TVN

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Poland
Availability	Europe, also distributed in the United States, Canada and Australia
Founded	by Mariusz Walter Jan Wejchert
Slogan	Programowo najlepsza (The best programmed)
Owner	Grupa TVN S.A.
Key people	Piotr Walter, CEO
Launch date	October 3, 1997 April 29, 2004 (iTVN) August 28, 2007 (TVN HD)
Former names	Telewizja Wisła
Official Website	www.tvn.pl

TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert.^[1] The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A. Group which in turn is controlled by the ITI Group, the largest Polish media company, holding around 62% ownership interest as of September 2008.^[2]

TVN is available by satellite and cable television.

[edit] History

In March 1997 TVN obtained permission from The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television to broadcast in central and northern parts of Poland. A few months later TVN merged with Telewizja Wisła, which had a license to broadcast in Southern Poland.

The channel was launched on October 3, 1997. During the 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 has been listed on the 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 one of the Polish Superbrands. TVN broadcasts part of its programmes in Dolby Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1.

[edit] The Network

TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland

Other television channels in the TVN S.A. Group portfolio include:

• 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)
• nSport HD (sports channel in high definition)
• TVN HD (TVN in high definition)
• TVN Warszawa (local television channel for Warsaw)
• Religia.tv (religion)
• iTVN West (planned television channel for Western Europe)
• Mango 24 (TV Shopping)
• nFilm HD (films in HD in platform n)
• nFilm HD2

Former channels:

• TVN Gra
• TVN Lingua
• TVN Med

[edit] Programming

[edit] Shows

[edit] Primetime - Fall 2009 (FULL SCHEDULE)

Polish comedy-dramas (known as dramedies) are in green; Polish dramas are in celadon; Polish comedies and comedy shows are in olive; Polish interactive reality game shows are in peach-orange; docu-crime dramas are in pink; movies are in yellow; news programming is in gold; political talk-shows are in brown and entertainment talk-shows are in medium purple. American comedy-dramas (known as dramedies) are in denim; American dramas are in black and American drama-dark comedy (known as dark dramedy) are in azure.

New series

• Marked (Naznaczony)[4] - new Polish television series with Piotr Adamczyk in a leading role (TBA Fall 2009)
• Generał[5] - new Polish television series about Władysław Sikorski's death in plane crash after takeoff from Gibraltar on July 4, 1943
• Kobieta na krańcu świata - Martyna Wojciechowska's, a popular Polish travel/reality show (TBA Fall 2009)

[edit] See also

• List of Polish language television channels

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site (Polish)

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