TVN24

TVN24
Country	Poland
Broadcast area	Nationwide; International;
Network	TVN
Headquarters	Media Business Centre ; Warsaw, Poland
Programming
Picture format	576i (TVN24) ; (16:9 1080i (HDTV) (TVN24 HD)
Ownership
Owner	TVN Group ; (Warner Bros. Discovery)
Sister channels	TVN24 BiS
History
Launched	9 August 2001;23 years ago (SD); 30 November 2012;11 years ago (HD)
Former names	TVN24
Links
Website	tvn24.pl ; tvn24.pl/english
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish digital	Polsat Box - MUX 6 Channel 56 CANAL+ - MUX 1 Channel 27 (pay)
Streaming media
Official website	Watch & listen live (only available in Polish with charging)

Last updated October 26, 2024

TVN24 is a Polish 24-hour commercial news channel, launched on 9 August 2001. Being a part of the TVN Network, TVN24 has been owned since 2018 by US-based media company Warner Bros. Discovery (Discovery, Inc. before 2022). It gained broader popularity after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US, which was the first major incident to be covered by TVN24. It is available over all digital platforms in Poland (Polsat Box and Platforma Canal+) as well as in most cable networks and some networks in other countries, including USA (Dish Network) and Germany. The audio portion of the channel can be streamed on the internet.

The TVN24 team is also responsible for the TVN flagship newscast, Fakty TVN. During major events (such as September 11 attacks, Pope John Paul II's death, the Polish presidential plane crash, Lex TVN controversy and Russian invasion of Ukraine), TVN24 is retransmitted by TVN which has much wider broadcast range.

On 6 February 2018, the European Commission approved the Discovery (now Warner Bros. Discovery) acquisition deal. Since Liberty Global, which operates pay television services in Poland under the UPC Polska brand, is a major shareholder in Discovery Inc, EU competition law required that Discovery ensures the continued availability of TVN24 and TVN24 BiS to third-party TV providers.^[1]^[2]

Since December 2019, the station has been overseen by Michał Samul.^[3]

Online

TVN24 debuted its news website tvn24.pl on 19 March 2007.

TVN24 HD

A one of TVN's planned channel is a TVN24 HD. Test & official start of the TVN24 HD started on 30 November 2012.

Editorial stance and reception

TVN24 tends to be strongly critical of the Polish government under the Law and Justice (PiS) party.^[4] Historian and columnist Timothy Garton Ash has praised Fakty TVN, writing that it is far more professional than Telewizja Polska's (TVP) Wiadomości (News).^[5] Ash wrote in 2019: "The Facts is not BBC-style impartial: it clearly favours a more liberal, pro-European Poland and is strongly anti-PiS. But unlike the so-called News, it is still definitely professional, high quality, reality-based journalism."^[5]

TVN24 Journalists, reporters and correspondents

Anita Werner (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Fakty TVN and Fakty po Faktach (The Facts After the Facts)
Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Fakty po Faktach (The Facts After The Facts)
Piotr Kraśko (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Fakty TVN, Facts about the World (Fakty o Świecie) and Fakty po Faktach (The Facts After The Facts)
Marta Kuligowska (TVN24) - Host of Poranek TVN24(TVN24 Morning) and Polska i Świat(Poland and the World)
Mateusz Walczak (TVN24, TVN24 BiS) - Host of Fakty o Świecie (Facts About The World)
Grzegorz Kajdanowicz (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Fakty TVN, Fakty po południu (The Facts of the Afternoon) and Fakty po Faktach (The Facts After the Facts)
Piotr Marciniak (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Fakty TVN, Fakty po południu (The Facts at the Afternoon) and Fakty po Faktach (The Facts After the Facts)
TVN24 broadcasting van (SNG) during transmission from Poznań.
Konrad Piasecki (TVN24) - Host of Rozmowa Piaseckiego (Piasecki's Interview) and Kawa na Ławę (Coffee on the Bench)
Diana Rudnik (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Fakty TVN, Fakty po południu (The Facts in the Afternoon) and Fakty po Faktach (The Facts After the Facts)
Maciej Mazur (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - Host of Ranking Mazura (Mazur's Ranking)
Maciej Sokołowski (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - TVN24 correspondent to Brussels, Belgium
Maciej Woroch (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - TVN24 correspondent for London, England, United Kingdom
Marcin Wrona (TVN24 Fakty TVN) - TVN24 correspondent for Washington, D.C., United States
Andrzej Zaucha (TVN24, Fakty TVN) - TVN24 correspondent to Kyiv, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia
Wojciech Bojanowski (TVN24, CNN)
Tomasz Sianecki (TVN24) - Host and commentator of Szkło kontaktowe(Contact Lens)
Piotr Jacoń (TVN24) - Host of the Fakty po południu (the Facts at the Afternoon), Serwis Informacyjny TVN24 (TVN24 News Service) and Dzień po dniu (The Day after the Day)
TVN24 broadcasting helicopter in 2007.
Radomir Wit (TVN24) - TVN24 correspondent in Sejm of the Republic of Poland, host of Bez Kitu(Without Kit)
Agata Adamek (TVN24) - Host of the Jeden na Jeden (One on One), W Kuluarach(In the Lobby) and Tak Jest(Yes, It Is!)
Andrzej Morozowski (TVN24) - Host of the Tak Jest(Yes, It Is!) and Loża Prasowa (Press Lounge)
Alina Makarchuk (TVN24, Espreso TV) - TVN24 correspondent to Kyiv, Ukraine
Oleh Biletskiy (TVN24, Espreso TV) - TVN24 correspondent for Kyiv, Ukraine

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References

↑ "Case M.8665 – Discovery / Scripps" (PDF). European Commission. 6 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
↑ "European Commission Clears Discovery Deal to Buy Scripps". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
↑ Kośka, Martyna (22 December 2019). "Michał Samul nowym szefem informacji TVN. Zastąpił Adama Pieczyńskiego". money.pl. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
↑ Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski & Roland Benedikter, Poland Is Not Hungary: A Response to "Poland's Constitutional Crisis" Archived 29 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine , Foreign Affairs (21 September 2016).
1 2 Timothy Garton Ash, For a bitter taste of Polish populism, just watch the evening news Archived 27 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine , The Guardian (25 June 2020).

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[1] "Case M.8665 – Discovery / Scripps" (PDF). European Commission. 6 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

[2] "European Commission Clears Discovery Deal to Buy Scripps". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

[3] Kośka, Martyna (22 December 2019). "Michał Samul nowym szefem informacji TVN. Zastąpił Adama Pieczyńskiego". money.pl. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

[4] Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski & Roland Benedikter, Poland Is Not Hungary: A Response to "Poland's Constitutional Crisis" Archived 29 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine , Foreign Affairs (21 September 2016).

[Ash-5] 1 2 Timothy Garton Ash, For a bitter taste of Polish populism, just watch the evening news Archived 27 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine , The Guardian (25 June 2020).

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