La Une
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La Une is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF
RTBF
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...

.

INR

The Institut National de Radiodiffusion (IRN) began experimental television in Belgium on 2 June 1953, with the crowning of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...

. On 31 October 1953 at 20:30, Andrée Rolin officially opened the channel, with the channel broadcasting 2 hours a day, 6 days a week.

RTB

In 1960, Belgian Radio-television (RTB) replaced IRN.

In 1962, RTB introduced cable television in Liège
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....

 and Namur
Namur (city)
Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....

, and in 1975 rolled out across the country.

In 1973, RTB began broadcasting in colour.

In 1976, a second channel was created, La Bis
La Deux
La Deux is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.-The RTbis era:On 23 September 1976, RTbis went on air until 1979.In 1977, RTB had become RTBF but RTbis still on air for 2 years.-The Télé 21 era:...

, production was decentralised, and regional centres were created in Liège
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....

 and Charleroi
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...

.

RTBF1

In 1977, RTB became Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française RTBF, with the channel renamed RTBF1.

RTBF La Une

In 1997, Parlement de la Communauté française made RTBF an autonomous public company, with RTBF1 being renamed RTBF La Une along with Arte 21 and Sports 21 into RTBF La Deux
La Deux
La Deux is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.-The RTbis era:On 23 September 1976, RTbis went on air until 1979.In 1977, RTB had become RTBF but RTbis still on air for 2 years.-The Télé 21 era:...

and Eurosport 21
La Deux
La Deux is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.-The RTbis era:On 23 September 1976, RTbis went on air until 1979.In 1977, RTB had become RTBF but RTbis still on air for 2 years.-The Télé 21 era:...

. In 2005, RTBF La Une was renamed again to just La Une. In 2011, La Une plans to cease broadcasting in analogue transmitting and La Une will start to broadcast in digital and especially, La Deux
La Deux
La Deux is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.-The RTbis era:On 23 September 1976, RTbis went on air until 1979.In 1977, RTB had become RTBF but RTbis still on air for 2 years.-The Télé 21 era:...

 and La Trois
La Trois
La Trois is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF. It is exclusive to the operator's digital terrestrial television offering which launched on 30 November 2007...

 (but only for Tournai
Tournai
Tournai is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut....

.)

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