M5 (TV channel)

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M5
Country Hungary
Broadcast areaNationwide
Programming
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Duna Média (MTVA)
Sister channels
History
Launched6 August 2016 (test sports format)
18 September 2016 (regular cultural format)
Links
Website www.mediaklikk.hu/m5/

M5 is a Hungarian cultural television channel owned by Duna Media. It was a sports channel in its incarnation, as an overflow service for M4 Sport.

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History

In February 2015, MTVA announced the creation of two new channels (M5 and M6). M5 was to be a channel for Budapest while M6 had an undefined theme, although it was suggested that it would become a cultural channel, taking over from DunaArt. M5 would use a DTT frequency that would also include M4K, a UHD channel. [1]

Népszabadság reported on 13 November that an educational channel would be created instead of a regional channel. [2] [3] On 5 April 2016, website 24.hu announced that MTVA opted to broadcast the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics on M5 instead of M4 Sport. [4] [5] MTVA denied the news. On 22 April, it was announced that MTVA would start an educational and cultural channel on the DTT frequency. Five potential designs for the channel's logo were revealed. [6]

On 6 August 2016, broadcasts of M5 began as a complementary sports channel for the Olympics and Paralympics. The educational format did not start until 18 September. [7]

On 23 March 2020, due to the pandemic, the channel temporarily suspended commercial advertising. [8] The channel started airing classes for secondary school students on 30 March. [9]

On 3 January 2022, M5 introduced a new schedule and a new look. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Attila, Kardos. "Új állami csatornák jönnek: érkezik az M5 és az M6 - sat-tv-radio". sat-tv-radio.hu. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ Szűcs, Péter (2015-11-13). "Kulturális és oktatási közcsatornák jönnek". itcafe.hu. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  3. ↑ Bednárik, Imre (2015-11-13). "Két új csatornát indít az MTVA". nol.hu . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  4. ↑ "A riói olimpiát már az M5 csatornán sugároznák". 24.hu. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Új adó közvetítené a játékokat". Magyar Hírlap. 2016-04-05. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Itt szavazhat az új közmédia-csatorna öt logójáról". origo.hu. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  7. ↑ "Jóval korábban, és másképp indul a közmédia M5 tévéje". origo.hu. 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Mától reklámmentes az M5". DTV News (in Hungarian). 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  9. ↑ "Hétfőtől alsósoknak szóló oktatási műsorokat is közvetít az M5 csatorna" . Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  10. ↑ "Megújul az állami M5 tévécsatorna" (in Hungarian). 3 January 2022.
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