TVN (Poland)

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TVN
TVN logo.svg
Launched3 October 1997;21 years ago (1997-10-03) at 19:00
Owned by TVN Group
(Discovery Inc.)
Picture format
Audience share10.65% (2015, Nielsen [1] )
Slogan
  • "Więcej"
  • ("More")
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Formerly calledTelewizja Wisła
National TV Poland
Sister channel(s)
Website www.tvn.pl
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish Digital MUX 2 (SD) (Channel 5)
RaiPlayChannel 8 (SD), Channel 115 (HD)
Satellite
nc+
  • Channel 1
Orange TV Channel 3
Cable
UPC Poland Channel 7 (HD)
Vectra
  • Channel 4 (SD)
  • Channel 14 (HD)
Streaming media
Player.pl www.player.pl

TVN is a Polish commercial television station. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter, Jan Wejchert and Swiss entrepreneur Bruno Valsangiacomo. [2] It is owned by TVN Group, which as of March 2018, is a subsidiary of Discovery Inc.

Poland republic in Central Europe

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.

A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to a receiver on earth. Most often the term refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers in that their content is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate, respectively.

Jan Bohdan Wejchert was a Polish businessman and media mogul. Wejchert was the co-founder of the ITI Group, one of Poland's largest media groups, as well as the co-founder and co-owner of the TVN television network.

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TVN is available by satellite, cable television and digital terrestrial television.

Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna commonly referred to as a satellite dish and a low-noise block downconverter.

Cable television system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables. This contrasts with broadcast television, in which the television signal is transmitted over the air by radio waves and received by a television antenna attached to the television; or satellite television, in which the television signal is transmitted by a communications satellite orbiting the Earth and received by a satellite dish on the roof. FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephone services, and similar non-television services may also be provided through these cables. Analog television was standard in the 20th century, but since the 2000s, cable systems have been upgraded to digital cable operation.

Digital terrestrial television is a technology for broadcast television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' residences in a digital format. DTTV is a major technological advance over the previous analog television, and has largely replaced analog which had been in common use since the middle of the last century. Test broadcasts began in 1998 with the changeover to DTTV beginning in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of digital terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitising platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of limited radio spectrum bandwidth, provision of more television channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters.

History

In March 1997 TVN obtained permission from The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television to broadcast in central and northern parts of Poland. A few months later TVN merged with Telewizja Wisła, which had a license to broadcast in southern Poland.

Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji is the Polish broadcasting regulator, which issues radio and television broadcast licenses, ensures compliance with the law by public broadcasters, and indirectly controls state-owned media. It is roughly equivalent to the Federal Communications Commission in the United States.

The channel was launched as TV Nowa on 3 October 1997. [3] [ not in citation given ] During the first four years the network was run by its founder Mariusz Walter. In 2001 Piotr Walter became Chief Executive Officer, replacing his father.

In 2004 TVN was available in 86% of Polish households. Since 2004 TVN has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. On 29 April 2004 TVN launched TVN International, an entertainment and news channel for Polish viewers living abroad. In 2005 TVN acquired rights to organise and broadcast Sopot International Song Festival until 2010. In 2006 TVN launched its high definition version, TVN HD, which was first HD programmed broadcast from Poland.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Stock exchange located in Warsaw, Poland

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), Polish: Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie, is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. It has a market capitalisation of PLN 1,346 trillion.

TVN International television station

TVN International or iTVN is a Polish pay television channel that was launched on April 2004. It is part of the TVN network and is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. It is aimed at the Polish diaspora living abroad, mainly in Europe and North America. TVNi's programming consists of TV series, newscasts, Polish football matches, movies and entertainment programmes, mostly of Polish origin

The Sopot International Song Festival is an annual international song contest held in Sopot, Poland. It was the biggest Polish music festival altogether with the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, and one of the biggest song contests in Europe.

TVN is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and conducted the first tests of HbbTV services in Poland in March 2012. [4]

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) is both an industry standard and promotional initiative for hybrid digital TV to harmonise the broadcast, IPTV, and broadband delivery of entertainment to the end consumer through connected TVs and set-top boxes. The HbbTV Association, comprising digital broadcasting and Internet industry companies, has established a standard for the delivery of broadcast TV and broadband TV to the home, through a single user interface, creating an open platform as an alternative to proprietary technologies. Products and services using the HbbTV standard can operate over different broadcasting technologies, such as satellite, cable, or terrestrial networks.

On 16 March 2015, TVN announced a sale of a 52.7% controlling stake to the U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI) for €584 million, subject to regulatory approval. [5] [6] [7] In July 2015, SNI bought out the remaining owners for €584 million. [8] SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery Communications (now Discovery Inc.) for US$14.6 billion, in a sale completed 6 March 2018. [9] [10]

Programming

TV series (Adaptations)

Docu-soaps

  • Ukryta prawda (Polish version of Familien im Brennpunkt) – 12 seasons (2012–present)

TV series (TVN's productions)

Docu-soaps

  • Szkoła (High School) – 9 seasons (2014–present)
  • Szpital (The Hospital) – 12 seasons (2013–present)
  • 19+ – 4 seasons (2016–present)

Entertainment (Adaptations)

Entertainment (TVN's productions)

Information / Reporters

Previously on TVN

TV series (Adaptations)

TV series (TVN's production)

Entertainment (Adaptations)

Entertainment (TVN's production)

Information/Talk show/Reporters

Feature films & TV movies produced by TVN

Schedule (Autumn 2018)

Primetime schedule

PM8:008:158:308:459:009:159:309:4510:0010:1510:3010:4511:0011:15
MondayUwaga! Na Wspólnej Milionerzy Top Model Ślub od pierwszego wejrzenia
Tuesday Diagnoza Kuba Wojewódzki
Wednesday Ameryka Express movie
Thursday Kuchenne rewolucje movie
FridaySUPERKINO(movie)SUPERKINO(movie)
Saturday Mam talent! movie
Sunday MasterChef Pułapka / Pod powierzchniąmovie

Early fringe schedule

PM3:303:454:004:154:304:455:005:155:305:456:006:156:306:457:007:157:307:45
MondaySzkoła 19+ Ukryta prawdaSzpital Fakty sports news and weather forecastUwaga!
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturdayrepeats36,6°C
Sundaymovie / repeatsDomowe rewolucje
TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland Media Business Centre w Warszawie 2017.jpg
TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland
TVN's helicopter registered as SP-TVN SP-TVN helicopter, Gdynia, 20090705.jpg
TVN's helicopter registered as SP-TVN

Foreign series

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Jan Wejchert passes away aged 59". Warsaw Business Journal . 2009-11-02. Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  3. ↑ Angelika W. Wyka (2010). "Media Privatization and the Spread of Foreign Ownership in East Central Europe" (PDF). NOVA. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Chris Dziadul. HbbTV starts in Poland. Broadband TV News March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2012
  5. ↑ "Scripps Buys Controlling Stake in Poland's TVN for $615 Million". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Scripps buys majority stake in TVN". C21media. March 16, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Scripps Networks Interactive sfinalizował przejęcie TVN" . Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  8. ↑ Dickens, Andrew (July 2, 2015). "Scripps completes TVN purchase". C21media. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ Szalai, Georg (March 6, 2018). "Discovery Closes Scripps Acquisition, Creating Non-scripted Content Giant". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ Szalai, Georg (July 31, 2017). "Discovery to Acquire Scripps Networks for $14.6 Billion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ tvn.pl. ""Azja Express" - nowy program TVN!". www.tvn.pl. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  12. ↑ "Domino Effect - documentary series". TVN. 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  13. ↑ ""Belle Epoque" z Małaszyńskim i Cielecką wiosną w TVN. Tylko u nas nowy trailer" (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  14. ↑ ""Projekt Lady", "Dom marzeń", "Polowanie na mieszkanie" i nowe odcinki "Na Wspólnej" latem w TVN" (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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