BTV_Comedy References

bTV Comedy
Type	Private
Country	Bulgaria
Broadcast area	Bulgaria
Network	bTV Media Group
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Programming
Language(s)	Bulgarian
Picture format	HDTV 1080i; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SD feed
Ownership
Owner	Central European Media Enterprises (CME)
Sister channels	bTV, bTV Cinema, bTV Action, bTV Story, RING
History
Launched	1 June 1997 (as Television Triada)
Former names	Television Triada (1997–2005); GTV (2005–2009)
Links
Website	www.btv.bg/comedy

bTV Comedy is a Bulgarian family-based television channel, airing mostly comedy series. It is part of bTV Media Group, owned by Central European Media Enterprises. Originally launched in 1997 as Television Triada - a news channel airing CNN English language news, it replaced TV5 Monde terrestrial in Sofia. It was owned by Krassimir Guergov and Triada Communications. On September 30, 2005, it was re-branded as GTV (sometimes promoted as "The Good Television" and Guergov TV) and began airing comedy series and films. The current name of the channel, bTV, was put in place on October 1, 2009, when bTV took over the channel.