Mongolian National Broadcaster

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Монголын Үндэсний Телевиз Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB)

Launched	1967
Owned by	State
Country	Mongolia
Broadcast area	Mongolia
Headquarters	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Formerly called	Mongolian National Television
Website	www.mnb.mn

The Mongolian National Broadcaster is the official, state-funded Television channel in Mongolia

1 History
2 Relations
3 TV Programming
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

On September 27, 1967, the Mongolian National Television started broadcasts, and with it started Mongolian TV Broadcasting. Initially all programmes were broadcast live but in December 1971 the Mongolian TV studios opened and another important step towards improving the quality of the images and enabling the pre-recording of documentaries and short films was taken. This in turn enabled the broadcast schedule to become much more varied and entertaining. Since the 1980s Mongolian National Broadcaster began working with a new generation of equipment made in Japan, France and Russia and this, along with a new TV centre being put in to commission, made the transition to colour possible.

Until the mid 1980s programs were only watched by a small percentage of the population but with the help of radio relay lines reception was extended. In 1991 it began broadcasting via the Asiasat satellite and this allowed its programs to be received in even the remotest parts of Mongolia. Today some 70% of the country's population watch the national TV channel.

[edit] Relations

Since its foundation the Mongolian National Broadcaster had been working to develop its international relations and co-operate with international broadcasters. In January 1997 it became a full member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. As well as broadcasting domestically produced materialit also has program exchanges with Russian Public TV, NHK, CNN, ZDF and Deutsche Welle.