Presence in the Bulgarian media

In 2019, the peak of the events in the programme of Plovdiv 2019 varied between 40-60 per month. The distribution of information about them is almost equal as coverage – national – 1523 and local – 1857. Plovdiv as ECoC was covered in over 14 850 internet publications, the number of print editions was over 2177. The radio and television broadcasts were over 285. One of the events with the greatest media coverage was the Opening event, reported in 1870 national editions. Special segments existed in the big private televisions NOVA TV, BTV Media Group, and in specialized TV show for culture with national coverage "Culture BG" of the Bulgarian National Television. 850 broadcasts of spots, columns, games and interviews in the radio channels – bTV Radio, Jazz FM and Classic FM, Bulgarian National Radio, and 2 000 interviews, videos and reports in the leading programmes Horizon, Hristo Botev and the broadcasts from the cities Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, and others.