Television in Poland

Television was introduced in Poland in 1937. It was state owned, and was interrupted by the Second World War in 1939. Television returned to Poland in 1952 and for several decades was controlled by the communist government. Colour television was introduced in Poland in 1971. Private television stations in Poland appeared around the time of the fall of communism, with PTV Echo (once a member of the local channels of Polonia 1) becoming the first private station in Poland (and in the former Eastern Bloc).

Terrestrial

Terrestrial television in Poland is broadcast using a digital DVB-T system. First test DVB-T emission was carried in Warsaw at 9 November 2001. In April 2004, first DVB-T transmitter near Rzeszów started operation, and local TVP division started to market set-top boxes allowing to receive it. As of December 2011, there are about 50 DVB-T transmitters operating in Poland, broadcasting three multiplexes, all using MPEG-4 AVC compression. Two channels, TVP1 and TVP2 are avaliable in HD. Analog terrestrial transmissions were terminated in 2013.

First efforts to introduce DVB-T in Poland was made in 1997 in Gdańsk on initiative of TVP (Polish public television broadcaster).

Allocation

At 2006 conference in Geneva known as GE06 Poland received eight DVB-T multiplexes—seven at UHF frequencies 470÷862 MHz (channels 21÷69) and one at VHF frequency 174÷230 MHz (channels 6÷12). Since some of these frequencies are currently used for analog PAL terrestrial television broadcasting, it is possible to run only two nationwide multiplexes (MUX1, MUX2) and one (MUX3) which covers part of country (58% of population). Introduction of all multiplexes will be possible after switching off analog broadcasting.

A Government document entitled “Country digitalization schedule”, dated January 2009, set out plan for the digital broadcast switch-on to be made in three steps and analog broadcast switch-off in six steps.

First regular digital broadcast started on 30 September 2010. Analog broadcast switch-off started on 7 November 2012 and the transition to digital broadcasting finished on 23 July 2013.

The period of time between digital broadcast switch-on and analog broadcast switch-off will allow people time to buy new integrated Digital TVs or set-top boxes.

Current status

As of July 2013:

MUX1 covers 98.8% of population;
MUX2 covers more than 98.8% of population;
MUX3 covers 99.5% of population.

Analog shutdown

The shutdown of analog broadcast took place in 7 steps between 7 November 2012 and 23 July 2013.

Most operators of analog cable TV are planning to continue providing analog service in their networks for an unspecified period of time.

Additional government actions

Information campaigns about analog broadcast switch-off in mass media.

Requiring electronic equipment sellers to inform buyers that MPEG-2 TVs and STBs are not compatible with national standard which is MPEG-4 AVC.

Financial help for poor families and seniors to buy TV or STB – ca. 250 PLN per household, totalling 475 million PLN.^[1]

Technical information

Polish digital terrestrial television broadcast uses 25 Hz H.264/AVC HDTV video, MPEG-2 Layer 2 and E-AC-3 audio, for a Baseline IRD able to decode up to 1920 × 1080 interlaced 25 Hz video pictures or 1280 × 720 progressive 50 Hz video pictures.

During tests also MPEG-2 encoding for video was used.

Assignment of channels in multiplexes

Plan from January 2009 included three nationwide multiplexes with seven SDTV channels in each:

MUX1 – Free-to-air commercial channels (Polsat, TVN, TV4, TV Puls); after analog broadcast switch-off MUX3 covered the entire country population and public channels moved to it; there was competition for three freed channels;
MUX2 – open competition;
MUX3 – Public channels; after analog switch-off MUX3 will cover all country population and public channels will be moved to it from MUX1; there will be competition for three freed channels in MUX1.

In January 2010 new plan on introducing DVB-T was presented. Assignment of multiplexes was changed:

MUX1 – public broadcaster channels (including TVP1, TVP2 and TVP Regionalna);
MUX2 – Commercial free-to-air channels (Polsat, TVN, TV4, TV Puls) plus one additional from each broadcaster – total number of channels in this multiplex: 8.

In June 2010 another change in assignment of multiplexes was made:

MUX1 – four channels chosen in open competition and temporary three public broadcaster channels (TVP1, TVP2, TVP Regionalna); after analog broadcast switch-off MUX3 will cover all country population and public channels will be deleted from MUX1; there will be competition for three freed channels;
MUX2 – four current terrestrial analog commercial free-to-air channels (Polsat, TVN, TV4, TV Puls) plus one additional from each broadcaster (respectively: Polsat Sport News, TVN7, TV6, Puls 2);
MUX3 – six public broadcaster channels (TVP1, TVP2, TVP Regionalna, TVP Culture, TVP History, TVP Entertainment and planned TVP Documentary); after switch-off analog broadcast MUX3 will cover all country population and public broadcaster channels will be deleted from MUX1.

MUX1

MUX1
Channel	Owner	Type
TVP ABC	Telewizja Polska	Children
Stopklatka TV	Agora SA, SPI International Polska	Movies
TV Trwam	Lux Veritatis Foundation	Religion
ATM Rozrywka	ATM Grupa (Polsat Group)	Entertainment
TTV	Stavka (ITI Group)	Social-intervention
Fokus TV	TV Spektrum (ZPR SA)	Documentaries
Eska TV	Grupa Radiowa Time (ZPR SA)	Music
Polo TV	Lemon Records (ZPR SA)	Music

MUX2

MUX2
Channel	Owner	Type
Polsat	Polsat Group	General
TVN	ITI Group	General
TV4	Polsat Group (earlier Polskie Media)	General
TV Puls	Telewizja Puls	General
Polsat Sport News	Polsat Group	Sport/News
TVN7	ITI Group	Entertainment
TV6	Polsat Group (earlier Polskie Media)	Entertainment
Puls 2	Telewizja Puls	Entertainment

MUX3

MUX3
Channel	Owner	Type
TVP1 HD	Telewizja Polska	General
TVP2 HD	Telewizja Polska	General
TVP3^[2]	Telewizja Polska	Regional
TVP Info	Telewizja Polska	News
TVP Kultura	Telewizja Polska	Cultural
TVP Historia	Telewizja Polska	Historical
TVP Rozrywka	Telewizja Polska	Entertainment
TVP Polonia	Telewizja Polska	Worldwide

MUX4

TV Mobilna - pay multiplex^[3]
Channel	Owner	Type
Polsat News	Polsat Group	News
Polsat Sport	Polsat Group	Sport
Polsat Sport Extra	Polsat Group	Sport
Polsat Film	Polsat Group	Movies
Polsat Cafe	Polsat Group	Lifestyle
Polsat Play	Polsat Group	Lifestyle
Kino Polska	SPI International Polska	Movies
TVP Seriale	Telewizja Polska	Series
TVN Style	TVN Group	Lifestyle
Comedy Central	MTV Networks	Series
Comedy Central Family	MTV Networks	Series
Nickelodeon	MTV Networks	Children

MUX-L1 (Lubań/Jelenia Góra/Bolesławiec/Chojnów)

MUX-L1
Channel	Owner	Type
TV Łużyce	Telewizja Łużyce Sp. z o.o.	Regional
4fun.tv	4fun Media S.A.	Music
4fun Hits	4fun Media S.A.	Music
Stars.TV	JBD S.A.	Music
VOX Music TV	Lemon Records (ZPR SA)	Music

MUX-L2 (Ornontowice/Rybnik)

MUX-L2
Channel	Owner	Type
TVT^{[disambiguation needed]}	Telewizja TVT Sp. z o.o.	Regional
4fun.tv	4fun Media S.A.	Music
4fun Hits	4fun Media S.A.	Music
Stars.TV	JBD S.A.	Music
VOX Music TV	Lemon Records (ZPR SA)	Music
iPol TV	Mediatex Poland Sp. z o.o	Entertainment

MUX-L3 (Częstochowa/Kamieńsk/Tomaszów Mazowiecki)

MUX-L3
Channel	Owner	Type
NTL Radomsko	NTL Radomsko Sp. z o.o.	Regional
4fun.tv	4fun Media S.A.	Music
4fun Hits	4fun Media S.A.	Music
Stars.TV	JBD S.A.	Music
VOX Music TV	Lemon Records (ZPR SA)	Music

MUX-L4 (Świdnica/Wrocław)

MUX-L4
Channel	Owner	Type
ECHO24 TV	Telewizja Dolnośląska ECHO Sp. z o.o.	Regional
4fun.tv	4fun Media S.A.	Music
4fun Hits	4fun Media S.A.	Music
Stars.TV	JBD S.A.	Music
VOX Music TV	Lemon Records (ZPR SA)	Music
Mango 24	ITI Group	Teleshopping
TVN HD	ITI Group	General
Polsat HD	Polsat Group	General

MUX-L7 (Lubin/Głogów)

MUX-L7
Channel	Owner	Type
TV Regionalna	TVL Sp. z o.o.	Regional

Satellite

In 1998, two DVB-S providers, Cyfra+ and Wizja TV started operation. In 2001, Wizja TV was merged into Cyfra+.

1999 saw the introduction of another platform, Polsat 2 Cyfrowy (later renamed to Polsat Cyfrowy and finally Cyfrowy Polsat), owned by Polsat, a major Polish commercial TV network^{[citation needed]}. These platforms become very popular, and today, there are no Polish channels available on analogue satellite (the last one, TVN, was switched off in 2008). However, most of the satellite broadcasts in Poland are in SDTV resolution.

On 12 October 2006, ITI launched the n platform with few HD channels available, as well as - also new in Poland - video on demand functionality. Later, in December 2006, Cyfra+ also started HD broadcasts. Cyfrowy Polsat started HD broadcasts in second half of 2007.

In March 2013, as part of deeper cooperation between Canal+ Group and ITI, Cyfra+ and N were merged into NC+.

Other technologies

Some of the biggest cable operators started to provide DVB-C channels in few cities. However, most of the cable networks currently operating in Poland are purely analogue.^{[citation needed]}

The largest telephone operator, Telekomunikacja Polska, introduced a new option to its Neostrada offer, the Videostrada. It allows to receive digital TV, available are most of Cyfra+ channels (the platform is known as Cyfra+DSL), as well as video on demand. It is currently available only in few biggest cities in Poland.

Several TV channels, as well as video on demand, are available in Polish mobile telephony networks. There are no currently operating dedicated mobile TV transmitters.

List of channels

This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Poland.

Public

Telewizja Polska

Channel	Type	Cyfrowy Polsat	NC+	n na kartę	Cable	DVB-T	FTA	Format	Audio language	Online
TVP1	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TVP1 HD	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
TVP2	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TVP2 HD	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
TVP3	Regional	Y*	Y*	Y*	Y	Y	N	16:9	Polish	Y
TVP Info	News	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
TVP Polonia	Worldwide	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	4:3/16:9	Polish	Y
TVP Kultura	Cultural	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish, original	N
TVP Historia	Documentaries	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TVP Rozrywka	Entertainment	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TVP ABC	Children	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TVP Seriale	Series	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TVP Sport	Sport	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
TVP Sport HD	Sport	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TVP HD	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Belsat TV	Belarusian Channel	N	N	N	N	N	Y	4:3/16:9	Belarusian	N
TVP Parlament	Parliament	N	N	N	N	N	N		Polish	Y

* In DTH platforms as TVP3 Warszawa

Private

Polsat Group

Channel	Type	Cyfrowy Polsat	nc+	n na kartę	Cable	DVB-T	FTA	Format	Audio language	Online
Polsat	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Polsat HD	General	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TV4	General	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TV4 HD	General	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TV6	Entertainment	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
Polsat 2	General	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Polsat 2 HD	General	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat News	News	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat News HD	News	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat News 2	News/Current affairs/Business	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Sport	General	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Sport HD	Sport	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Sport Extra	Sport	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Sport Extra HD	Sport	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Sport News	Sport News	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Cafe	Lifestyle	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Cafe HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Play	Lifestyle	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Play HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Film	Movies	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Film HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Romans	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Crime & Investigation Network	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat JimJam	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3	Polish	N
Polsat Food Network	Food	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Food Network HD	Food	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Viasat Explore	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Viasat Explore HD	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Viasat History	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Polsat Viasat History HD	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polsat Viasat Nature	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Muzo.tv	Music	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Disco Polo Music	Music	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Superstacja	News	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N

Polsat 1 - for Polish from around the world; USA, United Kingdom

TVN Group (SNI)

Channel	Type	Cyfrowy Polsat	nc+	n na kartę	Cable	DVB-T	FTA	Format	Audio language	Online
TVN	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
TVN HD	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
TVN7	General / Entertainment	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish, original	N
TVN7 HD	General / Entertainment	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
TVN24	News	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
TVN24 HD	News	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TVN24 Biznes i Świat	Business and world news	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
TVN Fabuła HD	Series and movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TVN Meteo Active	Weather News / Lifestyle	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
TVN Style	Lifestyle	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
TVN Style HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
TVN Turbo	Lifestyle	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
TVN Turbo HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
TTV*	Social-intervention	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Mango 24	Teleshopping	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
NTL Radomsko	Regional	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N

TVN International - a.k.a. iTVN, for Polish from around the world; New Zealand, USA (New York, Chicago), Germany (Berlin), Australia (Sydney) and Pakistan
TVN International Extra - a.k.a. iTVN Extra, for Polish from around the world; USA, Germany

* TTV belongs to Stavka (51% - TVN, 49% - Besta Film)

Telewizja Puls

Channel	Type	Cyfrowy Polsat	nc+	n na kartę	Cable	DVB-T	FTA	Format	Audio language	Online
TV Puls	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
TV Puls HD	General	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Puls 2	Entertainment	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Puls 2 HD	Entertainment	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N

Canal+ Group

Channel	Type	Cyfrowy Polsat	nc+	n na kartę	Cable	DVB-T	FTA	Format	Audio language	Online
Canal+	Movies / Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
Canal+ HD	Movies / Sport	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Canal+ 1	Movies / Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
Canal+ 1 HD	Movies / Sport	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Sport	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Canal+ Sport HD	Sport	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	Y
Canal+ Sport 2 HD	Sport	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Canal+ Film	Movies / Series	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Film HD	Movies / Series	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Family	Movies / Sport	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Family HD	Movies / Sport	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Seriale	Series / Movies	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Seriale HD	Series / Movies	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Canal+ Discovery HD	Documentaries	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Ale Kino+	Movies	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Ale Kino+ HD	Movies	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
Planete+	Documentaries	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
Planete+ HD	Documentaries	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Kuchnia+	Lifestyle	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
Kuchnia+ HD	Lifestyle	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Domo+	Lifestyle	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
Domo+ HD	Lifestyle	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, original	N
MiniMini+	Children	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
MiniMini+ HD	Children	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Teletoon+	Teens	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
TeleToon+ HD	Teens	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
nSport+	Sport	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
nSport+ HD	Sport	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N

Others

Channel	Type	Cyfrowy Polsat	nc+	n na kartę	Cable	DVB-T	FTA	Format	Audio language	Online
BBC HD	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
BBC Brit	Entertainment	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
BBC Brit HD	Entertainment	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
BBC CBeebies	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
BBC Earth	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
BBC Earth HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
BBC Lifestyle	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
HBO	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
HBO HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
HBO 2	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
HBO 2 HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
HBO 3	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
HBO 3 HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Cinemax	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Cinemax HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Cinemax 2	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Cinemax 2 HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
TNT	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
TNT HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Cartoon Network	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Cartoon Network HD	Children	Y	N	N	N	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Boomerang	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3	Polish, English	N
AXN	Series	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
AXN HD	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
AXN Spin	Series	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
AXN Spin HD	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
AXN Black	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
AXN White	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Stopklatka TV	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	16:9	Polish	N
Stopklatka TV HD	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Kino Polska	Movies / Series	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Kino Polska Muzyka	Music	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FilmBox	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FilmBox Extra HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
FilmBox Premium	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FilmBox Family	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FilmBox Arthouse	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FilmBox Arthouse HD	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
FilmBox Action	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FightBox	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FightBox HD	Sport	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
DocuBox	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
DocuBox HD	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Universal Channel	Series / Movies	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Universal Channel HD	Series / Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
13 Ulica	Series	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
13 Ulica HD	Series	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Sci Fi Universal	Series / Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
E! Entertainment	Entertainment	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
E! Entertainment HD	Entertainment	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Fox	Series	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Fox HD	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Fox Comedy	Series	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Fox Comedy HD	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
National Geographic Channel	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
National Geographic Channel HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Nat Geo Wild	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Nat Geo Wild HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Nat Geo People HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Baby TV	Children	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3	Polish	N
Discovery Channel	Documentaries	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Discovery Channel HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Discovery Science	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Discovery Science HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Discovery Turbo Xtra	Lifestyle	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Discovery Turbo Xtra HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
TLC	Lifestyle	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
TLC HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
ID	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
ID HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Discovery Historia	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Discovery Life	Entertainment	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Animal Planet HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Eurosport 1	Sport	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Eurosport 1 HD	Sport	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Eurosport 2	Sport	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Eurosport 2 HD	Sport	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
History	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
History HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
H2 HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Lifetime HD	Lifestyle	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Sundance Channel	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Sundance Channel HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
CBS Europa	Movies	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
CBS Europa HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
CBS Action	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
CBS Reality	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
CBS Drama	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3	Polish	N
Extreme Sports Channel	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Extreme Sports Channel HD	Sport	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Viasat Nature & Viasat History HD	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English, Russian, Czech, Hungarian	N
Travel Channel	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English, Russian	N
Travel Channel HD	Documentaries	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Paramount Channel HD	Movies	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Comedy Central	Series	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Comedy Central HD	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Comedy Central Family	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Nickelodeon	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Nickelodeon HD	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English, Russian, Turkish	N
Nick Jr.	Series	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
MTV Polska	Entertainment	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
VIVA Polska	Entertainment	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
VH1 Polska	Music	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
MTV Rocks	Music	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	English	N
MTV Dance	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	English	N
MTV Hits	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	English	N
MTV Live HD	Music	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	English	N
Disney Channel	Children	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
Disney Channel HD	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Disney XD	Children	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Disney Junior	Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
AMC HD	Movies and series	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish, English	N
Romance TV	Movies / Series	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Romance TV HD	Movies / Series	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
SportKlub	Sport	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
FightKlub	Sport	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
FightKlub HD	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Orange Sport	Sport	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
Active Family	Sport	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Active Family HD	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Wellbeing Network	Sport	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Wellbeing Network HD	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Motowizja	Motorization	N	Y	N	N	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Motowizja HD	Motorization	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Zest TV	Adults	N	Y	N	N	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Love	Lifestyle	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Love HD	Lifestyle	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Da Vinci Learning	Documentary / Children	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, Russian, Hungarian	N
Outdoor Channel HD	Hunting / Outdoor	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	English / Russian	N
Ginx TV	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	English	N
Ginx TV HD	Sport	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	English	N
Tele 5	General	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	4:3/16:9	Polish	N
Tele 5 HD	General	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polonia 1	Series / Teleshopping	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N
Water Planet	Documentaries	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N
Water Planet HD	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Novela TV	Series	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N
Novela TV HD	Series	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
ATM Rozrywka	Entertainment	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	16:9	Polish	N
13.tv	General	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
13.tv HD	General	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
13.tv 3D	General	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD 3D	Polish	N
TV Republika	News / Current affairs	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
TV Republika HD	News / Current affairs	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TV Trwam	Religion	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
ETV	Education	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
ETV HD	Education	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	Y
TVR	Farmers TV	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
TVR HD	Farmers TV	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TVS	Regional	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N
TVS HD	Regional	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TVS HD+1	Regional	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Fokus TV	Documentaries	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Fokus TV HD	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Eska TV	Music	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Eska TV HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Polo TV	Music	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
VOX Music TV	Music	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Hip Hop TV	Music	N	N	N	N	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N
4fun.tv	Music	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
4fun Hits	Music	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
4fun Fit&Dance	Music	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Stars.TV	Music	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Stars.TV HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
TO!TV	Music / Entertainment	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Adventure	Documentaries	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Adventure HD	Documentaries	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Nuta.tv	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Nuta.tv HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Power TV	Music	N	Y	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	N
Power TV HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Top Kids	Children	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	N
Top Kids HD	Children	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	N
Eleven HD	Sports	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	Y
Eleven Sports HD	Sports	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	Y
The Medical Channel	Health and medicine	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish, English	N
iPol TV	Esoteric	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	16:9	Polish	Y
Opoka.tv	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	Polish	Y
Opoka.tv HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	Polish	Y
Fashion TV	Lifestyle	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	16:9	English	Y
Mezzo	Music	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	French	N
Mezzo Live HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	French	N
myZen.tv HD	Music	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	English	N
Duck TV	Children	N	N	N	Y	N	N	16:9	English	N
Baby First TV	Children	N	N	N	Y	N	N	4:3	English	N
Blue Hustler	Pornography	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	4:3	English	N
Hustler HD	Pornography	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	English	N
Private TV	Pornography	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9	English	N
Redlight HD	Pornography	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	16:9 HD	English	N

Provisional

Sport 38

Digital platforms in Poland

Name	Type	Subscribers	Number of channels	HD channels	3D channel	VOD
Cyfrowy Polsat	Digital platform	4,396,376	183	65	0	ipla HBO OD HBO GO PPV/VOD Deezer Primeserial
nc+	Digital platform	2,100,000^[4]	175	80	0	nc+ GO TVP Prapiemiery Canal+ VOD Seriale+ TVN Player Baby TV OD Poznaj nc+ Smaczki OD Sport+
Orange TV	Digital platform	774,000	99	40	0	Seriale+ Wideo na życzenie Prapremiery TVP PictureBox TV na życzenie Telewizja Tu i Tam
UPC Polska	Cable	1,434,600	201	50	0	Premiery Hity HD TVP na żądanie TVN na żądanie Filmbox On Demand Disney Channel na żądanie Cartoon Network na żądanie HBO OD National Geographic na żądanie Xotix Discovery On Demand Sundance na żądanie Canal+ na żądanie
Vectra	Cable	870,592	204	52	0	BBC na żądanie HBO On Demand Discovery On Demand Disney Channel na żądanie HBO GO GO ON
Multimedia Polska	Cable	825,000	171	41	0	PictureBox Kino Świat HBO On Demand HBO GO MmTV
Inea	Cable	182,000	190	52	0	Canal+ na życzenie Ale Kino+ na życzenie HBO On Demand Planete+ na życzenie TeleToon+ na życzenie Duck TV na życzenie Kuchnia+ na życzenie Domo+ na życzenie HBO GO Karaoke TV
TOYA	Cable	160,000		52	0	Przedpremiery TVP Fyre TV TVP na żądanie Canal+ na życzenie Ale Kino+ na życzenie HBO On Demand Sundance Channel na żądanie Romance TV na życzenie Planete+ na życzenie Discovery On Demand Animal Planet On Demand History na życzenie MiniMini+ na życzenie Polsat JimJam na życzenie Duck TV na życzenie Kuchnia+ na życzenie Domo+ na życzenie TLC On Demand English Club TV On Demand TV Toya na życzenie Catch UP TVP TV Toya Catch Up Player ipla iplex VOD TVP TVP Parlament HBO GO NatGeo Play Karaoke TV GO ON RMFon.pl Eska GO
Petrus	Cable	50,000		55	0	N
Promax	Cable	35,670		41	0	HBO GO
Sat Film	Cable	25,000		41	0	HBO GO
Other Cable	Cable	more than 1,322,000

Television rating system in Poland

No age restrictions	for minors above 7 years old	for minors above 12 years old	for minors above 16 years old	only for viewers above 18 years old

Viewing shares

TOP4 of Polish TV channels from 1998 by Nielsen Media Research

Audience ratings of TV channels above 2% in Poland since 1998 by Nielsen Media Research
(TVP Info in 1994-2007 as TVP3 Regionalna, TV4 in 1998-2000 as Nasza TV, TVN7 in 1996-2002 as RTL7)

TOP 20 of Polish TV channels from 2009 by Nielsen Media Research (in gray - channels, which were in a given year out of the TOP 20):

Channels	Launched	2015^[5]	2014^[6]	2013^[7]	2012^[8]	2011^[9]	2010^[10]	2009^[10]
TVP1	01/1953	12.28	12.27	13.17	15.41	17.41	19.35	20.89
Polsat	12/1992	11.60	11.84	12.24	13.97	14.53	13.84	14.81
TVN	10/1997	10.65	11.68	12.54	13.93	14.95	15.21	15.92
TVP2	10/1970	8.72	9.41	10.30	12.56	13.27	14.49	15.39
TVP Info	10/2007	3.51	2.86	2.61	3.82	4.24	4.92	4.41
TVN7	03/2002	3.30	3.53	3.54	2.53	1.79	1.63	1.66
TV4	04/2000	3.27	2.68	2.97	2.49	2.39	2.14	2.06
TVN 24	08/2001	3.22	2.99	3.12	3.06	3.14	3.45	2.69
TV Puls	03/2001	3.09	3.11	3.08	2.33	1.89	1.51	1.13
Puls 2	07/2012	1.62	1.52	1.07	0.14	-	-	-
Polsat 2	03/1997	1.45	1.68	1.79	1.37	1.32	0.88	0.87
TTV	01/2012	1.45	1.30	1.02	0.31	-	-	-
TVP Seriale	12/2010	1.40	1.44	1.14	0.64	0.34	-	-
TV6	05/2011	1.23	0.97	0.61	0.20	0.04	-	-
TVP Rozrywka	04/2013	1.14	0.93	0.48	-	-	-	-
Polsat News	06/2008	1.08	1.08	1.04	0.90	0.81	0.62	0.31
TVP Regionalna	09/2013	1.05	1.09	0.36	-	-	-	-
Stopklatka TV	03/2014	0.88	0.60	-	-	-	-	-
Polo TV	05/2011	0.86	0.76	0.73	0.42	0.10	-	-
Nickelodeon	07/2008	0.74	0.66	0.62	0.56	0.60	0.36	0.14

Shares in the television market in Poland in 2012 by Nielsen Media Research

References

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(Polish) Historia Przemysłowego Instytutu Telekomunikacji przez II wojną światową

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v t e Television in Poland
Telewizja Polska	TVP1 (HD) TVP2 (HD) TVP3 TVP Info TVP Polonia TVP Kultura TVP Historia TVP Rozrywka TVP ABC TVP Sport (HD) TVP Seriale TVP HD Belsat TV TVP Parlament
Polsat Group	Polsat (HD) TV4 (HD) TV6 Polsat 2 (HD) Polsat News (HD) Polsat News 2 Polsat Sport (HD) Polsat Sport Extra (HD) Polsat Sport News Polsat Film (HD) Polsat Romans Polsat Café (HD) Polsat Play (HD) Disco Polo Music Muzo.tv ATM Rozrywka Superstacja Polsat JimJam Polsat Crime & Investigation Polsat Food Network (HD) Polsat Viasat Explore (HD) Polsat Viasat History (HD) Polsat Viasat Nature Polsat 1
TVN Group	TVN (HD) TVN 7 (HD) TVN 24 (HD) TVN24 BIS TVN Meteo Active TVN Style (HD) TVN Turbo (HD) TVN Fabula (HD) TTV (HD) Mango 24 iTVN iTVN Extra
Telewizja Puls	TV Puls (HD) Puls 2 (HD)
ZPR Media	Eska TV (HD) Fokus TV (HD) Polo TV Vox Music TV Hip Hop TV
Canal+ Group	Canal+ (HD) Canal+ 1 (HD) Canal+ Sport (HD) Canal+ Sport 2 HD Canal+ Film (HD) Canal+ Family (HD) Canal+ Seriale (HD) Canal+ Discovery HD Ale Kino+ (HD) Planete+ (HD) Kuchnia+ (HD) Domo+ (HD) MiniMini+ (HD) Teletoon+ (HD) nSport+ (HD)

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