Television in Hungary

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Audience shares of Hungarian TV channels, 2012 Tvshares hungary 2012.png
Audience shares of Hungarian TV channels, 2012

Television in Hungary was introduced in 1957. Transmission in colour was introduced to Hungarian television for the first time in 1971. Hungary had only one television channel until 1973. It was only in the mid 1990s when private and commercial broadcasting was introduced to Hungary.

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Free-to-air television channels broadcasting in Hungary

Free-to-air on DVB-T

Free-to-air on analogue

Analogue broadcasting in Hungary was phased out in two phases that were completed on July 31 and October 31, 2013, respectively. [1]

Free-to-air on satellite

Hungarian channels by groups

Duna Média (MTVA)

RTL Magyarország (RTL Group)

Channels in bold are available in HD.

TV2 Group

Channels in bold are available in HD.

National Channels

National commercial channels

National commercial premium channels

Cable channels

General and entertainment

News and politics

Sport

Movies

Series and telenovelas

Documentary

Animals

Travel and lifestyle

Culinary

Children & families

Music

Religion

Regional

Adult

HD TV-Channels

Defunct or renamed

Most viewed channels

Most viewed channels for 2024 are (total audience): [2]

RankChannelLogoGroupAll day
share (%)		Primetime
share (%)
1 TV2
TV2 2008.svg
TV2 Group 11.714.8
2 RTL
RTL (Hungary) (2022).svg
RTL Group 6.811.0
3 Duna
Duna Logo 2012.svg
MTVA 3.23.8
4 ATV
Atv logo 2018.png
ATV Group 2.93.7
5 Mozi+
Mozi+ 2022.svg
TV2 Group 2.92.8
6 M4 Sport
M4 Sport 2025.png
MTVA 2.93.6
7 M1
M1 2020.png
MTVA 2.71.9
8 Prime TV
NewPRIMElogo.jpg
TV2 Group 2.31.6
9 Super TV2
Super TV2 logo.png
TV2 Group 2.11.7
10 Cool
Cool TV 2014.png
RTL Group 2.02.2
11 Izaura TV
Izaura TV logo.svg
TV2 Group 1.81.5
12 Hir TV
Hirtvujlogo05.jpg
Hir TV 1.81.5
13 Sorozat+
Sorozat plusz 2018.png
RTL Group 1.82.1
14 Film+
Film+ logo 2025.png
RTL Group 1.81.8
15 Story4
Story4 2018 logo.png
Network4 Group 1.51.2
16RTL Gold
RTL Gold logo.jpg
RTL Group 1.20.9
17TV4
Tv4 logo.png
Network4 Group 1.21.0
18ID
InvestigationDiscoveryLogo2020.svg
Warner Bros. Discovery 1.10.5
19 Galaxy4
Galaxy4 logo.png
Network4 Group 1.00.8

Historical rankings

ChannelLaunched2023 [3] 2022 [4] 2021 [5] 2020 [6] 2019 [6] 2018 [7] [8] 2017 [9] [8] 2016 [10] 2015 [11] [10] 2014 [12]
2013 [13]
2012 [14]
2011 [15]
TV2 10/199712.311.511.211.010.310.2210.7210.7712.5014.0513.615.818.6
RTL 10/19976.87.58.79.29.610.0311.0312.1813.4213.9015.917.920.3
Duna 12/19922.83.03.13.23.53.985.486.135.543.232.31.91.8
ATV 1/19902.83.23.13.23.42.92.82.72.6n/a
Mozi+ 7/20162.82.72.82.72.72.82.61.3
M1 5/19572.73.02.83.12.82.933.393.324.047.658.49.27.9
Cool 9/20041.82.12.42.82.32.983.333.844.434.104.24.43.6
Film+ 9/20032.02.32.53.02.93.183.313.084.123.853.93.53.5
Viasat 3 10/2000<1.01.11.41.71.51.821.872.532.962.652.83.83.6

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hogyan készüljünk a digitális átállásra?".
  2. ↑ "The Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund 2024 report" (PDF). p. 182. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  3. ↑ "The Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund 2023 report" (PDF). p. 172. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  4. ↑ "The Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund 2022 report" (PDF). MTVA. p. 175. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  5. ↑ "a 2010. évi CLXXXV. törvény és Közszolgálati Kódex előírásainak megvalósulásáról a Duna Médiaszolgáltató Nonprofit Zrt. műsoraiban 2021" (PDF).
  6. 1 2 A Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap 2020. évi beszámolója (English: The Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund 2020 report), mtva.hu, Retrieved 26 January 2024
  7. ↑ "2018-as nézettség: a 71 legnézettebb magyar tévécsatorna". hu.crt-tv.com.
  8. 1 2 "A DMSZ 2018. évi vezérigazgatói beszámolója (English: DMSZ Duna Media Service Provider CEO Report 2018)" (PDF). dmsz.hu. p. 180. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  9. ↑ "2017-es nézettség: a 71 legnézettebb magyar tévécsatorna". hu.crt-tv.com.
  10. 1 2 "A DMSZ 2016. évi vezérigazgatói beszámolója (English: DMSZ Duna Media Service Provider CEO Report 2016)" (PDF). dmsz.hu. p. 210. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Csatornanézettség - 2015: A 49 legnézettebb hazai tévéadó". sorozatwiki.hu. Archived from the original on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  12. ↑ "Csatornanézettség - 2014: A 49 legnézettebb hazai tévéadó". sorozatwiki.hu. 22 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Csatornanézettség - 2013: A 49 legnézettebb hazai tévéadó". sorozatwiki.hu. 22 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Csatornanézettség - 2012: Az 50 legnézettebb hazai tévéadó". sorozatwiki.hu. 28 February 2013.
  15. ↑ "Csatornanézettség - 2011: Az 50 legnézettebb hazai TV adó". sorozatwiki.hu. 11 March 2012.
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