BeTV (Burundi)

BeTV
Country Burundi
HeadquartersBujumbura
Programming
Language(s)French, Kiswahili, Kirundi
Picture format4:3 SDTV
History
Launched25 October 2017[1]
Links
Websitewww.betvburundi.com (Archived 2022)

Best Entertainment Television (BETV) is a local private television channel in Bujumbura, the largest city and former capital city of Burundi.

History

BETV (since 2017)

BETV is an apolitical private television channel in Burundi, launched on 25 October 2017. Its mission is to promote Burundian culture by promoting cultural agents and the talents of the country in its broadcasts in Kirundi, French and Swahili and English.[2]

BETV Burundi stands for Best Entertainment Television.[1] It is different from and has no partnership with the Belgian cable television platform BeTV (formerly Canal+ Belgique), launched on 29 August 2004, when the former platform Vivendi sold Canal+ Benelux.[3] It is also involved in entertainment activities throughout the country. In 2019, it was the exclusive media that covered the event of the Buja Music Awards at its first edition on 7 July 2019.[4] The same goes for the event of Buja Fashion Week the same year.[5]

On 20 May 2019, BETV launched its website and app on Google PlayStore.[6][7]

Logos

A current logo has a rectangle and a trapezoid. The letter BE is in the middle of the rectangle, and then the letter TV is at side of the trapezoid. Finally, the rectangle conjoins the trapezoid.

A variant logo has a grey circle line and a blue circle, and then the current logo is the middle of the current logo.

Another variant logo is similar to the variant logo. It has a blue circle and then a word BURUNDI near the current logo. Finally, the word is white.[8]



Programmes

  • Abakundan

Notable presenters and journalists

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "RAPPORT ANNUEL DU CONSEIL NATIONAL DE LA COMMUNICATION, EXERCICE 2017" (PDF). cnc-burundi.bi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Dj Paulin yavuze kwibura rya B face, hakaboneka Mb Data mu giteramo". Indundi | Promote Burundi Beauty online. 2019-04-16. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  3. ^ "BeTV, le nouveau nom de Canal+ Belgique", AJP, 18 August 2014. (Retrieved 15 October 2019)
  4. ^ "Buja Music Awards 2019 1st Edition : Sat-B niwe yashoboye gutahukana ubushimwe bwinshi, Nguku uko vyagenze..." www.betvburundi.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  5. ^ "Dance plus /Dream Team / BE TV Burundi - Fashion Central Africa". Fashion Central Africa. 2019-04-10. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  6. ^ BE TV Burundi (2019-05-20). Nguku uko application ya BE TV Burundi ikora, uca muri Playstore... Fyonda ngaha ubirabe. Retrieved 2025-06-10 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "BE TV Burundi on Google PlayStore", Google Play, Google, Inc. (Retrieved 15 October 2019)
  8. ^ "BETV Burundi". Bing. 10 June 2025.