The mass media in Poland consist of several different types of communications media including television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet. During the communist regime in Poland the Stalinist press doctrine dominated and controlled Polish media. The country instituted freedom of press since the fall of communism. The Polish media system's main features are the product of the country's socio-political and economic post-communist transition. These features include: the privatisation of the press sector; the transformation of the state radio and television into public broadcasting services; influx of foreign capital into the media market and European integration of audiovisual media policies. Today the media landscape is very plural but highly polarized along political and ideological divides.
Canal+ is a Polish satellite platform, owned and operated by French media company Canal+ Group. From 3 September 2019 nc+ is now Platforma Canal+.
Gazeta Wyborcza is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. Launched on May 8, 1989, as the first Polish daily newspaper after the transformation. The newspaper was founded on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement, as a press organ of the trade union "Solidarity" in the election campaign before the Contract Sejm.
Telewizja Polska S.A., also known in English as Polish Television, is a state media corporation in Poland, founded in 1952. It is the oldest and largest Polish television network, although viewership has been declining in the 2010s.
Disco polo is a genre of popular dance music, created in Poland in the 1980s. It was initially known as "sidewalk music" or "backyard music". This genre, being a part of the musical folklore, had great popularity in the 1990s, with its peak in 1995-1997. Then the genre gradually declined in popularity up to the early 21st century. The comeback of disco polo happened in the winter of 2007. The Polish PWN dictionary defines the genre as a Polish variant of disco music, with simple melodies and often ribald lyrics. The service Rate Your Music defines disco polo as a Polish variant of dance-pop.
TVP Polonia is the international channel of the Telewizja Polska (TVP). The channel is co-funded by the TVP and the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and broadcasts from the TVP headquarters in Warsaw.
Agora Spółka Akcyjna is a Polish media company. Agora and Gazeta Wyborcza were created on the eve of the parliamentary elections in 1989. Gazeta Wyborcza became the first independent newspaper in Poland, while Agora grew into one of the largest and most renowned media companies in Poland. Since 1999 Agora's shares have been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
TVP Info is a Polish free-to-air television news channel, run by the public broadcaster, state media TVP. It is focused on newscasts, airing nationwide news bulletins from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Its main offices are located at the TVP news compound in central Warsaw.
Disney Channel is a Polish television kids' channel, owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Limited in London.
Canal+ Domo is a Polish television channel owned and operated by Canal+.
Teletoon+ is a Polish television channel owned and operated by the Canal+ Group through ITI Neovision SA, available on Platforma Canal+. The channel aims at young people in the age group of 8–14 years, carrying various animated films and television series.
Polsat Sport News was the first Polish TV station aimed at sports news. Polsat Sport News was launched on May 30, 2011, at 7:00.
4Fun.tv is a free-to-air 24-hour Polish language music video channel launched on February 14, 2004.
TVP Rozrywka is a Polish free-to-air television channel. It was launched on 15 April 2013 and focuses its programming on entertainment TV series.
Nowa TV is a Polish television channel, launched on November 9, 2016.
8TV was a Polish television channel, launched on 28 September 2016. On June 16, 2017, the channel was replaced with Eska TV.
Canal+ Now is a Polish-language television station broadcast by ITI Neovision and is one of nine channels available in Poland under the French Canal+ network. The channel was launched on August 15, 2017.
Discovery Life is a Polish television channel owned by TVN Warner Bros. Discovery, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery, which produces documentary, feature and entertainment films and series. In Poland, the channel replaced Animal Planet in SD quality on 1 February 2015. At the time of launch, the station was available in 55.5% of households in Poland. On 16 January 2017, Discovery Life began broadcasting in HD quality, replacing the previously released SD version.
Wincenty Witos Ludowy Park is a 6.42 hectares urban park in downtown district of Bydgoszcz, Poland.
TVN Warner Bros. Discovery is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery that operates television channels and services in Poland. It operates the TVN Group, a media company acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive, which later got bought by Discovery, Inc.
