.
Television, Satellite and Cable TV in Bulgaria
.
. The transmission standard in Bulgaria is PAL.
.
. There are four national terrestrial TV channels in Bulgaria.
.
. There are no licence fees for the reception of television or radio broadcasts in Bulgaria.
.
. The digitalisation process is expected to finish by the end of December 2012.
.
.
Cable Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-C) .
. CableTEL is a cable
operator which provides analogue and digital cable television
. to households in
many towns and cities in Bulgaria.
.
. To subscribe to CableTEL's digital service it is necessary to have a
subscription
. to CableTEL's cable TV service.
.
. Click here to visit CableTEL
.
. Customer Service Tel: 0700 110 11 or 04 800 111 (for English-speaking clients)
. To subscribe to CableTEL online:
Click
here .
. The main digital package includes over 150 television and radio programmes,
. additional services such as Pay-per-View, Video-on-Demand,
. and IPTV are available
as well.
.
.
Satellite Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-S)
.
. Bulsatcom and ITV Partner are the providers of DVB-S satellite television in Bulgaria.
.
. Bulsatcom .
. Bulsatcom sells economical, standard and premium packages.
.
. High definition
is also an option, although the receiver needs an additional in-built hard disk.
.
. HBO, HBO Comedy and CINEMAX are each available only by separate payment.
.
. Bulsatcom broadcasts via Hellas Sat 2 satellite.
.
. Subscriptions can be made by telephone or at one of the Bulsatcom business
centres.
.
. Tel: 0800 138 00
.
. Click here to visit Bulstatcom
.
. .
.ITV Partner
.
. ITV Partner has a wide range of
individual and combined digital TV
packages. . . However premium
package channels are only available to subscribers
. of the basic economical package.
.
. To subscribe to ITV Partner
Tel: 0800 12 500 or 02 912 500
.
. Click
here to visit ITV Partner (in Bulgarian).
.
.