Cyfra+
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Cyfra+ is a Polish digital satellite platform, owned and operated by French media company Canal+ ("Cyfra" is Polish for "Digit"). It offers 600 radio and TV channels. 40 of these are dedicated for Polish audience. The remaining ones are free-to-air from Hot Bird and Astra satellites, viewable on Cyfra+ equipment. Due to the availability of original sound tracks, Cyfra+ is an excellent TV platform for foreigners who stay in Poland, as well as for students of languages.
English language offerings includes:
- 5 major news channels (BBC World, CNN, EuroNews, Sky News, CNBC)
- 6 movie channels (two HBO channels, two Canal+ channels, Hallmark and TCM)
- 6 educational channels (4 Discovery channels, National Geographic and Animal Planet)
- BBC Prime
- Bloomberg and CNBC
- Eurosport and ESPN
- Cartoon Network and TCM, [Disney Channel]
- multiple religious channels
The offer includes multiple radio channels, original Polish TV channels, TV channels from throughout Europe, Asia and Middle East, and more. By June 2003, Cyfra+ had 1.5 million subscribers (twice as many as in the same time of 2002).
During the second Persian Gulf War, coverage was available from Al Jazeera, Fox News, multiple Arabic channels as well as the original Iraqi TV that went off the air during one of the bombing raids.
[edit] Setbacks
- Fox News is no longer available (as of August 2003).
- English-language Al Jazeera was promised in April 2006, and was made available only in Nov 2006 (on the day the English version of the channel launched)
- BBC Learning is no longer available (as of August 2006)
- Some movie channels spontaneously switch to Polish sound track in the midst of a recording
- Some channels disrespect the English sountrack default setting and start with a Polish soundtrack when first turned on
- Some Discovery Channel documentaries provide no English translations of non-English dialogs with English soundtrack
- As of Dec 1, 2005, all four Discovery channels include a digital protection signal that results in interrupted recordings (with 2-15% of the program recording missing)
- As of Sep 1, 2006, for two continous months, Hallmark Channel did not provide English sound track (only Polish dialogs). The service in English is now resumed
[edit] List of channels on Cyfra+
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[edit] Basic
- 001 - TVP 1 (Polish)
- 002 - TVP 2 (Polish)
- 003 - TVP 3 Warszawa (Polish)
- 004 - TVP Polonia (Polish)
- 005 - TVN (Polish)
- 006 - TVN 24 (Polish)
- 007 - TVN Siedem (Polish)
- 008 - TV 4 (Polish)
- 009 - Tele 5 (Polish)
- 010 - TV Puls (Polish)
- 011 - TVP Kultura (Polish)
- 012 - vacant
- 013 - vacant
[edit] Premium and Movie Channels
- 014 - Canal+ Sport 2 (Polish)
- 015 - Canal+ (Polish or original with Polish subtitles)
- 016 - Canal+ Film (Polish or original with Polish subtitles)
- 017 - Canal+ Sport (Polish or original with Polish subtitles)
- 018 - Canal+ Sport HD (Polish)
- 019 - HBO (Polish, Original)
- 020 - HBO 2 (Polish, Original)
- 021 - Ale Kino! (Polish)
- 022 - Kino Polska (Polish)
- 023 - Hallmark (Polish, English)
- 024 - BBC Prime (English, often with Polish subtitles)
- 025 - AXN (Polish)
- 026 - AXN Crime(Polish)
- 027 - AXN Sci-Fi (Polish)
- 028 - Cinemax (Polish)
- 029 - Cinemax 2 (Polish) (coming soon)
[edit] Sports
- 030 - Eurosport (Polish, English)
- 031 - Eurosport 2 (Polish)
- 032 - Extreme Sports (Polish, English)
- 033 - ESPN Classic (English, German, Polish)
- 034 - TVN Turbo (Polish)
- 035 - Real Madrid TV (English)
- 036 - Rai Sport (Italian)
- 037 - RTR Planeta Sport (Russian)
- 038 - vacant
- 039 - vacant
[edit] Children/Lifestyle
- 040 - Mini Mini (Polish)
- 041 - ZigZap / Hyper (Polish)
- 042 - Cartoon Network / TCM (Polish, English, Romanian, Hungarian)
- 043 - Jetix (Polish)
- 044 - Disney Channel (Polish, English)
- 045 - Kuchnia.tv (Polish)
- 046 - TVN Style (Polish)
- 047 - Zone Club (Polish, English)
- 048 - Fashion TV (French)
- 049 - World Fashion (English)
[edit] Documentary / Reality
- 050 - National Geographic Channel (Polish, English, Hungarian, Russian)
- 051 - Animal Planet (Polish, English)
- 052 - Planete (Polish)
- 053 - Discovery Channel (Polish, English)
- 054 - Discovery Travel & Living (Polish, English)
- 055 - Discovery Civilisation (Polish, English)
- 056 - Discovery Science (Polish, English)
- 057 - Zone Reality (Polish)
- 058 - vacant
- 059 - vacant
[edit] Lifestyle / Educational
- 060 - Polonia 1 (Polish)
- 061 - Mango 24 Teleshopping (Polish)
- 062 - Podróże TV (Polish)
- 063 - Fashion TV (French)
- 064 - iTV (Polish)
- 065 - TVN Gra (Polish)
- 066 - Edusat (Polish)
- 067 - vacant
- 068 - vacant
- 069 - vacant
[edit] Music
- 070 - MTV Polska (Polish)
- 071 - MTV2 Europe (English)
- 072 - VH1 Polska (Polish)
- 073 - Trace TV (English, French)
- 074 - VIVA Polska (Polish)
- 075 - 4Fun.TV (Polish)
- 076 - MTV Austria (German)
- 077 - RTL 102.5 (Italian)
- 078 - Mezzo (French)
- 079 - Music Box Italia (Italian)
[edit] News and Information
- 080 - TVN Meteo (Polish)
- 081 - TV Biznes (Polish)
- 082 - CNN International (English)
- 083 - France 24 (In English)
- 084 - BBC World (English)
- 085 - CNBC Europe (English)
- 086 - EuroNews (Multi language)(default language depends on the default language of the decoder)
- 087 - France 24 (In French)
- 088 - TV5 Monde Europe (French)
- 089 - Bloomberg (English)
- 090 - Al Jazeera (English)(Arabic version is also available on one of the FTA channels)
- 091 - KBS World (Korean)
- 092 - Rai News 24 (Italian)
- 093 - Deutsche Welle TV (German and occasionaly English)
- 092 - Russia Today (English)
- 093 - Canal 24 Horas (Spanish)
[edit] French
- 100 - XXL
- 101 - AB Moteurs
- 102 - Chasse & Peche
- 103 - vacant
- 104 - vacant
- 105 - vacant
- 106 - vacant
- 107 - vacant
- 108 - vacant
- 109 - vacant
[edit] Audio/Interactive
- 110 - Info+Extra
- 111 - Cyfra+Gry
- 112 - vacant
- 113 - vacant
- 114 - vacant
- 115 - vacant
- 116 - vacant
- 117 - vacant
- 118 - vacant
- 119 - vacant
- 120 - Cyfra+Polskie Radio
- 121 - Cyfra+RMF
- 122 - Cyfra+Radio
- 123 - vacant
- 124 - vacant
- 125 - vacant
- 126 - vacant
- 127 - vacant
- 128 - vacant
- 129 - vacant
- 130 - XtraMusic Klasyka
- 131 - XtraMusic Pop
- 132 - XtraMusic Rythm
- 133 - XtraMusic Świat
[edit] German
- 140 - RTL (German)
- 141 - Bloomberg (German)
- 142 - Das Vierte (German)
- 143 - VOX (German)
- 144 - ZDF (German)
- 145 - Super RTL (German)
- 146 - RTL 2 (German)
- 147 - vacant
- 148 - ARD Das Erste (German)
- 149 - vacant
- 150 - SFi (German)
- 151 - Terra Nova (German)
[edit] Dutch
- 122 - BVN TV
- 123 - Liberty TV
- 124 - vacant
- 125 - vacant
- 126 - vacant
- 127 - vacant
- 128 - vacant
- 129 - vacant
[edit] Italian
- 130 - Radio Italia TV (Italian)
- 131 - Dance TV (Italian)
- 132 - Gay.TV (Italian)
- 133 - Italian Music (Italian)
- 134 - 123 Sat
- 135 - JCTV (English)
- 136 - Radio Radio TV (Italian)
- 137 - vacant
- 138 - LA 9 (Italian)
- 139 - GBR (Italian)
- 140 - 24ore.tv (Italian)
- 141 - SKY TG 24 (Italian)
- 142 - Toscana Channel (Italian)
- 143 - Rai Uno (Italian)
- 144 - Rai Due (Italian)
- 145 - Rai Tre (Italian)
- 146 - Rai Netuno Sat1 (Italian)
- 147 - Rai Netuno Sat2 (Italian)
- 148 - Rai Med (Italian)
- 149 - Rai Doc - Futura (Italian)
- 150 - Rai Edu 1 (Italian)
- 151 - Rai Edu 2 (Italian)
- 152 - Rai Utile (Italian)
- 153 - Rai Sport (Italian)
- 154 - Italia.TV (Italian)
- 155 - Prima (Italian)
- 156 - Italia 1 (Italian)
- 157 - Canale 5 (Italian)
- 158 - Retequattro (Italian)
- 159 - Mediolanum (Italian)
- 160 - People TV-Rete 7 (Italian)
- 161 - Ceramicanda (Italian)
- 162 - Videolinia (Italian)
- 163 - SET (Italian)
- 164 - Puglia Channe (Italian)l
- 165 - Roma Sat (Italian)
- 166 - Odeon Sat (Italian)
- 167 - TV Moda (Italian)
- 168 - Sky Meteo 24 (Italian)
- 169 - Napoli Nova (Italian)
- 170 - Telemarket (Italian)
- 171 - Studio Europa (Italian)
- 172 - RTB (Italian)
- 173 - Coming Soon TV (Italian)
- 174 - E'TV Emilia Romagna (Italian)
- 175 - Made in Italy (Italian)
- 176 - Roma Uno (Italian)
- 177 - TLC Sat (Italian)
- 178 - Oasi.TV (Italian)
- 179 - UNO SAT (Italian)
- 180 - Sardegra Uno (Italian)
- 181 - Mediatel (Italian)
- 182 - Mediaterraneo Sat1 (Italian)
- 183 - Mediaterraneo Sat2 (Italian)
- 184 - Calabria Channel (Italian)
- 185 - Canale Italia (Italian)
- 186 - Videolook (Italian)
- 187 - StarMarket (Italian)
- 188 - Elite Shopping (Italian)
- 189 - Italia Channel (Italian)
- 190 - Punto Sat (Italian)
- 191 - Sat8 (Italian)
- 192 - Starsat (Italian)
- 193 - Taxi Channel (Italian)
- 194 - Nostradamus (Italian)
- 195 - Play TV Italia (Italian)
- 196 - New Television (Italian)
- 197 - Cortomanzia Lotto (Italian)
- 198 - Tele A (Italian)
- 199 - Tizianasat (Italian)
- 200 - Administa.it (Italian)
- 201 - Nessuno TV (Italian)
- 202 - Sat 2000 (Italian)
- 203 - Telepace (Italian)
- 204 - Tele Padre Pio (Italian)
- 205 - TBN Italy (Italian)
- 206 - Sicilia Channel (Italian)
- 207 - Napoli Mia (Italian)
- 208 - Noello Sat (Italian)
- 209 - Telegenova (Italian)
- 210 - Camera Deputati (Italian)
- 211 - Senato Italiano (Italian)
- 212 - Europe By Satellite (Multi language)
- 213 - Denaro TV (Italian)
- 214 - Telecolore (Italian)
- 215 - Telegenova Sat 2 (Italian)
- 216 - TV7 Lombardia (Italian)
- 217 - S24 TV (Italian)
- 218 - Bio TV (Italian)
- 219 - Retecapri (Italian)
[edit] Spanish
- 220 - Real Madrid TV (Spanish)
- 221 - TVE International (Spanish)
- 222 - Canal 24 Horas (Spanish)
- 223 - TVE Internacional Asia (Spanish)
- 224 - TBN Spain (Spanish)
- 225 - Olisat VV Cont (Spanish)
- 226 - TV Chile (Spanish)
- 227 - TV Colombia (Spanish)
- 228 - Bethel TV (Spanish)
- 229 - Telif (Spanish)
[edit] French II
- 230 - Arte (French, German)
- 231 - KTO (French)
- 232 - TFJ (French)
- 233 - Best of Shipping (French)
- 234 - Liberty TV (French)
- 235 - Passions (French)
- 236 - Demain (French)
- 237 - TV 8 Mont Blanc (French)
- 238 - Telesud (French)
- 239 - La Locale (French)
- 240 - Beur TV (French)
- 241 - Astro Center (French)
[edit] Greek
- 242 - Ertsat Europe (Greek)
- 243 - Kanali Voulis (Greek)
- 244 - Holiday in Greece (Greek)
- 245 - vacant
- 246 - vacant
- 247 - vacant
- 248 - vacant
- 249 - vacant
[edit] Eastern European
- 250 - RTS (Serbian)
- 251 - HRT TV 1 (Croatian)
- 252 - RTV Montenegro (Serbian)
- 253 - ARM 1 (Armenian)
- 254 - TV Romania (Romanian)
- 255 - BK TV (Serbian)
- 256 - vacant
- 257 - Duna TV (Hungarian)
- 258 - SLO-TV1 (Slovene)
- 259 - Bulgaria TV (Bulgarian)
- 260 - SLO-TV2 (Slovene)
- 261 - ORT International (Russian)
- 262 - Varese Sat (Italian)
- 263 - RTR Planeta (Russian)
- 264 - Lider TV Aze (Azerbaijani)
- 265 - MKTV Sat (Macedonian)
- 266 - BH-TV1 (Bosnian)
- 267 - Adjara TV (Georgian)
- 268 - RTR Planeta Sport (Russian)
- 269 - Zagros (Persian)
[edit] Middle Eastern
- 270 - Al-Jazeera (Arabic)
- 271 - ANN (Arabic)
- 272 - Al-Alam (Arabic)
- 273 - IRINN (Persian)
- 274 - Nile News (English)
- 275 - Saudi 1 (Arabic)
- 276 - ANB (Arabic)
- 277 - Qatar (Arabic)
- 278 - Libya (Arabic)
- 279 - ESC (Arabic)
- 280 - 2M Maroc (Italian)
- 281 - Sat 7 (Arabic)
- 282 - Al-Hayat (Arabic)
- 283 - TV 7 Tunisia
- 284 - Abu Dhabi TV (Arabic)
- 285 - Sharjah (Arabic)
- 286 - Syria Satellite (Arabic)
- 287 - Oman (Arabic)
- 288 - Sudan (Arabic)
- 289 - Jordan (Arabic)
- 290 - vacant
- 291 - Kuwait (Arabic)
- 292 - Yemen TV (Arabic)
- 293 - IRQAA
- 294 - Al-Iraqia (Arabic)
- 295 - Sahar2 (Arabic)
- 296 - Miracle TV (Arabic)
- 297 - Nile TV International (English, French)
- 298 - Kurdistan TV (Kurdish)
- 299 - Kurdsat (Arabic)
- 300 - Children's Channel (Arabic, English)
- 301 - metv/Roj TV (Kurdish)
- 302 - Ch 3 Arabic IBA
- 303 - IRIB 1 (Persian)
- 304 - IRIB 2 (Persian)
- 305 - Melli (Persian)
- 306 - Iran (Persian)
- 307 - Jaam E Jaam (Persian)
- 308 - Tapesh (Persian)
- 309 - Omid-E-Iran TV (Persian)
- 310 - IPN TV (Persian)
- 311 - Bet-Nahrain (Arabic)
- 312 - Pen TV (Persian)
- 313 - Al-Mustakillah (Arabic)
- 314 - Homa TV (Persian)
- 315 - Al-Farat (Arabic)
- 316 - Canal Algierie (Arabic)
- 317 - A3
- 318 - Tapesh 2 (Persian)
- 319 - Didar TV (Persian)
- 320 - MI-TV (Persian)
- 321 - Al-Maghribia (Arabic)
- 322 - ICC (Persian)
- 323 - Univ TV
- 324 - Arrabiaa RTM (Arabic)
- 325 - Al-Baghdadiyah (Arabic)
- 326 - RTM 1 (Arabic)
- 327 - Palestine (Palestinian)
- 328 - Ishtar TV (Arabic)
- 329 - IRIB QURAN
[edit] Asian
- 330 - VTV 4 (Vietnamese)
- 331 - TV 5 Global
- 332 - Arirang (Korean, English)
- 333 - CCTV 4 (Chinese)
- 334 - CCTV 9 (English)
- 335 - Vectone Tamil 2
- 336 - ATN Bangla
- 337 - TV SRI
- 338 - Dan SS Music
- 339 - Vectone Tamil
- 340 - vacant
- 341 - Dan Jaya TV
- 342 - Dan Ceylon TV
- 343 - Prime TV
- 344 - vacant
- 345 - ITC
- 346 - DMC TV
- 347 - CGN TV (Korean)
- 348 - Holy God
- 349 - Suroyo TV
[edit] Erotic
- 350 - Blu Line TV (Italian)
- 351 - Pleasure TV
- 352 - Sexysat 1
- 353 - Sexysat 2
- 354 - Sexysat 3
- 355 - Eurotic TV
- 356 - Diva Futura (Italian)
- 357 - Italia Sat (Italian)
- 358 - Full X4 Free
- 359 - Eurotic TV 2
- 360 - vacant
- 361 - vacant
- 362 - vacant
- 363 - vacant
- 364 - VIP.TV
- 365 - VBD (Italian)
- 366 - Conto TV
- 367 - Arkadas TV (Turkish)
- 368 - Canli Sohbet TV (Turkish)
- 369 - Chilli TV
[edit] English II
- 370 - WorldNet (English)
- 371 - Game Network (English)
- 372 - 3ABN (English)
- 373 - DCTV (English)
- 374 - Maharishi (English, Hindi)
- 375 - WorldNet (English)
- 376 - vacant
- 377 - vacant
- 378 - E-TV Tech C. (English, Italian)
- 379 - vacant
[edit] Religious
- 380 - EWTN (Multi language)
- 381 - AB Sat Promo (French)
- 382 - TCT (English)
- 383 - GOD TV (English)
- 384 - Daystar TV (English)
- 385 - Tele Lumiere (Arabic)
- 386 - CNL (English, Russian)
- 387 - Hope Channel (English)
- 388 - TBN Euro (English)
- 389 - Church Channel (English)
- 390 - Fish Video
- 391 - LoveWorld (English)
- 392 - Gospel Channel (English)
- 393 - vacant
- 394 - Inspiration
- 395 - TBN Arabic
- 396 - vacant
[edit] Polish II
- 397 - Polsat Zdrowie i Uroda (Polish)
- 398 - Polsat 2 (Polish)
[edit] English III
- 399 - Children's Channel (English)(requires Astra)
- 624 - BBC World (English)
- 677 - Sky News (English)(requires Astra)
- 745 - EuroNews (Multi language)
