[4] In late 2009 ONT was expected to be given the rights to select Belarus entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 after a decision of president Alexander Lukashenko.

ONT relays most of Channel One's shows, such as Vremya, Pole Chudes, Smak, Zhdi Menya (Wait For Me) among others, as well as having a significant amount of local productions like the nightly news bulletin Nashe Novosti (Our News), which airs directly after Vremya, morning talk-show Nashe Utro (Our Morning), a local version of Chto?

ONT adheres to pro-government political views; in news programs and documentary projects, the policies pursued by President Alexander Lukashenko are strongly endorsed.

During the broadcast, Dorofeev, who at that time had opposition political views, began asking “uncomfortable” questions to the officials who were in the studio, including the head of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Lidia Ermoshina, dedicated, in particular, to violations at polling stations, the exclusion of opposition representatives, and official a ban on mass protests and forcing citizens to participate in early voting.

After a number of such questions asked by Dorofeev, Ermoshina defiantly left the program's studio, saying that she “doesn't have time to be liberal while people are blocked in the Central Election Commission”.

On June 12, 2020, during the election campaign, the ONT TV channel published a video in which affirmative statements were made regarding the guilt of the candidate for the post of President of the Republic of Belarus Viktor Babariko and those detained in the Belgazprombank case:“I can't even imagine that such activities could be carried out without the knowledge of the manager.

[citation needed] In July 2020, the sports section of the Our Morning program on ONT, which was hosted on Mondays by the famous Belarusian gymnast, multiple medallist of the World and European Championships, Melitina Staniuta, was taken off the air.

[12][13] Also in July 2020, the popular TV presenter of the show "Luck In The Bargain", Dmitry Kokhno was taken off the air, who also criticized the actions of riot police who harshly detained civilians standing in line at the store of Belarusian symbols Symbal.by.

[11][15] ONT has more than once been noticed in distributing misinformation, which are analysed by the “Evil News” program on Belsat: “Polish television showed a map of the division of Ukraine”,[16] “Italy itself takes more than a quarter of the grain supplied to Europe.