TVN (Poland)

TVN
Launched	October 3, 1997 at 19:00
Owned by	Grupa TVN S.A.
Picture format	16:9 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audience share	12,54% (2013, Nielsen[1])
Slogan	"Coś więcej" ("Something more")
Country	Poland
Formerly called	Telewizja Wisła
Website	www.tvn.pl
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish Digital	MUX 2
Satellite
Cyfrowy Polsat	Channel 8 (SD) Channel 115 (SD)
NC+	Channel 1 (HD) Channel 210 (SD)
Orange TV	Channel 3 (SD) Channel 22 (HD)
Cable
UPC Poland	Channel 6 (SD) Channel 7 (HD)
Vectra	Channel 104 (SD) Channel 114 (HD)
Streaming media
TVN Player	www.tvnplayer.pl

TVN (TV Nowa) is a Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert.^[2] 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.^[3]

TVN is available by satellite, cable television and digital terrestrial television.

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.^[4] 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 2006 TVN launched its high definition version, TVN HD, which was first HD programmed broadcast from Poland.

TVN is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative (a consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies including SES, OpenTV and Institut für Rundfunktechnik) that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and conducted the first tests of HbbTV services in Poland in March 2012.^[5]

On 16 March 2015, TVN announced a sale of a 52.7% controlling stake to the U.S. media firm Scripps Networks Interactive for €584 million, subject to regulatory approval.^[6]

TVN's adaptations

TVN's Productions

The Network

TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland

TVN's helicopter registered as SP-TVN

Foreign series

• Californication - 3 seasons
• Chuck - 2 seasons
• Close to Home - 2 seasons
• Cold Case - 7 seasons
• Covert Affairs - 1 sezon
• Dexter - 3 seasons
• Eleventh Hour - 1 season
• ER - 13 seasons
• Friends - 10 seasons
• Fringe - 3 seasons
• Gossip Girl - 3 seasons
• Human Target - 2 seasons
• House M.D. - 2 seasons
• Las Vías del Amor - 1 season
• Marina - 1 season
• Mayday
• Mercy - 1 season
• Monk - 8 seasons
• Mujer de Madera - 1 season
• NCIS - 8 seasons
• NCIS: Los Angeles - 2 seasons
• Nip/Tuck - 4 seasons
• One Tree Hill - 2 seasons
• Pasión De Gavilanes - 1 season
• Person of Interest - 1 season
• Pushing Daisies - 2 seasons
• Rizzoli & Isles - 2 seasons
• Rubí - 1 season
• Sex and the City - 6 seasons
• Six Feet Under - 5 seasons
• Smallville - 10 seasons
• Supernatural - 4 seasons
• Taken - 1 season
• The Closer - 1 sezon
• The Event - 1 season
• The Following - 1 season
• The Forgotten - 1 season
• The Mentalist - 3 seasons
• The O.C. - 4 seasons
• The Sopranos - 6 seasons
• The Vampire Diaries - 2 seasons
• The Whole Truth - 1 season
• Trauma - 1 season
• United States of Tara - 2 seasons
• V - 2 seasons
• Veronica Mars - 3 seasons
• Without a Trace - 7 seasons

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

• TVN HD (TVN in high definition)
• TVN Mono (TVN in each Mono)
• TVN 7 ('seven'; general channel which mainly reruns films and programmes from the original channel)
• TVN24 (news channel)
• TVN24 Biznes i Świat (international and business news channel)
• TVN Meteo (weather, travel and nature channel)
• TVN Turbo (channel targeted primarily at men, showing mainly programmes concerning cars, motorsports and gadgets)
• TVN Style (channel targeted primarily at women, showing mainly programmes concerning lifestyle and fashion)
• iTVN (channel targeted at Poles living in the USA, Canada, Germany, Australia and Russia)
• nSport HD (sports channel in high definition)
• nPremium HD, nPremium HD 2, nPremium HD 3, nPremium HD 4 (movies channels)
• Wojna i Pokój (Russian movies)
• Religia.tv (religion channel)
• Mango 24 (TV Shopping channel)

Former channels:

• TVN HD+1 (timeshift channel)
• TVN Warszawa (channel dedicated to the region of Warsaw, showing news and other programmes)
• TVN Gra ('game' or 'play'; channel only showing interactive game and quiz shows)
• TVN Lingua (channel dedicated to learning languages)
• TVN Med (channel only available to physicians; access was granted to persons with valid medical license)
• nFilm HD and nFilm HD 2 (channels showing movies in HD)
• Discovery TVN Historia (at present Discovery Historia, history channel produced with Discovery Channel)
• TVN CNBC (business channel produced with CNBC Europe)

See also

• List of programs broadcast by TVN
• List of Polish language television channels

References

External links

• Official Site (Polish)

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