TVN (Poland)
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | Poland |
| Availability | Europe, also distributed in the United States, Canada and Australia |
| Founded | by Mariusz Walter |
| Slogan | Programowo najlepsza |
| Market share | 18.81% (March 2008, [1]) |
| Owner | Grupa ITI |
| Key people | Piotr Walter, CEO |
| Launch date | October 3, 1997 April 29, 2004 (iTVN) August 28, 2007 (TVN HD) |
| Former names | Telewizja Wisła |
| Website www.tvn.pl |
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TVN is a major Polish commercial television network, founded by Mariusz Walter and launched on October 3, 1997. It is part of ITI Group, the biggest Polish media company. TVN is available over the air, through satellite and cable television.
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[edit] History
In March 1997 TVN obtained a permission from The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television to broadcast in central and northern parts of Poland. A few months later TVN was merged with Telewizja Wisła, which had a license to broadcast in Southern Poland.
The channel was launched on October 3, 1997. During first four years the network was run by its founder Mariusz Walter. In 2001 Piotr Walter became Chief Executive Officer, replacing his father.
In 2004 TVN was available in 86% of Polish households. Since 2004 TVN is listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange. On April 29, 2004 TVN launched TVN International, an entertainment and news channel for Polish viewers living abroad. In 2005 TVN acquired rights to organise and broadcast Sopot International Song Festival until 2010.
In 2007 TVN launched its high definition version, TVN HD.
The network was voted as one of the Polish SuperBrands. TVN broadcasts part of its programming in Dolby Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1.
[edit] The Network
TVN belongs to the ITI Group, which also owns other television channels:
- TVN Siedem (general channel)
- TVN24 (news channel)
- TVN CNBC Biznes (business channel produced with CNBC Europe)
- TVN Meteo (weather)
- TVN Turbo (cars and motorsports, primarily for men)
- iTVN (for Poles living in the USA, Germany and Australia)
- TVN Style (lifestyle, primarily for women)
- TVN Gra (gameshow channel, to be closed)
- nsport HD (sports channel in high definition)
- TVN Med (medicine)
- TVN Lingua (language learning)
- TVN Discovery Historia (historical documentaries, a joint venture with Discovery Communications)
- TVN HD (TVN in high definition)
- Religia.tv (religion)
- TVN Warszawa (planned local television channel for Warsaw)
- iTVN West (planned television channel for Western Europe)
[edit] Programming
[edit] Shows
- Further information: List of programs broadcast by TVN
[edit] Primetime - Spring Schedule
| TVN | 19:45 | 20:00 | 20:15 | 20:30 | 20:55 | 21:30 | 21:55 | 22:30 | 23:00 |
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| Monday | Uwaga | W-11 Wydział Śledczy | Na Wspólnej | Szymon Majewski Show | Teraz My | ||||
| Tuesday | 39 and a half | Kuba Wojewódzki | |||||||
| Wednesday | So You Think You Can Dance | ||||||||
| Thursday | Szpieg | Film | |||||||
| Friday | Uwaga | Superkino | |||||||
| Saturday | The Nanny | Crime detectives | Film | ||||||
| Sunday | Dancing with the stars | Now or Never! | Taniec z gwiazdami Kulisy | ||||||
[edit] Daytime
Comedies and comedy shows are in red; dramas are in blue; soap opera are in green; game shows are in yellow; talk-shows are in brown; movies are in gold.
| TVN | 15:15 | 16:00 | 16:15 | 17:25 | 18:00 | 18:25 |
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| Monday-Friday | Surface | Rozmowy w toku | Sędzia Anna Maria Wesołowska | Detektywi | ||
| Saturday | Szymon Majewski Show (encores) |
Movie | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | |||
| Sunday | Movie | Movie | ||||
[edit] Soon to be broadcast by TVN
- Poland's Got Talent - talent reality show (fall 2008)
- Naznaczony - new Polish television series with Piotr Adamczyk in a leading role (fall 2008)
- General - new Polish television series about Władysław Sikorski's death in plane crash after takeoff from Gibraltar on July 4, 1943 (fall 2008)
- Dexter - Polish Free-TV premiere of Showtime's drama series (Currently the first season of Dexter is broadcast in Poland by Universal Channel and the second season is available in nScreen VOD on n satellite service) (2008)
- Ugly Betty - an Polish adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea (spring 2009)
[edit] See also
List of Polish language television channels
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Polish)
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