Metro (Polish TV channel)

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Metro
Country Poland
Programming
Language(s)Polish
Ukrainian
Picture format 16:9 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery Poland
ParentGreen Content [1]
History
LaunchedDecember 2, 2016;8 years ago (2016-12-02)
Links
Website www.metro.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish Digital MUX 8 - Channel 38 (SD)

Metro is a Polish television channel, launched on December 2, 2016. [2] The first main owner of Metro was Agora SA - one of the largest and most renowned media companies in Poland, publisher of Gazeta Wyborcza . Shortly after the start of broadcasting, Agora SA sold to Discovery Communications (now Warner Bros. Discovery) a 49% of the shares in Metro. [3] In August 2017, Discovery announced that it would buy on 1 September 2017 the remaining 51% for PLN 19 million under a share buyback agreement. [4]

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Programming

Metro is a channel with movies, documentaries and lifestyle programs.

References

  1. "Informacje o nadawcy". October 1, 2012.
  2. "Metro startuje 2 grudnia. W ramówce programy muzyczne i cykl Dominiki Wielowieyskiej". wirtualnemedia.pl. 14 November 2016.
  3. "Discovery kupuje 49% udziałów w Metro". satkurier.pl. 9 December 2016.
  4. "Discovery przejmie od Agory telewizję Metro". satkurier.pl. 21 August 2017.