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The following is a list of programs broadcast by CyBC or RIK (Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation) television stations. CybC was the only Cypriot television network before the launches of ANT1 (in 1993), Mega (Logos TV until 1999), and Sigma (in 1995).
CyBC began as the Cyprus Broadcasting Service, with its first radio broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday, 4 October 1953. Programmes were broadcast in Greek, Turkish and English on 434 and 495 metres medium wave (691 and 606 kilohertz). The station provided a free weekly broadcast known as Radio Cyprus. [2] Television broadcasting began on 1 October 1957.
Television in Cyprus was introduced in 1956. In 1957, CyBC was created. [ 1 ] Private TV was introduced on 26 April 1992, by the church owned Logos TV which started its transmissions in stereo and Teletext from day one.
The channel opened in 1957 as CBS TV, in 1959, the corporation changed its name to CyBC, RIK in Greek. Until 1992, RIK was the only television channel in the country, a position it held for 34 and a half years until March 1992, when RIK 2 started broadcasting, and later in April, the private channel O Logos. By the early 1990s, RIK opened at ...
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC, Greek: ΡΙΚ, Turkish: KRYK) is the main broadcaster in Cyprus, although there are also privately owned 4 radio and 3 TV stations. A television channel from the Greek state broadcaster ERT ( ERT World ) is available.
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC, Greek: ΡΙΚ, Turkish: KRYK) is the state-funded broadcasting organization in the Republic of Cyprus, with three television channels and four radio stations, although there are also privately owned radio and TV stations.
RIK 2 was the second television channel to start in Cyprus, starting shortly before the first private television channel O Logos in April. Successful content in the 1990s included Latin American telenovelas and US soaps such as The Bold and the Beautiful, which, as of 2005, was still on air. [1]
The switch-over from analogue to digital TV was completed on 11 July 2011, in line with Cyprus's commitments as a European Union Member State. Transmission is on the DVB-T MPEG-4 standard and covers both standard and high definition channels (DVB-T MPEG-4 HD (1920 x 1080)). Currently there are two licensed platforms: CyBC and Vellister. [1]