ČTV was a television channel of

Czechoslovak Television Czech Television ( ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels. Established after breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslovak Television founded in 1953. H ...

and later

Czech Television Czech Television ( ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels. Established after breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslovak Television founded in 1953. H ...

station that broadcast in the Czech lands in 1990–1992. It was the successor of II. program and in 1993 it was replaced by station

ČT1 ČT1 (ČT Jedna, Česká televize 1, "''Jednička''") is a Czech public television channel operated by Czech Television. ČT1 is a general-purpose channel, broadcasting family-oriented television, Czech films, news, and documentaries. History ...

. In Slovakia, channel S1 broadcast it instead.

History

After the

Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Pa ...

in 1989, Czechoslovak Television (ČST) started broadcasting its third station, OK3, in May 1990. Further changes took place on September 3, 1990, when the existing ČST I program became the nationwide federal channel F1. the program was divided into two national stations: the Czech ČTV and the Slovak S1. On January 1, 1992, an independent Czech Television was established, which became the broadcaster of ČTV. Its broadcast was originally encoded in

SECAM SECAM, also written SÉCAM (, ''Séquentiel de couleur à mémoire'', French for ''sequential colour memory''), is an analog color television system that was used in France, Russia and some other countries or territories of Europe and Africa. ...

standard, but the change occurred on July 1, 1992, when CTV began using the PAL standard. The ČTV station ceased operations with the

dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the Self-determination, self-determined Partition (politics), partition of the federal republic of Fifth Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia into the independent ...

on December 31, 1992, and was replaced by

from January 1, 1993.

References

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