Network bTV Media Group Slogan "Nothing serious." | Picture format 16:9 (576i, SDTV) | |
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Launched 30 September 2009 (2009-09-30) Owned by News Corporation (2009-2010)
CME (Central European Media Enterprises) (2010-present) Audience share 1.80% (April 2016, Nielsen Admosphere) | ||
bTV Comedy is a Bulgarian family-based television channel, airing mostly comedy series. It is part of bTV Media Group, owned by Central European Media Enterprises. Originally launched in 1997 as Television Triada - a news TV airing CNN English language news, it replaced TV5 Monde terrestrial in Sofia. It was owned by Krassimir Guergov and Triada Communications. In September 30, 2005, it was re-branded as GTV (sometimes promoted as "The Good Television" and Guergov TV) and began airing comedy series and films. The current name of the channel is bTV Comedy as of October 1, 2009, when bTV took over the channel and it changed its graphical look from 1 December 2009. The channel was re-branded again on 5 December 2014, gaining a new redesigned logo and new look.