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The Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is the national broadcaster of the West African state of Burkina Faso. Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina is headquartered in the capital city Ouagadougou. Generaldirector (CEO) of RTB is Marcel Toé.
At the time, RTV started broadcasting on 12 October 1959, with programmes in French and 13 other languages. It would air for at least 82 hours per week with culture and science programmes.[1]
With equipments from France, television started broadcasting in August 1963 as VoltaVision and it broadcasts 4 hours per week during the first few years.[2] Programmes from Burkina Faso were either made in their country, or imported from France, Germany and the United States.[1]
During the 2014 uprising, protesters stormed the building of the RTB, seized the technical equipment and stopped broadcasts of the TVB and RB.