Media in Poland

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1 Media and politics
2 TV stations
- 2.1 Digital TV platforms (all private)
3 Radio stations
4 Press (all private)
5 See also

[edit] Media and politics

Poland has instituted freedom of press since the fall of communism. However, public TV and radio are still politically controlled, via a state regulatory body called Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (The National Radio and Television Committee), which is similar to CRTC in Canada.
It is said that both public and private media are not impartial, and used as means for political propaganda. Various irregularities have been exposed during the investigation by a special parliamentary committee into the Lew Rywin affair.

[edit] TV stations

TVP – public broadcaster

TVP 1
TVP 2
TVP Info (regional and news)
TVP Polonia (for Poles abroad)
TVP Kultura (cultural)
TVP Sport
TVP Rozrywka (entertainment, starting late 2007)
TVP Dokument (documentaries, starting late 2007)
TVP Historia (history)
TVP Parlament (parliamentary channel, planned)
Belsat (in Belarusian language)

Polsat – private

Polsat
Polsat 2 International
Polsat Sport
Polsat Zdrowie i Uroda (health and beauty)
Polsat Sport Extra
TV4

Grupa ITI (International Trading and Investments Holdings SA Luxembourg)

TVN
TVN Siedem
TVN24 (24/7 news channel)
TVN Style (channel aimed at women)
TVN Turbo (cars)
TVN Meteo (weather)
iTVN (for Poles abroad)
TVN Gra (game shows)
TVN Med (private channel not available to general public)
TVN Lingua (ESL for Polish audience)
nSport (HDTV)
Religia.tv (religion)

Polcast Television

Minor players and joint-ventures:

CNBC-TVN Biznes (bussiness channel run together with CNBC Europe)
TVN Discovery Historia (history and documentaries)
TV Puls (35% owned by News Corporation)
TV Trwam (catholic channel; owner Lux Veritatis Foundation)
PodróżeTV (Britain licensed travel channel)
Mango24 (shopping)
iTV (interactive tv)
4fun.tv (interactive music; 4fun Media S.A. owned by Nova Holding Ltd., London)
many local city and community cable stations

Many major players are also present on the market, among them: Canal+ Polska, Canal+ Sport, Canal+ Film, Canal+ Sport2, HBO, HBO2, EuroSport, EuroSport2, Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Science, Discovery Civilisation, MTV Poland ,VIVA Poland, VH1 Poland

[edit] Digital TV platforms (all private)

Cyfra+ (owned by Canal Plus Cyfrowy)
Cyfrowy Polsat (owned by Polsat Cyfrowy stock company)
n (owned by ITI Group)

[edit] Radio stations

[edit] Polskie Radio (public broadcaster)

Program 1 (aka Jedynka)
Program 2 (aka Dwójka)
Program 3 (aka Trójka)
Polskie Radio BIS
Radio Parlament
Radio Polonia
17 regional stations of Polskie Radio

[edit] Privately owned stations

Broker FM group: RMF FM (nationwide) , RMF Classic (classical music), RMF MAXXX (dance and rap music)
Eurozet group: Radio Zet (nationwide) , Antyradio (rock music), Planeta FM (club music - in 2007 fusion with Radiostacja), Radio Plus (soft pop music)
Agora group: TOK FM (news and commentary), Zlote Przeboje (oldies), Roxy FM (soft rock music)
Time group: Radio Eska and Hit FM (pop and dance music), Eska Rock (rock music), VOX FM (oldies), GOLD FM (oldies),
Radio WAWA (polish music)
Radio Maryja (religious, conservative, political)
local radio stations