XBC Television

XBC Television is the television service of the Xalxas Broadcasting Corporation.
==History==
Television arrived to the Xalxas Autonomy in 1967, when the LRT transmitter network was now in decent conditions to cover the region. The government picked up two slots available, channel 4 and channel 10. Only channel 4 was active, relaying LRT 5 - but there was no room for Xalxas-language programming.
Likewise, the lack of any Xalxas-language programming was reflected in the fact that the first television sets owned by Xalxans were all members of the elite of the time. It is believed that if television couldn't broadcast programming in Xalxan, television wouldn't be popular.
A significant growth in the ownership of television sets around 1977 made the Xalxan government worry about giving a television station to the XBC, but even XBC wasn't financially successful at the time. Numerous public consultancies with Lenaporean and Nosghelian public figures and television channels were made, but nothing on the regard of the XBC. There were also plans to make a Xalxan-language bulletin, but LRT rejected it due to the language not being official at a national scale. It was determined that XBC would start broadcasting on channel 10.
At 7pm, the following message played on launch day:
It is with great pleasure that on this very day the television service of the Xalxas Broadcasting Corporation has made it to air for the first time. With the help of the Supreme Gods Above and the blessing of Falumadaayo and Aigaminabii, we are delivering our service four hours a day, six days a week, as a place for us Xalxans to gather together in front of the television set. Pleasant viewing.
XBC started television broadcasts on 1 March 1979. It initially broadcast for four hours a day. Most of the content was local. Due to Vartra precepts, the channel didn't broadcast on Mondays, the rest day.
It later added dubbed LBC/TCL/Mediacorp productions to its schedule, but the need for local content was still high.
It did manage to get a program from the Handakian Broadcasting Corporation, Mahayan Nasghedamus, launched in 1997, and created a local edition in Xalxan. Both programs were created to entertain both autonomous regions and show their culture.
Budget constraints and government orders caused XBC Television to limit its daily programming to four hours a day (19:00 to 23:00) in September 2011.
In May 2015 it was made available nationwide for the first time on Starhub TV and Lentel TV.
==Notable shows==
*XBC News
*Dhoma, a nondescript comedy series (2011)
*Nangaadu, the first Xalxas-language fantasy series (2008)
*Honhom ko Moja, a popular serial (2010-2012)
*Mahayan Nasghedamus, a program presented in co-operation with the Handak Broadcasting Corporation
*Lasgra News
===Foreign programming===
*Daehanian dramas
*Oriencian dramas
*Anime
*Aoshian documentaries
===Sporting events===
*FIFA World Cup
*L.League
*SFC Champions League
*SFC Cup
*Xalxas Football League
==Editorial pratices==
Up until 2004, XBC Television was heavily dominated by a strict Vartra regulation. Broadcasts started and ended with readings from the Book of Vartra. Foreign programming was censored to comply with Vartra standards.
XBC lost a significant amount of viewers in the 90s to Channel 5 mostly, which raised concerns about the development of Xalxan youth.
Some Muslim programs made for LBC/LTV12/Mediacorp Suria and LPBS were shown but had to comply with small disparate differences between the two religions.