order to cover North America. [6] From 1 January 2002, the airtime doubled again to eight hours (12am-8am), [7] [8] and at the same time, it started delivering its coverage to the Hot Bird satellite to better serve Europe. [9]

According to Decision n.º29 of Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải of February 7, 2002, VTV4's Editorial Programming Department was split from the Editorial Secretariate and became the Editorial Council for International Affairs. [10] In 2004, the Editorial Council for International Affairs was renamed Television Council for International Affairs.

On May 15, 2005, VTV4 went 24/7, maintaining the 12am-8am block as it was but adding two repeats after that, forming an eight-hour wheel, to cater to a vast array of timezones (though initially the 24/7 feed was limited to Thaicom 3). [11] On June 20, 2009, the eight-hour wheel was discarded and a new 24-hour schedule was introduced.

On June 22, 2015, VTV4 started broadcasting in high definition on VTVCab, two days before VTV made its launch official. [12]

At 12:05am Vietnam time on March 31, 2018, VTV halted all broadcasts of the channel on foreign satellites: Thaicom 5, Eutelsat Hot Bird 13B, Hispasat 30W-5, Galaxy 19. [13]

Following the launch of Vietnam Today on September 7, 2025, all foreign language news services on the channel ended and were transferred to the newly-launched channel. In line with this, VTV4 only started carrying news in Vietnamese (12pm, 9pm) and decided to dedicate more airtime to original programming in Vietnamese to better cater the diaspora, following the model of international channels.

References

  1. ↑ "VTV, About us". english.vtv.vn. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Lao Television: TV Stations and Channels in Laos
  3. ↑ "SATCO DX Chart: Gorizont 24 and Express 6 at 80°E". SatcoDX. Archived from the original on 14 November 1996. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Đức Minh (22 April 2008). "VTV4 - 10 năm và những nhịp cầu..." VTV. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Huỳnh Mai Liên (25 January 2001). "VTV4 - Nhịp cầu nối những miền xa". Tạp chí Truyền hình. VTV. Archived from the original on 26 April 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Phát sóng VTV 4 tại khu vực châu Mỹ". Đại sứ quán Việt Nam tại Hoa Kỳ. 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Chương trình VTV4 ngày 01/01/2002". Đài truyền hình Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). 1 January 2002. Archived from the original on 5 January 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. ↑ S.Tiêm (31 December 2001). "Từ 1-1-2002, VTV tăng thời lượng phát sóng đến 24 giờ". Báo Người Lao Động Online (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hướng dẫn thu chương trình VTV4 tại Khu vực Châu Âu". Đài truyền hình Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 20 January 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Thao Giang (20 January 2003). "Tin vui từ VTV4". Tạp chí Truyền hình. VTV. Archived from the original on 14 May 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Ngọc Hoa (16 May 2005). "VTV4 tăng thời gian phát sóng gấp 3 lần". VTV (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 22 November 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  12. ↑ VTV News (24 June 2015). "VTV chính thức phát sóng kênh VTV4HD". Báo điện tử VTV (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Từ 31/3/2018, ngừng phát sóng vệ tinh nước ngoài kênh VTV4". Vietnamnet (in Vietnamese). 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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