TVN Group (''TVN S.A.'') is a Polish media and entertainment group established in 1995 as ''TVN Sp. z o.o''. The

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of TVN Group is Katarzyna "Kasia" Kieli, president and managing director of TVN Warner Bros. Discovery. Its TV channel, TVN, is their flagship. In 2004, with its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the company became a public limited company. In March 2015, U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive bought a 52.7% majority stake in TVN for €584 million. In July 2015, SNI bought out TVN's remaining owners,

ITI Group ITI Group (International Trading and Investments Holdings SA Luxembourg), known as Grupa ITI in Poland, was a large media conglomerate headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. On 2 July 2015, ITI Group and Canal+ Group complete the sale of their control ...

and Canal+ Group, for €584 million, giving it full ownership. On March 6, 2018, SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery, Inc. for US$14.6 billion.

Liberty Global Liberty Global plc is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company with headquarters in London, Amsterdam and Denver. Its respective legal names are Liberty Global Plc, Liberty Global B.V. and Liberty Global, Inc., with ...

, which operated pay television provider

UPC Polska UPC Polska ( en, UPC Poland) is Iliad's telecommunications operation in Poland. It is one of the largest provider of broadband internet, digital television, telephony and mobile services (as an MVNO based on Play's network) in Poland. It was founde ...

, is a major shareholder in Discovery. The

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thus required TVN to ensure that

TVN24 TVN24 is a Polish 24-hour commercial news channel, launched on 9 August 2001. Being a part of the TVN Network, TVN24 has been owned since July 2017 by US-based media company Warner Bros. Discovery. It gained broader popularity after the Sept ...

and

TVN24 BiS TVN24 BiS (formerly TVN24 Biznes i Świat) is a Polish 24-hour hybrid business and world news channel, sister station to TVN24. It was launched on 1 January 2014, replacing TVN CNBC. TVN24 BiS belongs to the TVN Group which in turn is controlle ...

remain available to third-party television providers. Media Business Centre w Warszawie 2017

Assets

TV Channels

* TVN *

TVN 7 TVN7 is a Polish television channel specialising in action, drama and comedy shows and movies. Owned by TVN Group, the channel was launched in March 2002, replacing RTL7. It was relaunched on 1 September 2008 as TVN7. On 1st September 2014 the ...

* TVN Fabuła *

TVN International TVN International or iTVN is a Polish pay television channel that was launched on April 2004. It is part of the TVN network and is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery It is aimed at the Polish diaspora living abroad, mainly in Europe and North America ...

TVN International Extra TVN International Extra ''(iTVN Extra)'' is a Polish television channel belonging to the TVN Group. It is the second TV channel of TVN International addressed to Poles living abroad. It is targeted at the Polish community living in the United Sta ...

TVN Style TVN Style is a Polish-language channel aimed at women featuring the latest in fashion, health and beauty. It was first launched on August 1, 2004 and a part of the TVN network, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Line-up * ''Miasto kobiet'' (''City ...

TVN Turbo TVN Turbo is a Polish TV channel aimed at men with a major focus on automotive programming, it launched on 12 December 2003. It is part of the TVN network and is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. TVN Turbo features programming of interest to me ...

* TTV *

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* Food Network * HGTV Home&Garden * Metro * Travel Channel

Online services

* Player.pl (On demand service) * TVN24.pl * TVN24 GO (On demand service) * Kontakt 24 * TVN Warszawa *

TVN Meteo TVN Meteo was a Polish channel dedicated exclusively to weather forecasts, it launched on May 10, 2003. It was part of the TVN network and is owned by TVN Group. Its programmes aere prepared by the same weather team that presents the forecasts fo ...

* TVN Zdrowie

Satellite platform

* Canal+

Former

* TVN +1 * TVN 24 International * Telewizja wisła * TVN Wisła / TVN Południe (programming dedicated to Southern Poland (HQ in Kraków), merged with TVN in 2001) * TVN Północ (programming dedicated to Northern Poland (HQ in Gdańsk), ceased broadcasting around 2000) * TVN Łódź (programming dedicated to Łódź region, ceased broadcasting around 2000) * TVN Warszawa (channel dedicated to the region of

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, showing news and other programmes, now available only as internet webpage). * TVN Gra ('''game''' or play'''; channel only showing interactive game and quiz shows) * TVN Meteo Active (channel focused on active, healthy lifestyle, recreation, fitness and rational nutrition; transformed from TVN Meteo) *

* TVN Lingua (channel dedicated to learning languages) * TVN Med (a channel oriented towards physicians, which was only available to licensed practitioners) * Discovery TVN Historia (at present

Discovery Historia Discovery Historia is a Polish television channel broadcasting history-related programmes. The channel was originally a joint-venture between Discovery Networks and TVN, but TVN left the venture in 2009. (Discovery Discovery may refer to: * Dis ...

, history channel produced with

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Chan ...

) *

TVN CNBC TVN CNBC was a Polish pay television business and financial news channel, launched on 3 September 2007. It was part of TVN Group (Polish: ''Grupa TVN SA'') which in turn is controlled by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel's main newsroom and s ...

(business channel produced with CNBC Europe)

Conflict with Law and Justice government (2021)

Since 2020 TVN and the Polish government of the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct s ...

has had a conflict. In July 2021, a group of PiS lawmakers, submitted to parliament a draft amendment that would prevent companies from outside the European Economic Area taking control of Polish radio and television stations. This would mean that Discovery which owns TVN might be forced to divest its ownership. TVN is known to be highly critical of Law and Justice (PiS) government.

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, the PiS coalition partner, was opposed to this - they instead proposed a change that would allow companies from countries in the

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(OECD) to own more than 49% of shares in Polish media companies. Meaning no change to American ownership of the channel. The government denies the measure is aimed at any one broadcaster, saying it seeks to prevent potential media acquisitions by non-EU countries such as Russia, China and Arab nations. in August 2021, the bill was passed via the Sejm on a vote of 228 to 216, with 10 abstentions, making TVN’s rights expire on September 26. On August 30, 2021, the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council sent to TV operators permission to enter the TVN24 program on the Discovery Communications Benelux B.V. license. The decision ensures the continuity of broadcasting the TVN24 program after September 26, 2021, regardless of the results of the ongoing conflict with Law and Justice government. On 17 December, 2021, parliamentary committee on culture and mass media unexpectedly resumed works on the bill, informing opposition MPs less than 20 minutes before the session. After a quick vote, the act was introduced to the Sejm, where it was adopted - equally quickly. The bill must be now signed by President Andrzej Duda to become law. On this day TVN24 signal was also transmitted by main TVN channel which has much wider broadcast range, also the news ticker of the station and the tvn24.pl website colours were changed to shades of black as a representation of a dark day in Polish media freedom.

References

External links

* {{Television in Poland Warner Bros. Discovery subsidiaries Mass media in Warsaw Television networks in Poland Mass media companies established in 1995 Former E. W. Scripps Company subsidiaries Polish companies established in 1995