Television in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary

Television in Bosnia and Herzegovina was first introduced in 1961. Out of 94 TV stations, 71 are commercial, 20 are public (regional, local or municipal ownership), while 3 public services are funded through subscription.

TV stations by type of funding in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Data by CRA BiH (1 July 2019) Sum
Television licence 3
Public broadcasting (Regional, local or municipal ownership) 20
Commercial broadcasting 71

History edit

First broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina started in 1961 when Radio-Televizija Sarajevo began its programme although without its own TV studio at that time (it used Radio Sarajevo's premises for this purpose).

Televizija Sarajevo (TVSA) started broadcasting its own TV program on 17 March 1969. with first live TV-news program called "Večernji ekran“ (Evening Screen). At the beginning of 1975., the first phase of the construction of RTV Dom – TV headquarters building in Sarajevo was completed. Two years later, in 1977, the second television program (TVSA 2) was launched.

With the help of other members of the Yugoslav Radio Television system, Radio-Television Sarajevo successfully implemented all special broadcasting programs dedicated to the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. The third television channel (TVSA 3) has started with broadcasting in 1989 from headquarters also known as the RTV Dom[1] (nickname "Sivi dom") located in Sarajevo.

During the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Yugoslav Radio Television system dissolved when most republics became independent countries. The once-recognizable joint program created by the exchange of TV content in JRT network soon was suspended and interrupted, and separate national TV stations began to use propaganda in tv news and other programs. As a result, the once subnational broadcasting centers became public broadcasters of the newly independent states. In such conditions, the first commercial television stations in the Balkans appear.

At the beginning of the War in Bosnia, in 1992, RTV Sarajevo changed its name to Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV BiH). Headquarters of the RTV BiH were often exposed to war damages. During the siege of Sarajevo, RTV BiH was forced to broadcast only one radio (Radio BiH) and one television program (tv bih) via damaged transmitters at Hum TV Tower, with minimal technical conditions.

On 2 May 1992, Hum Tower was partly destroyed by the JNA and VRS.[2] Militants illegally took over all property (TV transmitters and releys) from the former TVSA. Seven out of ten TV repeaters from former TVSA in the territory of BiH were controlled by the JNA and VRS.

From stolen equipment, a parallel new TV channel (Kanal S – SRT; now: RTRS) was established in May 1992[3] to broadcast propaganda or news builtens from Serbian RTV Beograd via its seat in Pale, near Sarajevo. The second TV transmitter above the Sarajevo, Bosnian capital, (Trebević Television transmitter) was directly controlled by SRT (Srpska radio televizija). With the outbreak of the Conflict between Croatia and Bosnian and Herzegovina, TV transmitters under the control of HVO started to rebroadcast news programs of HRT via its Erotel affiliate based in Mostar.

During the war (1992–1995), many independent local or regional stations (public and commercial) were launched across the country. Former network affiliates of the second radio channel (Radio Sarajevo 2) often were used as facilities for these new TV stations.

On 1 January 1993, RTV BiH was admitted as an active member of the European Broadcasting Union.

In the Alipašino Polje neighborhood of Sarajevo, on 28 June 1995, a modified air-bomb was thrown by JNA/VRS into the building of RTV BiH. One person was killed, and at least 30 injured.[4]

Hum Tower also suffered major damage, which is partially repaired after the war by technicians from national public broadcaster, BHRT.[5]

After the war, many local media continued to work. With the help of various international donors, equipment has been renewed through media support projects.

On 2 March 2001, Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded with mission to regulate the electronic communications and audiovisual sector in BiH. An important task was the management and supervision of the frequency spectrum.

After 17 July 2002, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there was no radio and TV stations that broadcast without official broadcasting licence issued by the CRA.[6]

All local media in BiH, which could not meet the official criteria of the competition for broadcasting licences were closed in the period between 2000 and 2002. According to the recommendations, CRA BiH has established a public register of permits issued for all broadcasters with relevant data about all media outlets (radio stations, TV channels...) who have received permission to work.

Broadcasters in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year Radio Television
2008 126 39
2009 125 42
2010 123 40
2011 133 42
2012 134 45
2013 135 42
2014 131 48
2015 133 51
2016 130 51
2017 / /
2018 149 93* (CRA)

Analogue television edit

Free-to-air terrestrial broadcasters edit

National and near-national coverage edit

Television licence funding edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina has 3 public broadcasters financed from radio and television fees (RTV pretplata/pristojba). The amount of television fees in BiH is 7.5 BAM per month (collected along with Electric bill).[7]

The national public broadcaster for Bosnia and Herzegovina is BHRT (Radio televizija Bosne i Hercegovine). With one television and one radio channel it covers more than 97% of the country. BHRT is the only Bosnian member of the European Broadcasting Union.[8]

The entity broadcaster for Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is RTVFBiH (Radio televizija Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine). The program is broadcast on one radio and one television channel. The entity broadcaster for Republika Srpska is RTRS (Radio televizija Republike Srpske). The program is broadcast via one radio and two television channels (one channel is via cable systems).[9]

There are plans to establish a public TV corporation[10] that would operate, consolidate and improve quality of all Bosnian tax-funded public broadcasters.

List of television channels in Bosnia and Herzegovina funded by TV-tax (7.50 BAM per month)
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
BHT 1 General 1 June 1961; 62 years ago (1961-06-01) RTV Sarajevo (1961–1992)
RTV BiH (tvbih) (1991–1995)
BHT (1995–1998)
PBS BiH (BHTV 1) (1998–2004)
BHT 1 (since 2004)
BHRT Bosnian,
Croatian
and Serbian
 Y
Federalna TV General 27 October 2001; 22 years ago (2001-10-27) RTVFBiH Bosnian and Croatian  Y
RTRS.tv General 19 April 1992; 31 years ago (1992-04-19) Канал С
ТВ РС
RTRS Serbian  N
Commercial funding edit

Near-national commercial broadcasters are primarily focused on the entitiy markets, but some of them also broadcast a joint program (Mreža TV). They provide a common advertising space (on country, entity, or regional level) that is more attractive to major advertisers.

List of Commercial television channels in BiH
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
OBN General 23 July 1996; 27 years ago (1996-07-23) Open Broadcast Network Ivan Ćaleta (100%) Croatian,
Bosnian
and Serbian
 Y
Nova BH General 9 October 2018; 5 years ago (2018-10-09) Pink BH (2003–2018) United Group Bosnian,
Serbian
and Croatian
 Y
Hayat General 24 February 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-24) Neovisna televizija Hayat
Hayat HD
Hayat TV Bosnian  Y
BN Televizija General 5 May 1998; 25 years ago (1998-05-05) RTV BN Serbian  Y
ATV General 4 June 1997; 26 years ago (1997-06-04) Alternativna TV Serbian  Y
O Kanal General 26 August 2010; 13 years ago (2010-08-26) TV1-RTM Oslobođenje Bosnian  Y
Prva BH General 29 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-29) NTV Jasmin (1998–2022) Unipol Group Bosnian  Y
Una TV General 21 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-21) Una World Network Bosnian,
Serbian
and Croatian
 Y

Regional coverage edit

Public funding edit

Other public TV stations broadcast only locally at the municipal, local, and regional levels, such as 5 cantonal TV stations (e.g. TVSA, RTV TK, RTV USK, RTV ZE, and RTV BPK).

List of Public television channels in BiH funded by Cantons (via Assembly or grants)
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
TVSA Regional 29 June 1998; 25 years ago (1998-06-29) Televizija Kantona Sarajevo Sarajevo Canton Bosnian  Y
RTV TK Regional 20 February 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-20) Televizija Tuzlanskog kantona Tuzla Canton Bosnian  Y
RTV USK Regional 22 December 1995; 28 years ago (1995-12-22) Televizija Unsko-sanskog kantona Una-Sana Canton Bosnian  Y
RTV ZE Regional 23 May 1995; 28 years ago (1995-05-23) Televizija Zenica Zenica-Doboj Canton Bosnian  Y
RTV BPK Regional 26 August 1996; 27 years ago (1996-08-26) Televizija BPK Goražde Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Bosnian  Y
RTV HB General 1 July 1993; 30 years ago (1993-07-01) Radiotelevizija Herceg-Bosne RTVHB Croatian  Y
Commercial funding edit

Commercial terrestrial stations are mostly located in larger towns and settlements (Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Mostar, Bijeljina, Brčko, Bihać, Trebinje, Travnik, Zenica...).

List of regional commercial television channels in BiH
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
Al Jazeera Balkans General 11 November 2011; 12 years ago (2011-11-11) NTV 99 Sarajevo Al Jazeera Media Network Bosnian
Serbian
Croatian
Montenegrin
Slovene
Macedonian
 Y
Televizija K3 Regional 15 April 1995; 28 years ago (1995-04-15) Televizija K3 Serbian  Y
Televizija Hit Regional 1999; 25 years ago (1999) RTV Hit Brčko Serbian  N
Herceg TV Regional 2008; 16 years ago (2008) RTV Herceg Serbian  N
TV Slon Extra Regional 1 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-01) Bosnian  Y

Local, city or municipal coverage edit

Local TV networks share local news (e.g. BH Veza in FBiH entity or PRIMA Mreža in RS entity).

Public funding edit
List of Public television channels in BiH funded by local government unit (via municipal assembly or grants)
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
TV Vogošća Municipal 10 December 1997; 26 years ago (1997-12-10) Televizija Vogošća Vogošća Bosnian  Y
TV Cazin Municipal 1993; 31 years ago (1993) Televizija Cazin Cazin Bosnian  Y
TV Visoko Municipal 13 July 1992; 31 years ago (1992-07-13) Televizija Visoko Visoko Bosnian  Y
TV Živinice Municipal 5 May 1992; 31 years ago (1992-05-05) Televizija Živinice Živinice Bosnian  Y
TV Bugojno Municipal 1992; 32 years ago (1992) Televizija Bugojno Bugojno Bosnian  N
TV Prijedor Municipal 2000; 24 years ago (2000) Televizija Prijedor Prijedor Serbian  Y
TV Rudo Municipal 28 June 1993; 30 years ago (1993-06-28) Televizija Rudo Rudo Serbian  N
Commercial funding edit
List of local commercial television channels in BiH
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
TV Alfa General 2007; 17 years ago (2007) Televizija Alfa Dnevni avaz Bosnian  N
MTV Igman Religious 1993; 31 years ago (1993) Bosnian  Y
TV Bel Kanal General 2003; 21 years ago (2003) ТВ Бел Канал Serbian  N
TV Simić General 5 July 1997; 26 years ago (1997-07-05) ТВ Симић Serbian  N
RTV Vikom General 1997; 27 years ago (1997) Serbian  N
NTV 101 General 1998; 26 years ago (1998) NTV 101 Sanski Most Bosnian  Y
NTV Arena General 18 August 1999; 24 years ago (1999-08-18) Nezavisni TV – Studio "Arena" Serbian  N
RTV Slobomir General 2005; 19 years ago (2005) Televizija Slobomir Serbian  N
NTVIC Kakanj General 11 April 1994; 29 years ago (1994-04-11) Neovisna televizija IC Bosnian  Y
NTV Amna General 1997; 27 years ago (1997) Neovisna televizija Amna Bosnian  N
RTV Maglaj General 9 June 1992; 31 years ago (1992-06-09) Bosnian  N

Cable and IPTV television edit

There are 36 licensed cable TV operators in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Caption text
Company name Group Headquarters DVB-C Service IPTV Service DTH/Sat Service Company website
BH Telecom  N Sarajevo  N  Y Moja TV
 Y Moja Web TV
 N www.bhtelecom.ba
www.mojatv.ba
HT Eronet  Y Hrvatski Telekom Mostar  N  Y HOME.TV  N www.hteronet.ba
Telekom Srpske  Y Telekom Srbija Banja Luka  N  Y Open IPTV  Y m:SAT TV www.mtel.ba
Elta-Kabel  Y Telekom Srbija Doboj  Y ELTA (CATV)
 Y ELTA (Digital TV)
 Y ELTA  N www.elta-kabel.com
LOGOSOFT  Y Telekom Srbija Sarajevo  N  Y Super TV  N www.logosoft.ba
Blic.Net  Y Telekom Srbija Banja Luka  Y TViN (Cable)
 Y TViN (Digital/MMDS)
 Y TViN  N www.blic.net
Telrad Net d.o.o.  Y Telekom Srbija Bijeljina  Y Telerad (CATV)
 Y Telerad (Digital/MMDS)
 N  N www.telrad.net
Elta-MT  Y Telekom Srbija[11] Tuzla  Y ELTA (CATV)
 Y ELTA (Digital TV)
 N  N www.elta-mt.ba
ELNET  Y Telekom Srbija Laktaši  Y ELTA (CATV)
 Y ELTA (Digital TV)
 N  N www.elnetrs.ba
Telemach  Y United Group Sarajevo  Y EON.TV  Y EON.TV
 Y NetTV Plus (OTT outside BiH)
 Y Total TV www.telemach.ba
www.eon.tv
M&H Company  Y United Group Sarajevo  Y EON.TV  Y EON.TV  Y Total TV www.hs-hkb.ba
www.eon.tv
HKB Net d.o.o.  Y United Group Sarajevo  Y EON.TV  Y EON.TV  Y Total TV www.hs-hkb.ba
www.eon.tv
HS Kablovska TV  Y United Group Sarajevo  Y EON.TV  Y EON.TV  Y Total TV www.hs-hkb.ba
www.eon.tv
TRION TEL  Y United Group[11] Banja Luka  Y EON.TV  Y EON.TV  Y Total TV www.triontel.net
www.eon.tv
TX TV  N Tuzla  Y TXTV (CATV)
 Y TXTV (Digital TV)
 N  N www.txtv.ba
NEON Solucije  N Tuzla  Y Neon Solucije (CATV)
 Y Neon Solucije (Digital TV)
 N  N www.neon.ba
Miss.Net  N Bihać  Y Miss.Net (CATV)
 Y ELTA (Digital TV)[12]
 N  N www.missnet.ba
Telinea  N Bihać  Y (Digital TV)  N  N www.telinea.net
TELESKY  N Gradačac  Y TELESKY (Digital TV)  Y TELESKY (IPTV TV)  Y Total TV[12] www.telesky.ba
Dasto-Semtel d.o.o.  N Bijeljina  Y ZONA TV (Digital TV)  Y ZONA TV  N www.zona.ba
ZipZap d.o.o.  N Zenica  Y ZipZap TV (Digital TV) ZipZap TV (IPTV)
ZipZap TVtoGO
 N www.zipzap.ba
Media Sky d.o.o.  N Živinice  Y Media Sky (Cable TV)
 Y Media Sky (Digital TV)
 N  N www.mediasky.ba
WIRAC.NET  N Gračanica  Y WIRAC.NET (Cable TV)
 Y WIRAC.NET (Digital TV)
 N  N www.wirac.net
Avax NET  N Lukavac  Y Avax NET (Cable TV)
 Y Avax NET (Digital TV)
 Y Avax NET (IPTV)  N www.avax.ba
Maxtv d.o.o.  N Brčko  N  Y MAX.TV (IPTV)  N www.maxtv.ba
Tel-Net d.o.o.  N Ključ TEL-NET (Cable TV)  N  N
TEONET d.o.o.  N Tuzla Teonet (Cable TV)  N  N
Terc Trade Company d.o.o.  N Prnjavor  Y TercTV (Cable TV)
 Y TercTV (Digital TV)
 N  N www.terctv.com
DSL ELEKTRONIKA d.o.o.  N Modriča  N  Y DSL TV  N www.dslon.ws
KT Sara d.o.o.  N Drvar  Y KT Sara (Cable TV)
 Y KT Sara (Digital TV)
 N  N www.ktsara.net
KDS Ortak d.o.o.  N Šipovo  Y Ortak CATV (Cable TV)  N  N www.kdsortak.net
Stokić d.o.o.  N Doboj  Y Stokić CATV (Cable TV)  N  N www.medioq.com
KTV E-G-E d.o.o.  N Doboj Jug  Y KTV E-G-E (Cable TV)
 Y KTV E-G-E (Digital TV)
 N  N www.ktv-ege.ba
KG-1 d.o.o.  N Goražde  Y KG-1 TV (Cable TV)
 Y KG-1 TV (Digital TV)
 N  N www.kg1.ba
AMBnet d.o.o.  N Živinice  Y AMBnet TV (Cable TV)
 Y AMBnet TV (Digital TV)
 N  N www.amb-net.ba
Detel d.o.o.  N Sarajevo  Y Detel TV (Digital TV)  N  N www.detel.ba

Depending on cable provider and subscription type, cable TV offer usually includes most of the local terrestrial channels. Offers are usually customized for specific city. Basic cable offer is limited to 40-65 TV channels in the starting packages. Digital and IPTV packages are limited to 100-350 channels (including the additional channel packages, HD packages, VOD etc.).

Cable television companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Media database by CRA BiH (November 2018) Sum
Registered companies with licences (Operators) 36
Registered on-demand audiovisual media service providers 13

Registered on-demand audiovisual media service providers by CRA BiH:

Domestic pay-tv channels edit

There are over 66 licensed TV stations (both private and publicly owned) which broadcast their programmes exclusively via cable, satellite or IPTV. Cable and IPTV operators also manage their own TV channels that are part of their multimedia services (digital or IPTV info channels).

Public funding (Cable only) edit

Many local and regional public TV stations funded by local government unit are available through cable television only.

List of Public cable only television channels in BiH funded by local government unit (via municipal assembly or grants)
TV channel Type Launched Formerly called Owned by Language HDTV
Televizija Jablanica Municipal 1999; 25 years ago (1999) RTV Jablanica Jablanica Bosnian  Y
RTV 7 Municipal 29 July 2012; 11 years ago (2012-07-29) Televizija 7 Tuzla Tuzla Bosnian  Y
RTV Kozarska Dubica Municipal РТВ Козарска Дубица Kozarska Dubica Serbian  N
RTV Doboj Municipal РТВ Добој Doboj Serbian  Y
TV Lukavac Municipal 2011; 13 years ago (2011)[13] TV Lukavac Lukavac Bosnian  N
RTV Sana Municipal 21 June 2016; 7 years ago (2016-06-21) Radio televizija Sana Sanski Most Bosnian  Y

Commercial funding broadcasters (Cable only) edit

Foreign channels neighboring countries are available in BiH. For this reason, all TV advertisements from common ex-Yugoslav area are freely broadcast on a daily basis in Bosnian cable systems. That is a major problem for domestic commercial media market, cable and satellite TV stations that aim to capture wider audiences.

Foreign pay-tv channels edit

Depending on cable provider and subscription type, cable TV offer usually includes channels such as FOX, FOX Movies, FOX Life, FOX Crime, AXN, MGM, Sci Fi Channel, Eurosport, MTV, Comedy Central Extra, National Geographic Channel (with subtitles in official Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian). Bosnian cable operators offer a large number of regional national (e.g., HRT, RTS, B92) and international TV channels (e.g., CNN, DW, RTL, Euronews, Russia Today).

Premium sports offer is mostly limited to Arena Sport or Sport Klub TV packages. Premium movies channels are mostly limited to the HBO and Cinemax TV packages.

There are seven licensed providers of on-demand services (VOD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[14]

United Group / United Media edit

Croatia Records / Jugoton

Kopernikus Cable Network

DM SAT

Discovery, Inc.

Viasat Broadcasting

Arena Sport

Fox Networks Group Europe

AMC Networks International Zone

HBO Europe

TRT

MTV

Cinestar

  • Cinestar TV (subtitles in Croatia)
  • Cinestar Action (subtitles in Croatia)
  • Cinestar Fantasy (subtitles in Croatia)
  • Cinestar Comedy (subtitles in Croatia)
  • Cinestar Premiere 1 HD (subtitles in Croatia)
  • Cinestar Premiere 2 HD (subtitles in Croatia)

RTL Group

Hrvatska radiotelevizija

Radio Televizija Srbije

FilmBox

  • FilmBox
  • FilmBox Extra HD
  • FilmBox Family
  • FilmBox Plus
  • FilmBox Premium
  • FightBox
  • Fast&FunBox
  • Gametoon HD
  • FilmBox Art House
  • DocuBox HD
  • FashionBox
  • 360TuneBox
  • Erox
  • Eroxxx HD

AXN Networks

Disney Channel Europe

Pink Media Group

  • RTV Pink
  • Pink Media BH (newscast in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Pink Media (newscast in Montenegro)
  • Pink 2
  • Pink 3 Info
  • Pink Action (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Bravo Music
  • Pink Classic (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Comedy (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Crime & Mystery (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Extra
  • Pink Family (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Fashion (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Fight Network
  • Pink Film
  • Pink Folk
  • Pink Folk 2
  • Pink Hits 1
  • Pink Hits 2
  • Pink Horor
  • Pink Kids
  • Pink Koncert
  • Pink Kuvar
  • Pink Life Style (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Movies (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Music
  • Pink Music 2
  • Pink n Roll
  • Pink Parada
  • Pink Pedia (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Plus
  • Pink Premium (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Reality
  • Pink Romance (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Sci Fi & Fantasy (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Serije (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Show
  • Pink Soap (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Super Kids
  • Pink Thriller (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink Western (subtitles in Serbia)
  • Pink World
  • Pink World Cinema
  • Pink Zabava
  • Pink HAHA
  • Pink LOL

Digital television transition in BiH edit

The process of digitization is still going on. Communications Regulatory Agency of BiH issued the first licences for digital broadcasting in BiH to broadcasters BHRT, RTVFBiH and RTRS.

Permits are valid from March 1, 2016.[15]

Council of Ministers of BiH has decided to use the DVB-T2 standard for digital TV services in all nine allotments.

First stage of the transition to digital broadcasting covered Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka and was completed on 14 October 2016. During this test phase, in some parts of the country, programmes from the public broadcasters (BHRT, FTV and RTRS) are broadcasting in digital form where equipment has been installed. The signal can also be received in the surrounding cities (Ilijaš, Visoko, Pale, Istočno Sarajevo, Prijedor, Gradiška, Laktaši, Čelinac and places in the Neretva river valley towards Čapljina) and places with optical visibility at the emission locations. Due to the abolition of the old analogue frequency for the purposes of digital, one commercial station temporarily emits digital signal in Banja Luka area. (K3 Prnjavor).

The second and third phase will cover six remaining areas for completing MUX-A in the whole territory of the country. That process will be completed after tender procedure. MUX-B is intended for privately owned and regional TV stations.

Most-viewed channels in BiH edit

By 2012, information from MARECO INDEX BOSNIA (TNS) was used, and after 2014, survey data from Audience Measurement (Nielsen) is used.[16]

Annual viewership overview edit

Annual viewership overview:[17]

Audience share % (4+)[18]
Channel 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018[19] 2019
BHT 1 6.2 6.8 5.7 6.41 5.3 3.45 4.3
FTV 14.9 14.5 14.4 12.94 11.9 10.65 9.44 10.4
RTRS 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.69 6.1 6.34 6.49 6.4
OBN 6.4 10.4 8.5 8.23 10.3 11.91 9.01 6.7
Nova BH 14.4 10.9 9.5 9.23 9.9 8.31 6.09 8.6
Hayat 7.8 7.8 7.7 5.99 6.0 2.99 2.7
BN TV 4.2 6.3 7.0 5.69 6.6 6.20 6.5
ATV 4.4 5.2 4.0 2.85
O Kanal 2.85

Defunct television channels in BiH edit

Defunct television channels in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Analog television, Cable television, Satellite television, IPTV)
Television channel Headquarters Programming Transmission Launched End Notes
Hayat Plus Sarajevo Local Cable TV 2006 2024 became Hayat 2
Hayat Music Sarajevo Local Cable TV 2011 2024 became Hayat Music Box
Hayat Folk Tešanj Local Cable TV 2011 2024 became Hayat Folk Box
NTV Amna Tešanj Local Analog TV 1997 2024 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[20]
TV Bel Kanal Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1997 2024 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[20]
RTV Slobomir Slobomir Local Analog TV 2005 2024 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[20]
Vikom TV Bosanska Gradiška Local Analog TV 1997 2023 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[21]
Večernji TV Mostar Local Internet TV 2021 2023
BONA TV Sarajevo Local Internet TV 2023 2023 became Dobra TV[22]
Illyricum TV Sarajevo Local Internet TV 2023 2023 became BONA TV[23]
NTV 101 Prijedor Local Analog TV 1998 2023 became Illyricum TV[24]
Prva BH Sarajevo Regional Analog TV 2021 2023 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[25]
BDC Televizija Brčko Local Cable TV 2009 2022 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[26]
NTV Jasmin Vitez Local Analog TV 1998 2022 became Prva BH
Vikom Music Bosanska Gradiška Music Cable TV 2013 2022 became RTV Vikom
Info Plus Gradiška Local Cable TV 2004 2022
Televizija Adria Pale Local Cable TV - 2022 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[27]
RA-TV Tešanj Local Cable TV 2013 2021 became SII-LED channel[28]
Inicijativa TV Sarajevo Regional Internet TV 2012 2021
HTV Oscar C Mostar Local Analog TV 1994 2021 became RTV Herceg-Bosne
OSM TV Pale Local Analog TV 1993 2021 became RTV IS - TV Istočno Sarajevo has new owner and it is different TV station then previous TV Istočno Sarajevo channel
BN Sat Bijeljina Local Satellite TV 2004 2020 became BN 2
DF TV Banja Luka Music Cable TV 2019 2020
Keno TV Banja Luka Gambling Cable TV 2020 2020
RTV BIR Sarajevo Local Cable TV 2013 2020 became BIR TV HD - this was radio stream with static pictures on TV channel
Televizija IN Bijeljina Local Cable TV 2005 2020 * Closed at New Year's Eve of 2020 [29]
TV1 Sarajevo Regional Analog TV 2010 2019 became O Kanal
Naša TV Mostar Local Cable TV 2016 2019 became RTV Herceg-Bosne
TV KISS Kiseljak Local Analog TV 1992 2019 became RTV Herceg-Bosne
Prvi TV Mostar Local Internet TV 2014 2019 became RTV Herceg-Bosne
A1 TV Sarajevo Local Cable TV 2016 2019 became Dobra TV
Televizija Istočno Sarajevo Sarajevo Local Cable TV 2008 2018 became RTV IS
OTV Valentino Sat Brčko Local Satellite TV 2018 2018
KG-1 TV Goražde Local Cable TV - 2018
VIP TV Prijedor Local Cable TV - 2018
Pink Media BH Sarajevo Regional Cable TV 2018 2018 Now Pink BH
Pink BH Sarajevo Regional Analog TV 2003 2018 Now Nova BH
RTM Mostar Mostar Local Analog TV 1995 2018 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[30]
TV VI-NET Visoko Local Cable TV - 2018[31]
Centralne Nacionalne Novosti Sarajevo Local [16] Cable TV 2012 2017 Merged with TV1
Behar TV Sarajevo Local Analog TV 2008 2016[32]
Art INFO Kiseljak Local Cable TV - 2016
OBN+ Sarajevo Reruns Satellite TV 2015 2016
Druga TV Tuzla Local Cable TV 2012 2015
HTV Oscar 2 Mostar Music Cable TV 2001 2015
Kanal 1 Sarajevo Music Cable TV 2010 2015
TV Džungla Doboj Local Cable TV - 2013
037 Televizija Bihać Local Cable TV 2010 2013
TVT Tuzla Tuzla Local Analog TV 1991 2013 [33]
VIK-televizija Vlasenica Local Analog TV - 2013 [34]
Program Plus Sarajevo Regional Analog TV 2011 2012
Hercegovačka televizija Mostar Local Analog TV 2002 2012[35] * Lost licence from the CRA BiH[36]
NTV Travnik Travnik Local Analog TV 1995 2012 [37]
NTV Studio 99 Sarajevo Local Analog TV 1992 2011 Now Al Jazeera Balkans
Nova Mreža Sarajevo Regional Analog TV 2011 2011 became Mreža TV
Mreža plus Sarajevo Regional Analog TV 2001 2011
Balkan TV Pale Local Analog TV - 2009 [38]
Televizija X Sarajevo Local Analog TV 2000 2008 Now Behar TV
NTV Hayat SAT Sarajevo Local Cable TV 2002 2006 Hayat Plus
NTV Zetel Zenica Local Analog TV 2000 2005
BHTV1/PBS BiH Sarajevo National Analog TV 1998 2004 became BHT1
RTV Alfa Sarajevo Local Analog TV 1999 2004 Now TV Alfa
RTV Glas Bosne Sarajevo Local Analog TV - 2004 [39]
NTV Patria Doboj Local Analog TV - 2003 Merged with Pink BH[40] - available as a Cable TV channel
RTV Kometa Pale Local Analog TV - 2003 Merged with Pink BH[40]
RTV Step Bijeljina Local Analog TV 1998 2003 Merged with Pink BH[40]
TV GLS Sokolac Local Analog TV - 2003 Merged with Pink BH[40]
FTV 2 Sarajevo FBiH entity Analog TV 2001 2003
FTV 1 Sarajevo FBiH entity Analog TV 2001 2003 became FTV
NRTV Banja Luka Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1995 2003 Merged with Pink BH
RTV Tomislavgrad Tomislavgrad Local Analog TV - 2003 [39]
RTV Grad Sarajevo Local Analog TV - 2002 [41]
TV IC 7 Kakanj Local Analog TV 1994 2002 became NTV IC Kakanj
TB C1 Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1996 2002 became TV Simić
RTV PiM Bijeljina Local Analog TV - 2002
RTRS TV SiM Bijeljina Local Analog TV - 2002 became RTRS
HTV Mostar Mostar Local Analog TV 1998 2002 became Hercegovačka televizija
HRTV Herceg Bosna Mostar Local Analog TV - 2002 [42]
RTV Info Tes Teslić Local Analog TV - 2002 Merged with Pink BH
RTV Maoča Brčko Local Analog TV - 2002
TV Žepče Žepče Local Analog TV - 2002
RTV Kladanj Kladanj Local Analog TV - 2002
TV MIB Brčko Local Analog TV - 2002
ATV Banovići Banovići Local Analog TV - 2002
TV FS3 Tuzla Local Analog TV 1991 2002
TV Studio Šamac Bosanski Šamac Local Analog TV - 2002
RTV Srebrenica Srebrenica Local Analog TV - 2002 [43]
TV Srpski Glas Zvornik Local Analog TV 1992 2002
RTV Zvornik Zvornik Local Analog TV - 2002
RTV Ljubinje Ljubinje Local Analog TV - 2002 Merged with Pink BH
TV Teodora Banja Luka Local Analog TV - 2002 Merged with Pink BH
Hrvatska televizija Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
RTV Bihać Bihać Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
Kanal V 7 Vitez Local Analog TV - 2002 [41]
RTV Zavidovići Zavidovići Local Analog TV - 2002 [41]
RTV Donji Vakuf Donji Vakuf Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
RTV Gornji Vakuf Gornji Vakuf Local Analog TV - 2002 [41]
HRTV Jajce Jajce Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
RTV Konjic Konjic Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
RTV Big Banja Luka Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
TV Gvozden Gradiška Local Analog TV 1996 2002 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH
RTV Birač Milići Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
Hrvatska radio-televizija Novi Travnik Novi Travnik Local Analog TV - 2002 [39]
TV Fenix Maglaj Local Analog TV 1992 2001 became RTV Maglaj[44]
RTV Livno Livno Local Analog TV - 2001 [41]
NTV Vitez Vitez Local Analog TV 1994 2001 became NTV Jasmin
HRTV Kiseljak Kiseljak Local Analog TV 1991 2001 became TV KISS
NTV D Doboj Doboj Local Analog TV 1987 2001
Muslimanska Televizija Igman Pazarić Local Analog TV 1993 2000 became MTV Igman
RTV Sveti Georgije Banja Luka Local & Katolic Analog TV 1997 2001 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH
TV Silva N/A Local Analog TV - 2000 [45]
RTV Višegrad Višegrad Local Analog TV - 2000 [46]
Kanal S Pale Local Analog TV 1992[3] 1999 became RTRS
Televizija Republike Srpske (TVRS) Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1999 1999 became RTRS
SRT-Sa Sarajevo Local Analog TV - 1999 became RTRS[47]
Srpska Radio Televizija (SRT) Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1993 1999 became Televizija Republike Srpske (TVRS)
Erotel Mostar parts of FBiH entity Analog TV 1996 1999[48] * Lost licence from the CRA BiH, later became FTV 2[49]
BRT International Sarajevo Local Analog TV 1990 1999 * Lost licence from the CRA BiH
BHT Sarajevo National Analog TV 1995 1998 became BHTV1/PBS BiH
TVIN Sarajevo Local Analog TV 1996 1998 became OBN[50]
RTV Tešanj Tešanj Local Analog TV - 1998 [39][51]
Fiva TV/TV Dobrinja Sarajevo Local Analog TV - 1997 [41]
TV Ljiljan Sarajevo Local Analog TV - 1996 became BRT International[52]
TV Tuzlansko-podrinjskog kantona Tuzla Local Analog TV 1994 1996 became RTV TK[39]
Televizija Okruga Zenica Zenica Local Analog TV - 1996 became RTV Zenica[39]
RTV BiH/tvbih Sarajevo National Analog TV 1992 1995 became BHT
Televizija Okruga Tuzla Tuzla Local Analog TV 1993 1994 became TV Tuzlansko-podrinjskog kantona[39]
Srpska Televizija (STV) Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1993 1993 became Srpska Radio Televizija (SRT)
RTV Krajina Banja Luka Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1993 1993 became Srpska Televizija (STV)
TV Banja Luka Banja Luka Local Analog TV 1992 1993 became Srpska Televizija (STV)
TV Dobre vibracije Sarajevo Local Analog TV - 1992
TV Sarajevo 3 Sarajevo National Analog TV 1989 1992
TV Sarajevo 2 Sarajevo National Analog TV 1975 1992
TV Sarajevo Sarajevo National Analog TV 1961 1992 became RTV BiH/tvbih

See also edit

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External links edit

  • Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Ministry of Communications and Transport BiH
  • BHRT website
  • Association of Private Electronic Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina