Polsat
Polsat is Poland's second biggest television channel, founded on December 5, 1992 and owned by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. Polsat belongs to the Polsat Group (WSE: CPS), which also owns other channels:
and is financially linked to the channels:
Polsat maintained for many years the high audience share results. It is in the TOP 4 most watched television channels in Poland and is a leader among the commercial audience.
Programming
Among its shows are a variety of Polish and American dramas & news.
Entertainment
- Must Be the Music. Tylko muzyka (Must Be the Music. Only music) - the Polish version of British television musical talent competition (since 2011, 2 seasons)
- Światowe Rekordy Guinnessa (Guinness World Records) - TV show (since 2009, 3 seasons)
- Się kręci - magazine (since 2005)
- Tylko taniec - the Polish version of British Got to dance. Start spring 2012.
Information/Talk show/Reporters
- Wydarzenia (Events) - news (since 2004)
- Interwencja (Intervention) - reporters magazine (since 2003)
- Państwo w państwie (State within a state) - also in Polsat News (since 2011)
Polish series
- Pierwsza miłość (First love) - TV soap; which has been redubbed as Soupy Norman in Ireland (since 2004, 8 seasons)
- Linia życia (Lifeline) - TV soap on the basis of an Italian soap opera Vivere (since 2011, 2 seasons)
- Ludzie Chudego (Chudy's people) - comedy-drama series, licensed from Los hombres de Paco (since 2010, 2 seasons)
- Hotel 52 - drama series (since 2010, 4 seasons)
- Szpilki na Giewoncie (Stilletos on Giewont) - drama series (since 2010, 3 seasons)
- Świat według Kiepskich (The World According to the Kiepskis) - sitcom (since 1999, 14 seasons)
- Daleko od noszy (Far away from the stretcher) - comedy-drama series (since 2003, 10 seasons)
- Malanowski i partnerzy (Malanowski & partners) - docudrama series (since 2009, 7 seasons)
- Dlaczego ja? (Why me?) - docudrama series (since 2010, 4 seasons)
- Trudne sprawy (Difficult issues) - docudrama series (since 2011, 2 seasons)
- Pamiętniki z wakacji (Holiday diaries) - the Polish version of German docudrama series X-Diaries - love, sun & fun
Foreign series
- Desperate Housewives, in Polish "Gotowe na wszystko" - literally "Ready for Everything" (5 seasons)
- ER, in Polish "Ostry Dyżur" (15 seasons)
- Grey's Anatomy, in Polish "Chirurdzy" - literally "The Surgeons" (5 seasons)
- Charmed, in Polish "Czarodziejki" - literally "Witches" (7 seasons)
- 90210 (2 seasons)
- Malcolm in the Middle, in Polish "Zwariowany świat Malcolma" - literally "Malcolm's Crazy World" (7 seasons)
- Merlin, in Polish "Przygody Merlina" - literally "Adventures of Merlin" (3 seasons)
- Yes, Dear, in Polish "Tak, kochanie" (3 seasons)
- Married... with Children, in Polish "Świat według Bundych" - literally "The World According to the Bundys"
- Mr. Bean, in Polish "Jaś Fasola" - literally "Johnny Bean"
- CSI: Miami, in Polish "CSI:Kryminalne zagadki Miami" - literally "CSI:Criminal Mysteries of Miami" (8 seasons)
- CSI: NY, in Polish "CSI:Kryminalne zagadki Nowego Jorku" - literally "CSI:Criminal Mysteries of New York" (6 seasons)
- Bones, in Polish "Kości" (6 seasons)
- Prison Break, in Polish "Skazany na Śmierć" - literally "Sentenced to Death" (4 seasons)
- Numb3rs, in Polish "Wzór" - literally "Formula" (5 seasons)
- Damages, in Polish "Układy" (1 season)
- The Beast, in Polish "Bestia"
- Boston Legal, in Polish "Orły z Bostonu" - literally "Eagles of Boston" (1 season)
- Women's Murder Club, in Polish "Kobiecy Klub Zbrodni"
Foreign Programs
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, in Polish "Dom nie do poznania" - literally "Unrecognizable house"
- Wife Swap, in Polish "Zamieńmy się żonami" - literally "Let's exchange the wives"
- The Swan, in Polish "Łabędziem być" - literally "To be a swan"
Season schedule in autumn 2011
Primetime schedule
| reality show |
magazine |
news |
soap opera |
comedy-drama series |
drama series |
docudrama series |
interactive reality show |
movie |
for kids |
Daytime schedule
| reality show |
magazine |
news |
soap opera |
comedy-drama series |
drama series |
docudrama series |
interactive reality show |
movie |
for kids |
Previously
Entertainment
- Halo Kasa "Hello Cash/Vault", a glamorous daytime Participation TV show
- Quizmania, a Polish version of the English Participation TV show
Information
Political talk shows
Polish series
- Samo życie - soap opera (2002-2010)
- Pensjonat pod Różą (2004-2006)
- Tylko miłość (2007-2009)
- Tango z aniołem (2005)
- Kochaj mnie, kochaj (2006)
- Będziesz moja (2006)
- Zostać Miss (2001, 2003)
- Adam i Ewa (2000-2001)
- Psie serce (2002)
- Czułość i kłamstwa (1999-2000)
- Fala zbrodni (2003-2008)
- Prawo miasta (2007)
- Ekipa (2007)
Foreign series
- Relic Hunter
- Touched by an Angel, in Polish "Dotyk anioła" - literally "Touch of an Angel"
- 24, in Polish "24 godziny"
- Walker, Texas Ranger, in Polish "Strażnik Teksasu" - literally "The Guardian of Texas"
- The Wonder Years
- Cane, in Polish "Rodzina Duque" - literally "Duque Family"
- Baywatch, in Polish "Słoneczny patrol" - literally "Sunny Patrol"
- The Benny Hill Show, in Polish "Benny Hill"
- The A-Team, in Polish "Drużyna A"
- Ally McBeal
- Beautiful People, in Polish "Piękni"
- Boston Public
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in Polish "Buffy, postrach wampirów"
- Dawson's Creek, in Polish "Jezioro marzeń" - literally "Lake of Dreams"
- Dharma & Greg, in Polish "Dharma i Greg"
- ER, in Polish "Ostry dyżur"
- JAG, in Polish "JAG - wojskowe biuro śledcze" - literally "JAG - Military Criminal Investigation Agency"
- Just Shoot Me!, in Polish "Ja się zastrzelę! - literally "I will shoot myself!"
- King of Queens, in Polish "Diabli nadali"
- MacGyver
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery
- Roseanne
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, in Polish "Sabrina, nastoletnia czarownica"
- Street Hawk, in Polish "Jastrząb Atakuje" - literally "Hawk Attacks"
- That '70s Show, in Polish "Różowe lata siedemdziesiąte"
- 24 (TV series), in Polish "24 godziny"
- Wings, in Polish "Skrzydła"
- The X-Files, in Polish "Z archiwum X" - literally "From the X-Archive"
- Xena: Warrior Princess, in Polish "Xena: Wojownicza księżniczka"
Cyfrowy Polsat
The Polsat group operates Cyfrowy Polsat one of the main providers of digital multichannel television in Poland. It is the fourth largest digital platform in Europe and the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. The service is distributed over the Hotbird satellite and includes a mix of free to air and encrypted channels requiring a subscription for 200 złoty.
References
External links
- Official Site (Polish, more animations, pictures, very easy to understand for foreigners)
- [1] Cyfrowy Polsat channel list
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