Belarusian Television

Background
Belarusian Television is the primary TV channel in Belarus founded in 1956.

1st logo (1974-19??)
Logo: On a gray background, we see a gray square with a tower sticking outside of the square. Underneath the tower, we see the text "1 Програма" in the square. To the left of the tower, we see the stacked text "БЕЛАРУСКАЕ ТЭЛЕБАЧАННЕ".

Technique: Unknown.

Music/Sounds:: Unknown.

Availability: Completely extinct. Only recently discovered as a TV-DX capture.

2nd Logo (1980s-August 25, 1991)


Logo: On a background similar to a golf ball-like texture, we see a white square with the Minsk TV tower inside the square and a blue border surrounding it. The company name in Belarusian "БЕЛАРУCКАЕ ТЭЛЕ̄БАҶАHHЕ" in orange can be seen on the bottom right corner.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A somber 9-note chime theme is heard.

Availability: Extinct on television.

3rd Logo (1992-1996)


Logo: We see numerous trail of silver rectangles spin vertically on a space background. Then the letters "Б" and "T" in silver gets near the center of the screen along with Belarusian text on top of the letters that says "Ӌ ЗфІРbІ" and the company name in silver below the letters. The trail of rectangles stops after that.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A dreamy synth tune.

Availability: Extinct on television.

4th Logo (1996-1997)
Logo: We see some diamonds flying around a pentagon on a blue background. A couple of seconds later, the pentagon turns into a sphere and the diamonds fly away of the sphere, making it disappear while a trail of spheres appear. The letters from last time in green appear behind the trail as well and gets closer to us. It then disappears, making the letters in silver and the company name on the top and bottom appear.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A majestic instrumental fanfare.

Availability: Extinct on television.

5th Logo (1997-2000)
Logo: We see a green/red square with three gold lines (one being thin, one being thick, and the other being thin crossed on the two lines mentioned) on a yellow and purple background. Then golden lines come along to see a city of Belarus. It does that for 16 seconds until one comes along and shows the square with the golden lines and the company name on the same background.

Technique: CGI and live-action.

Music/Sounds: An instrumental fanfare different from the previous logo.

Availability: Extinct on television.