[2] The 1965 report made by Canadian firm Pappas and Associates claimed that there were no technical issues, and the final decision was up to the Sultan, who had seen television in trips abroad.

[5] When RTM started broadcasting a special service for East Malaysia, by conducting test transmissions in the state of Sabah, in February 1971, Bruneians claimed to have picked up the Malaysian signals, but some viewers questioned if it was a hoax.

[6] Once the test transmissions were over, shops started selling television sets under the counter under the risk of having problems with the authorities.

[7] When Brunei was about to witness a five-year economic boom, there was the possibility of launching a television service.

[10] Yusof Ahmad, a former Malay programmes editor at RTS, was granted a job at RTB for the then-upcoming colour television service.

[14] Before the arrival of TV2 to Sabah and Sarawak, viewers near the border picked up RTB's signals with adapted aerials.

[17] The five-year project for television was divided in two phases:[18][19][20] Facing lack of expertise ahead of the 1985 SEA Games, RTB employed staff from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in December 1983 to provide technical assistance.