Radio Television Brunei

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4°53′27″N 114°56′25″E / 4.8907905°N 114.9404052°E / 4.8907905; 114.9404052

Radio Television Brunei
IndustryMass media
Predecessors
  • Radio Brunei (1957–1975)
  • Televisyen Brunei (1975)
Founded2 May 1957; 66 years ago (1957-05-02)
HeadquartersSecretariat Building,
Bandar Seri Begawan
,
Brunei
Area served
Nationwide[a]
Key people
Pengiran Ismail Pengiran Muhammad Kifli (Acting Director)
Products
Services
  • Television
  • radio
  • online
Owner
Parent
Prime Minister's Office
Websitertb.gov.bn

Radio Television Brunei (

Jawi: راديو تيليۏيشين بروني, officially abbreviated as RTB) is the national public broadcaster of Brunei. Radio Brunei made its first broadcast on 2 May 1957,[1] with a television service starting on 1 March 1975. Modelled after Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), RTB monopolises the free-to-air television in the country, and also radio until 1999, when the country's only commercial radio station, Kristal FM was founded. Currently, it operates 3 television channels and 5 radio stations. The broadcaster's logo was based from the national emblem of Brunei
.

History

Brunei started its radio broadcasting on 2 May 1957 under the name Radio Brunei with an

Brunei Town and surrounding areas. The first radio station would later become known as Nasional FM.[2]

In 1974, RTB had only 171 staff and three transmitting sites giving almost 100% coverage of the country and beyond.[3]

Radio Television Brunei launched the first pilot television service on 1 February 1975 when RTB

Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on 9 July 1975.[5][6]
There were only three staff in the RTB studio and four to attend the transmitter.

  • Phase 1 - Used part of the Radio Studios as the television station.
  • Phase 2 - Utilising the current multi-purpose studio complex which was fully commissioned by 1980. A second television transmitter, operating was commissioned at Brunei-Muara District on 1 March 1976.

On 1 March 1976 was also the year of the first outside television broadcast which was the coverage of His Majesty's birthday parade from the then 'Town Padang'. The television project was budgeted at B$35M. FM Stereo Radio Services from Brunei-Muara District started on 1 March 1977. At the same time, two high power Medium Wave stations in Brunei-Muara District commenced transmission of the Malay language service. Today, around 1,100 employees work in RTB. Coverage by radio and television is almost 100% for Brunei.

In 1980, RTB sents 16 of its staffs to Singapore where they undergo on-the-job training at the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), the forerunner of Mediacorp.[7]

In 1982, RTB sents another 4 staffs to undergo certain training at the SBC in Singapore.[8] On the same year, it acquires 75% of programmes produced by SBC.[9][10]

In 1983, RTB through its Training Unit conducts a training programme for its staffs and officers as preparation to celebrates Brunei's independence by 1984.[11]

RTB aired a joint radio-TV simulcast of the ceremony of the declaration of independence day on New Year's Eve 1983 and the first National Day Parade in 1984.

In 1985, RTB allows a dressing changes for its Muslim news presenters, with men have his songkoks dispensed with and women have her traditional hijabwear shed.[12][13]

In 1987, a senior officer of RTB proposed an establishment of a consortium to operate an ASEAN satellite for news and TV program exchange for all ASEAN broadcasting stations.[14]

Towards the end of the 20th century, four more radio stations were established: vernacular station Pilihan FM on 31 December 1995, youth station Pelangi FM on 1 January 1996, family station Harmoni FM on 15 July 1996 and Islamic station Nur Islam FM on 2 May 1997. In 2002, RTB commissioned an initial transmission consultancy project on incorporating a digital broadcasting, which was conducted by NTL Asia Pacific.[15]

On 9 July 2003, 24-hour international television channel RTB4 International went on the air. By 2010, High Definition (HD) entertainment channel RTB3 and Islamic channel RTB5 were added to RTB's television network, but RTB3 and RTB5 each had only 6 hours of transmission per day and only broadcast in the evening.[16]

On 11 April 2017, RTB made a major rebranding project for its TV channels. RTB1 and RTB5 merged to form RTB Perdana, while RTB2 and RTB3 combined as RTB Aneka and RTB4 renamed as RTB Sukmaindera.[17][18] The rebranding was made as part of RTB's plan to transition the current analogue television broadcasting to digital television.[19][20][21]

On 2 May 2017, RTB celebrates 60th anniversary of its radio broadcast.[22]

RTM announced it was officially discontinued the analogue broadcasting transmitted from Bukit Subok on 31 December 2017.[23]

In 2020, RTB signed a memorandum of understanding with the

Universiti Teknologi Brunei to create a mutual partnership in creative media industry.[24]

In 2021, RTB began to aired educational programmes to provide "additional learning support", which will be aired during school days.[25]

Properties and facilities

Bandar Seri Begawan

  • RTB Headquarters (Secretariat Building, Jalan Elizabeth II)
  • RTB Sungai Akar Broadcasting Complex
  • RTB Centre for Broadcasting Development (CfBD)
  • Berakas RTB Orchestra Unit Building

Tutong District

Belait District

Temburong District

Services

RTB camera operator during a national event in 2023.

Radio

Logo Station Frequencies (Area/Transmitter)[26][27] Language Format Ref
Nasional FM 92.3 MHz (Bandar Seri Begawan/Bukit Subok)
93.8 MHz (Kuala Belait/Andulau) 		Malay News and Full-service [28]
Pilihan FM 95.9 MHz (Bandar Seri Begawan/Bukit Subok)
96.9 MHz (Kuala Belait/Andulau) 		English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Nepali Infotainment, Top 40 (CHR) and Oldies [28]
Pelangi FM 91.4 MHz (Bandar Seri Begawan/Bukit Subok)
91.0 MHz (Kuala Belait/Andulau) 		Malay and English Infotainment, Top 40 (CHR) and Talk radio [28]
Harmoni FM 94.1 MHz (Bandar Seri Begawan/Bukit Subok)
97.7 MHz (Kuala Belait/Andulau) 		Malay Classic hits and Talk radio [28]
Nur Islam FM 93.3 MHz (Bandar Seri Begawan/Bukit Subok)
94.9 MHz (Kuala Belait/Andulau) 		Malay Religion (Islam) [28]

Television

All logos of the RTB television channels consist of the italic letters R, T and B in three separate boxes, similar to pre-1998 BBC logos, with the channel's name below.

  • RTB Perdana's logo is blue. The word "perdana" is presented in lower case.
  • RTB Aneka's logo is orange. The word "Aneka" is presented in sentence case, the capital letter A is white superimposed on an orange diamond with grey shadow behind it.
  • RTB Sukmaindera's logo is green. The word "SUKMAINDERA" is presented in upper case.
Name Language Programming 24-hours Ref
RTB Perdana Malay, English and Indonesian News, culture, entertainment and sports No [20]
RTB Aneka Malay, English, Korean, Tagalog, Chinese (Mandarin), Turkish and Thai Culture, entertainment, children, sports and education No [20]
RTB Sukmaindera Malay and English News, culture, entertainment, children and sports Yes [20]

Digital platforms

RTB GO logo.

RTB GO is RTB's Over-the-top media service (OTT).[29] It covers viewers across multiple devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones. The service's website contains all RTB's radio stations and television channels except for RTB Perdana. However, RTB Aneka and RTB GO Live are not available for view outside Brunei.[30]

Flagship programmes

  • Rampai Pagi (Jawi: رامڤأي ڤاڬي, Morning Medley) - An all-time breakfast television programme in the form of a talk show, which airs on RTB Perdana and RTB Sukmaindera.

See also

  • Media of Brunei
  • List of Malay language television channels

Notes

  1. ^ Also available in Malaysia through the border in the northern part of the state of Sarawak and the island territory of Labuan) and also worldwide through its international television channel, RTB Sukmaindera.

References

  1. The Singapore Free Press
    . 23 February 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Radio Brunei is planned". The Straits Times. 2 January 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. Berita Harian
    . 9 October 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. Berita Harian
    . 6 March 1975. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. Berita Harian
    . 10 July 1975. p. 11. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ^ "TV berwarna di Brunei". Berita Harian. 4 March 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ "SBC latih kakitangan Radio dan TV Brunei". Berita Harian. 22 November 1980. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Empat lagi k-tangan RTB mengikuti latihan di SBC". Berita Harian. 20 January 1982. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Brunei beli 75% rancangan2 terbitan SBC". Berita Harian. 12 October 1982. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Brunei buying SBC shows". The Straits Times. 22 October 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  11. ^ "RTB terus giatkan usaha latih pegawai2". Berita Harian. 22 August 1983. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  12. ^ "'New look' for TV newsreaders". The Straits Times. 7 December 1985. p. 9. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Pembaca berita TV kini 'berwajah baru'". Berita Harian. 12 December 1985. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Usul satelit Asean". Berita Harian. 28 July 1987. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Brunei tests the digital waters". Edge Middle East. 4 June 2002. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  16. ^ "RTB Television Channels". RTB. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012.
  17. ^ Fizah Hab (12 April 2017). "State broadcaster to revamp, digitise TV channels". Asia News Network. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  18. ^ "State broadcaster to revamp, digitise TV channels". Borneo Bulletin. 12 April 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  19. ^ "Brunei Mansuh Siaran Analog, Kini Digital Penuh". My News Hub. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  20. ^ a b c d Salawati Haji Yahya (12 April 2017). "RTB lancar penjenamaan baharu". Media Permata. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  21. ^ Salawati Haji Yahya (11 April 2017). "Satu titik sejarah buat RTB". Media Permata. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  22. ^ Salawati Haji Yahya; Pg Fairol RMF (2 May 2017). "Radio Brunei sambut Jubli Intan 60". Media Permata. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Penutupan siaran televisyen analog 31 Disember ini". Pelita Brunei. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  24. ^ "Radio Television Brunei signs MOU". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  25. ^ "RTB Brunei to Broadcast Additional Educational Programming". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  26. ^ "FM Radio Stations in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore 87.5-95.9 MHz". www.asiawaves.net. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  27. ^ "FM Radio Stations in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore 96.0-107.9 MHz". www.asiawaves.net. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  28. ^ a b c d e James Kon (22 April 2023). "Festive radio, TV programmes to enliven Raya celebrations". Borneo Bulletin. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  29. ^ "Aplikasi RTBGo dilancarkan". Pelita Brunei. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  30. ^ "Radio Televisyen Brunei, RTB.Go – Digital Media Delivery Platform". IPSB Technology. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

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