Television in Hungary

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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]

RankChannelGroupAll day
share (%)		Primetime
share (%)
1 TV2 TV2 Group 11.714.8
2 RTL RTL Group 6.811.0
3 Duna MTVA 3.23.8
4 ATV ATV Group 2.93.7
5 Mozi+ TV2 Group 2.92.8
6 M4 Sport MTVA 2.93.6
7 M1 MTVA 2.71.9
8 Prime TV TV2 Group 2.31.6
9 Super TV2 TV2 Group 2.11.7
10 Cool RTL Group 2.02.2
11 Izaura TV TV2 Group 1.81.5
12 Hir TV Hir TV 1.81.5
13 Sorozat+ RTL Group 1.82.1
14 Film+ RTL Group 1.81.8
15 Story4 Central 1.51.2
16RTL Gold RTL Group 1.20.9
17TV4 Central 1.21.0
18ID Warner Bros. Discovery 1.10.5
19 Galaxy4 Central 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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