Telewizja Polska

Infobox Network
network_name = Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna (TVP SA)
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country = flag|Poland
network_type = television
available = National
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launch_date = 1952
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website = [http://tvp.pl tvp.pl]

Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna (TVP S.A., often abbreviated to only TVP, "Polish Television") is Poland's public broadcasting corporation. About a third of TVP's income comes from a broadcast receiver licence, while the rest is covered by commercials and sponsorships.

Timeline

*1935 – Państwowy Instytut Telekomunikacji ("State Telecommunications Institute", PIT) starts working together with Polish Radio on establishing television service
*1937 – completion of a black and white broadcasting station
*1938, October – experimental channel, regular programming scheduled for 1941
*1939, September – all the equipment destroyed by the German Army
*1947 – PIT resumes work on television broadcasting
*1951, December – first Polish telecast after the Second World War
*1952, 25 October – beginning of a regular program
*1971, 16 March – start of colour broadcasting (in SECAM)
*1992, 29 December - Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna comes into existence upon the separation of television and radio public broadcasting by an act of parliament
*1993 – 01 January Polskie Radio i Telewizja (Polish Radio and Television) joins European Broadcasting Union as an active member (regrouping of OIRT and UER).
*1995 – move from SECAM to PAL

TVP Channels

mainstream

TVP broadcasts two general mainstream channels:
*TVP1
*TVP2

news and regional affairs

*TVP Info, which also acts as an umbrella label for the local stations:
**TVP Białystok in Białystok for Podlachian region
**TVP Bydgoszcz in Bydgoszcz-Toruń for the Kuyavia-Pomerania region
**TVP Gdańsk in Trójmiasto for the Pomerania region,
**TVP Gorzów in Gorzów Wielkopolski for Lubusz region
**TVP Katowice in Silesian Metropolitan Area for Upper Silesia region
**TVP Kielce in Kielce for Holy Cross region
**TVP Kraków for the Lesser Poland region
**TVP Lublin for the Lublin region
**TVP Łódź for the Łódź region
**TVP Olsztyn for Warmia-Masuria region
**TVP Opole for the Opole region
**TVP Poznań for the Greater Poland region
**TVP Rzeszów for the Subcarpathian region
**TVP Szczecin for the West Pomerania
**TVP Warszawa for Warsaw and the Masovia region
**TVP Wrocław for the Lower Silesia region

pecialty channels

*TVP Kultura - high-brow culture channel, available on cable, satellite and DSL
*TVP Sport - sport channel available on cable, satellite and DSL
*TVP Historia - focusing on history
*TV Polonia - retransmits selected TVP programming for the Polish diaspora (the so called Polonia) in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Europe, and the Caucasus.
*TVP HD - HD channel

non-Polish-language

*Belsat TV - channel in the Belarusian language presenting news and interesting programming for the people of Belarus

planned channels

*TVP Rozrywka - entertainment and comedy
*TVP Parlament - parliamentary channel

External links

* [http://tvp.pl Official Site] pl icon