Television in Saleria

Television in Siarlabar was introduced in 1955 and started operations in 1959 with the launch of Tele Siarlabar (now Rete Uno).

The introduction (1955-1984)
Television in Siarlabar was introduced in 1955 when some of the expatriates and residents on the eastern part of the country were able to receive broadcasts of RTF Télévision (now TF1) from France and the BBC (now BBC One) from the United Kingdom. However, only a few people successfully received broadcasts of RTF Télévision (now TF1) from France, due to the fact that the channel utilized the black and white, 819-line System F standard, which is incompatible with either the 405-line standard (used in the UK) or the 625-line standard (used in most regions where the PAL broadcast standard is used).

In 1959, Tele Siarlabar (now TeleUno) started regular broadcasts. At the time of launch, the channel initially ran for 8 hours (from 2pm to 10pm).

In 1974, color television using the Phase Alternating Line standard was introduced to the general public. On that same year, SPBC 2 (now Tele Due) started broadcasting. This renamed Siarlabar Public Broadcasting Commission's first channel (Tele Siarlabar) into SPBC 1.

Demonopolization and the introduction of pay TV subscription services in Siarlabar (1984-1999)
From 1959 until 1984, terrestrial television broadcasting was monopolized by the Siarlabar Public Broadcasting Commission, which meant that the government could only broadcast and privately-owned media companies weren't allowed to broadcast on TV. These regulations and restrictions on broadcasting and private ownership of television stations were lifted in 1984.

Rete Tre, a television station owned by RTI (now Mediaset), became the first privately-owned television station to broadcast in Siarlabar in 1986. On that same year, TeleCavo, the first cable television system in Siarlabar, was installed in the city of Qemshire. Over the next 5-10 years, more cable TV systems were installed in other cities in the country. TeleCavo was later acquired by Vision Communications and merged into Vision TV in 2005. Other cable TV providers that were established in that time period were Vista TV and tvXL.

In 1987, all television stations in Siarlabar began broadcasting in stereophonic sound using the Zweikanalton (A2 Stereo) system.

Sometime around 1993, SPBC 1, SPBC 2 and Rete Tre, began testing the PALPlus 16:9 analog widescreen standard for selected programming, such as documentaries, movies, music videos, and news programs. These tests lasted until 1998, where it was discontinued in preparation for the launch of digital terrestrial television in 2000.

In 1994, Vision Direct, Siarlabar's first direct-to-home satellite-based pay TV service was launched. Initially, it was only available as an analog satellite service, then a digital version (DVB-S) of the service was launched in 1998.

The rise of digital broadcasting (2000-2010)
Digital terrestrial television was launched on 02 February 2000 in Siarlabar and was officially marketed as LiberoView on 10 September 2004. It uses the DVB-T digital terrestrial television standard. All of the digital terrestrial TV channels in Siarlabar switched from 4:3 to the 16:9 anamorphic aspect ratio on the 1st of January 2001. Alongside with the digital simulcasts of SPBC 1, SPBC 2 and Rete Tre, additional channels were introduced into the digital terrestrial television lineup, such as SPBC K (children's television channel), SPBC Sport (sports channel), TeleCinema (movies channel), and SPBC Music (music channel).

Test trials for high-definition television in Siarlabar were started on 08 June 2005 with the launch of SPBC HD, SPBC Sport HD and Rete Tre HD. The test trials were finished on 10 July 2010 with the shutdown of SPBC HD and the launch of SPBC One HD (now TeleUno HD) and SPBC Two HD (now Tele Due HD).

Analog terrestrial transmissions in Siarlabar were shut down on 08 June 2011.

The future (2011-present)
Under construction.

General Entertainment

 * VueOne
 * VueMax

Children's

 * Joyvue

Movies

 * Cinevision 1
 * Cinevision 2
 * Cinevision Action
 * Cinevision Family

Music

 * MTV Siarlabar (based on MTV UK with Siarlian advertisements)
 * MTV Music Siarlabar (based on MTV Music UK with Siarlian advertisements)
 * VH1 Siarlabar (based on VH1 Europe)

Terrestrial

 * LiberoView

Satellite

 * LiberoSat

Cable

 * Vision TV
 * tvXL

Satellite

 * Vision Direct

IPTV

 * Vista TV

Cable

 * TeleCavo (acquired by Vision Communications and rebranded into Vision TV in 2005)


 * Vista TV (became an IPTV service in 2017)