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Country | Poland |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Telewizja Polska |
Sister channels | TVP1 TVP2 TVP3 TVP HD TVP ABC Alfa TVP TVP Dokument TVP Historia TVP Info TVP Kobieta TVP Kultura TVP Nauka TVP Parlament TVP Polonia TVP Rozrywka TVP Seriale TVP Sport |
History | |
Launched |
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Links | |
Website | tvpworld |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Emitel (Poland) | MUX3 (Channel 91, HbbTV) and MUX6 (Channel 33) |
Channelbox UK | COM4/SDN (Channel 271, HbbTV) |
Levira (Estonia) | MUX6 (Channel 10, DVB-T) |
Telecentras (Lithuania) | MUX2 and MUX in South-East Lithuania (DVB-T) |
Streaming media | |
tvpworld.com | Watch live |
tvp.pl | Watch live |
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