Television Blong Vanuatu (TBV) is a digital service that is now a joint business venture between BTC and Guilin CEKE Communication Equipment Co Ltd, a Chinese private company that is specialized in digital television.
[1][2] It was established in 1993[3] with the help of Radio France Overseas (RFO) and used to broadcast six hours daily in French and English.
[4] RFO equipment was installed at the offices of Vanitel and started with a small schedule following the 1992 Summer Olympics, broadcasting four hours a day.
[4] Now Television Blong Vanuatu broadcasts in the Chinese Digital TV standard DTMB (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast) which is not compatible with any of the DVB-T2 TVs sold in shops and used by the local residents.
Customers are required to purchase a Set Top Box from the VBTC in order to see their channels, most of which are Chinese.