TELEWIZJA POLSKA

'Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna' ('TVP S.A.', often abbreviated to only 'TVP', ''Polish Television'') is Poland's public broadcasting corporation.
About a third of TVP's income comes from a broadcast receiver licence, while the rest is covered by commercials and sponsorships.

Contents

Timeline

TVP Channels

Current

Planned channels

External links

Timeline

★ 1935 – Państwowy Instytut Telekomunikacji (''State Telecommunications Institute'', 'PIT') starts working together with Polish Radio on establishing television service

★ 1937 – completion of a black and white broadcasting station

★ 1938, October – experimental channel, regular programming scheduled for 1941

★ 1939, September – all the equipment destroyed by the German Army

★ 1947 – PIT resumes work on television broadcasting

★ 1951, December – first Polish telecast after the Second World War

★ 1952, 25 October – beginning of a regular program

★ 1971, 16 March – start of colour broadcasting (in SECAM)

★ 1992 – 'Polskie Radio i Telewizja' (Polish Radio and Television) joins European Broadcasting Union as an active member

★ 1992, 29 December - 'Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna' comes into existence upon the separation of television and radio public broadcasting by an act of parliament

★ 1995 – move from SECAM to PAL

TVP Channels

Current

TVP broadcasts three general mainstream channels:

★ TVP1,

★ TVP2,

★ TVP3, which acts as an umbrella label for the local stations:

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★ TVP 3 Białystok in Białystok for Podlachian region

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★ TVP 3 Bydgoszcz in Bydgoszcz-Toruń for the Kuyavia-Pomerania region

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★ TVP 3 Gdańsk in Trójmiasto for the Pomerania region,

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★ TVP 3 Gorzów in Gorzów Wielkopolski for Lubusz region

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★ TVP 3 Katowice in Silesian Metropolitan Area for Upper Silesia region

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★ TVP 3 Kielce in Kielce for Saint Cross region

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★ TVP 3 Kraków for the Lesser Poland region

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★ TVP 3 Lublin for the Lublin region

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★ TVP 3 Łódź for the Łódź region

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★ TVP 3 Olsztyn for Warmia-Masuria region

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★ TVP 3 Opole for the Opole region

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★ TVP 3 Poznań for the Greater Poland region

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★ TVP 3 Rzeszów for the Subcarpathian region

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★ TVP 3 Szczecin for the West Pomerania

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★ TVP 3 Warszawa for Warsaw and the Masovia region

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★ TVP 3 Wrocław for the Lower Silesia region

★ TVP3 on 21 October 2007 rebrands to TVP Info.
And four specialty channels:

★ TVP Kultura - high-brow culture channel, available on cable, satellite and DSL

★ TVP Sport - sport channel available on cable, satellite and DSL

★ TVP Historia - focusing on history

★ TV Polonia - retransmits selected TVP programming for the Polish diaspora (the so called Polonia)in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Europe, and the Caucasus.

Planned channels

★ TVP Info - a news channel that will replace TVP 3 probably in July 2007 as a TVP's bid to compete with the private and successful TVN24.

★ TVP Dokument - focusing on documentary

★ TVP Rozrywka - entertainment and comedy

★ TV Białoruś - channel in the Belarusian language presenting news and interesting programming for the people of Belarus

★ TVP Film - movie channel

★ TVP Nauka - science channel

External links

★ Official Site

★ Unofficial website