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Television in Poland was introduced on an experimental basis in 1937. It was state owned, and was interrupted by the
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in 1939. Television returned to Poland in 1952 and for several decades was controlled by the
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government.
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was introduced in Poland in 1971. Private television stations in Poland appeared around the time of the
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, with PTV Echo (once a member of the local channels of
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) becoming the first private station in Poland (and in the former
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).


Terrestrial

Terrestrial television in Poland broadcasts using a digital DVB-T system. First test
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emission was carried out in
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on 9 November 2001. In April 2004, first
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transmitter near
Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...
started operation and local
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division started to market
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es allowing to receive it. As of July 2016, there are about 250 DVB-T transmitters operating in Poland, broadcasting up to three multiplexes (except local stations), all using MPEG-4 AVC compression. Majority of channels are available in HD across all the Poland after DVB-T2/HEVC switchover has finished in June 2022, while channels from MUX8 (
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, Zoom TV,
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, WP, ViDoc TV, Republika and wPolsce24) are available only in SD, although Nowa TV and Republika broadcast in HD in some local multiplexes. Analog terrestrial transmissions were terminated in 2013. First efforts to introduce DVB-T in Poland was made in 1997 in
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on initiative of
TVP TVP may stand for: Arts and entertainment * Television Personalities, an English post-punk band * , an Argentine public broadcaster * , a Polish public broadcaster * , a former Malaysian educational channel * TV Patrol, a Philippine primetime news ...
(Polish public television broadcaster). In the spring of 2022, the terrestrial TV broadcasting standard was changed across the country to the newer and more effective DVB-T2/HEVC standard, where HEVC (or H.265) is a new standard for TV signal compression. Switching to the new DVB-T2/HEVC terrestrial TV broadcasting standard was carried out in the period from March to June 2022. However, the changes did not cover MUX3, which belongs as a whole to TVP. Decision by requested by the Minister of Interior Affairs and Administration, argumented by the
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, allowed to delay the switch until the end of 2023.


Allocation

At 2006 conference in
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known as ''GE06''
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
received eight DVB-T
multiplexes In telecommunications and computer networking, multiplexing (sometimes contracted to muxing) is a method by which multiple analog or digital signals are combined into one signal over a shared medium. The aim is to share a scarce resource—a ...
—seven at
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frequencies Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. Frequency is an important parameter used in science and engineering to specify the rate of oscillatory and vibratory phenomena, such as mechanical vibrations, audio ...
470–862 MHz (channels 21–69) and one at VHF frequency 174–230 MHz (channels 6–12). Since some of these frequencies are currently used for
analog Analog or analogue may refer to: Computing and electronics * Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable ** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals *** Analog electronics, circuits which use analog ...
PAL Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a color encoding system for analog television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...
terrestrial television Terrestrial television, or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is signal transmission, transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV rece ...
broadcasting Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...
, it is possible to run only two nationwide multiplexes (MUX1, MUX2) and one (MUX3) which covers part of country (58% of population). Introduction of all multiplexes will be possible after switching off analog broadcasting. A government document entitled "''Country digitalization schedule''", dated January 2009, set out plan for the digital broadcast switch-on to be made in three steps and analog broadcast switch-off in six steps. First regular digital broadcast started on 30 September 2010. Analog broadcast switch-off started on 7 November 2012 and the transition to digital broadcasting finished on 23 July 2013. The period of time between digital broadcast switch-on and analog broadcast switch-off will allow people time to buy new integrated Digital TVs or
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es.


Current status

*MUX1 covers 98.8% of population; *MUX2 covers more than 98.8% of population; *MUX3 covers 99.5% of population; *MUX6 covers more than 90% of population; *MUX8 covers 97.4% of population.


Analog shutdown

The shutdown of analog broadcast took place in 7 steps between 7 November 2012 and 23 July 2013. Operators of cable TV don't provide analog service in their networks any more, Vectra and Toya stopped in 2022, UPC stopped in 2023 in most cities of Poland and in January 2024 in Warsaw and Inea stopped in March 2024.


Additional government actions

The Polish government created Informative campaigns regarding analog broadcast switch-off in mass media. The government also requires electronic equipment sellers to inform buyers that MPEG-2 TVs and STBs are not compatible with the national standard which is currently DVB-T2 HEVC QAM256 . The Polish government provides financial help for poor families and seniors to buy a TV - 250 PLN or STB – 100 PLN per household, totaling 475 million PLN.


Technical information

Polish digital terrestrial television broadcast uses the basic parameters of a digital receiver defined in ETSI TS 101 154 for level 4.1 HDTV: 50 Hz HEVC HDTV 8-bit (resolutions 1920 x 1080 p50, 1280 x 720 p50) MPEG-2 Audio Layer 2 and E-AC -3 audios. In the case of a TV receiver capable of displaying UHD, the DVB-T2 receiver also supports the format specified in ETSI TS 101 154 in point 5.14 HEVC HDR UHDTV IRD using HLG10 and HEVC HDR UHDTV IRD using PQ10, Main 10 Profile, Main Tier for UHDTV with resolution 3840 x 2160 and AC-4 audio.


Assignment of channels in multiplexes

Plan from January 2009 included three nationwide multiplexes with seven
SDTV Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a similar resolution to the ...
channels in each: * MUX1 –
Free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
commercial channels (''
Polsat Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30% Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSE: CP ...
'', '' TVN'', '' TV4'', ''
TV Puls TV Puls is a Polish commercial television channel, which was based on Telewizja Niepokalanów with the support of companies such as PKN Orlen, KGHM Polska Miedź, PZU Życie, Prokom and which started broadcasting in March 2001. Due to financia ...
''); after analog broadcast switch-off MUX3 covered the entire country population and public channels moved to it; there was competition for three freed channels; * MUX2 – open competition * MUX3 – Public channels; after analog switch-off MUX3 will cover all country population and public channels will be moved to it from MUX1; there will be competition for three freed channels in MUX1. In January 2010 new plan on introducing DVB-T was presented. Assignment of multiplexes was changed: * MUX1 – public broadcaster channels (including ''TVP1'', ''TVP2'' and ''
TVP Info TVP Info is a Polish free-to-air television news channel, run by the public state broadcaster TVP. It is focused on newscasts, mainly broadcasting nationwide news bulletins. Until 20 December 2023, its main offices were located in the building ...
'') * MUX2 – Commercial free-to-air channels (''Polsat'', ''TVN'', ''TV4'', ''TV Puls'') plus one additional from each broadcaster. In June 2010 the final decision on the allocation of multiplexes was made: * MUX1 – four channels chosen in open competition (were selected: '' ATM Rozrywka'', '' TTV'', '' Eska TV'' and '' Polo TV'') and temporary three public broadcaster channels (''TVP1'', ''TVP2'', ''
TVP Info TVP Info is a Polish free-to-air television news channel, run by the public state broadcaster TVP. It is focused on newscasts, mainly broadcasting nationwide news bulletins. Until 20 December 2023, its main offices were located in the building ...
''); after analog broadcast switch-off (on July 23, 2013) and after covering MUX3 all country population, public channels have been deleted from MUX1; there was a contest for the remaining four freed channels (were selected: '' TV Trwam'', ''
TVP ABC TVP ABC is a Polish free-to-air television channel offered by Telewizja Polska. The programming is aimed at children aged 4–12, their parents, and their teachers. Programs * ''Bolek and Lolek'' * '' Kuba and Sruba'' * '' Margo the Mouse'' * '' ...
'', '' Stopklatka TV'' and ''
Fokus TV Fokus TV is a Polish television channel launched on April 28, 2014. It was established for the purpose of the first DTT multiplex (MUX 1). On December 4, 2017, Polsat announced that it had bought 34%, bought on February 2, 15.46%, reaching 49% of ...
''); * MUX2 – four current terrestrial analog commercial free-to-air channels (''Polsat'', ''TVN'', ''TV4'', ''TV Puls'') plus one additional from each broadcaster, currently: ''
Super Polsat Super Polsat is a Polish television channel, launched on 2 January 2017. The channel provides programming with audio description and closed captioning for visually and hearing impaired. History Super Polsat started broadcasting on 2 January 20 ...
'' (previously '' Polsat Sport News''), ''
TVN7 TVN7 is a Polish television channel specialising in Action genre, action, drama and comedy shows and movies. Owned by TVN Group, the channel was launched in March 2002, replacing RTL 7. History RTL 7 was launched on December 6, 1996 ("The Final ...
'', '' TV6'' and ''
Puls 2 Puls 2 is a Polish free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the co ...
''; * MUX3 – public broadcaster channels (currently six: ''TVP1'', ''TVP2'', ''TVP3'', ''
TVP Info TVP Info is a Polish free-to-air television news channel, run by the public state broadcaster TVP. It is focused on newscasts, mainly broadcasting nationwide news bulletins. Until 20 December 2023, its main offices were located in the building ...
'', ''
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'', '' TVP Historia'', ''
TVP Sport TVP Sport is a Polish sport channel, owned by TVP, launched on 18 November 2006. The channel is available on Platforma Canal+, Polsat Box, as well as over cable providers. Broadcast SD broadcasting via satellite (''Eutelsat Hot Bird'') stoppe ...
'' – earlier ''
TVP Rozrywka TVP Rozrywka is a Polish free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to ...
'').


MUX1


MUX2


MUX3


MUX6


MUX8 (DVB-T, MPEG-4)


MUX4 Polsat Box "Sport i informacje" ("Sports & information" Pay TV package)


MUX-L1 (

Lubań Lubań (; ), sometimes called Lubań Śląski (; , ); is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubań County and also of the smaller Gmina Lubań (although it is not part of the territory ...
/
Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (; ; ) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, close to the Karkonosze mountain range running along the Polish-Czech bo ...
/
Bolesławiec Bolesławiec (pronounced , ) is a historic city situated on the Bóbr River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Bolesławiec County, and of Gmina Bolesławiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Gm ...
/
Chojnów Chojnów () is a small town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is located on the Skora river, a tributary of the Kaczawa at an average altitude of above sea level. Chojnów is the administrative seat of ...
)


MUX-L2 (

Ornontowice Ornontowice () () is a village in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ornontowice. It lies approximately west of Mikołów and south-west of the regional ...
/
Rybnik Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 mi) from the Czech Republic, Czech border. It i ...
)


MUX-L3 (

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...
/
Kamieńsk Kamieńsk () is a town in Poland, in the Łódź Voivodeship, in Radomsko County. As of 2020, it had 2,703 inhabitants. It is located in the Sieradz Land. There is an airport named Kamieńsk-Orla Góra in Kamieńsk mainly used for agricultural pu ...
/
Tomaszów Mazowiecki Tomaszów Mazowiecki (, or ''Tomashuv'') is a city in central Poland with 60,529 inhabitants (2021). It is the fourth most populous city in the Łódź Voivodeship and the second with free public transport. It is the seat of Tomaszów County, Ł ...
)


MUX-L4 (

Świdnica Świdnica (; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca (Oder), Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller dis ...
/
Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
) (DVB-T, MPEG-4)


MUX-L7 (

Lubin Lubin (; ) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town for ...
/
Głogów Głogów (; , rarely , ) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Głogów is the sixth largest town in the Voivodeship; its population in 2021 was 65,400. Among the oldest towns in Po ...
) (DVB-T, MPEG-4)


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local multiplex (
Suwałki Suwałki (; ; or סוּוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. A relatively young ci ...
) (DVB-T, MPEG-4)


Satellite

On December 1992, first Analog providers,
Polsat Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30% Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSE: CP ...
started operation. In 1993, Polska Telewizja Satelitarna "Polsat" was closed no logos. On 2 December 1994,
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launched the Canal+ Analogowy platform with a few VHS channels available. On 3 October 1997, ITI launched the TVN and yesterday, there are no Polish channels available on analogue satellite (the last two, Polsat and Canal+, was switched off in 1998/1999). In 1998, two
DVB-S Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite (DVB-S) is the original DVB standard for satellite television and dates from 1995, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997. The first commercial applications were by Canal+ in ...
providers,
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and
Wizja TV Wizja TV was the first Polish television and radio satellite digital platform, which started broadcasting on September 18, 1998. History Test broadcasts of the Wizja TV television programme from a studio in Maidstone, near London, began in Sep ...
started operation. In 2001, Wizja TV was merged into Cyfra+. 1999 saw the introduction of another platform, ''Polsat 2 Cyfrowy'' (later renamed to ''Polsat Cyfrowy'', ''Cyfrowy Polsat'' and finally
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), owned by
Polsat Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30% Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSE: CP ...
, a major Polish commercial TV network. These platforms become very popular, and today, there are no Polish channels available on analogue satellite (the last one, TVN, was switched off in 2008). However, most of the satellite broadcasts in Poland are in
SDTV Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a similar resolution to the ...
resolution. On 12 October 2006, ITI launched the n platform with a few HD channels available, as well as—also new to Poland—
video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films Digital distribution, digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typica ...
functionality. Later, in December 2006,
Cyfra+ Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ and nc+) is a Polish satellite platform co-owned by Canal+, TVN and Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters ...
also started HD broadcasts. Cyfrowy Polsat started HD broadcasts in second half of 2007. On 3 October 2008, n pre-paid television channels to you and Dom ITI, to new Telewizja na kartę. On 27 October 2008,
Telekomunikacja Polska Orange Polska SA (formerly Telekomunikacja Polska) is a Polish telecommunications provider established in December 1991. It is a public company traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with a controlling stake owned by Orange S.A., the latter control ...
launched the
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platform with a few HD channels available. On 16 May 2011, 3D glasses as satellite broadcasts in
Cyfra+ Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ and nc+) is a Polish satellite platform co-owned by Canal+, TVN and Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters ...
, n,
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,
Cyfrowy Polsat Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. (; English: ''Digital Polsat''), trading as Polsat Box is a Polish Direct to Home, DTH satellite TV platform. It is the fifth-largest digital platform in Europe and the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. Polsat Box has 3.47 ...
and Telewizja na kartę, platform with a few 3D channels available. On 21 March 2013, as part of deeper cooperation between
Canal+ Group Canal+ S.A., formerly Groupe Canal+, is a French Media conglomerate, media and telecommunications Conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Paris. It runs its own Canal+ (streaming service), eponymous Over-the-top media service, over-the-to ...
and ITI, Cyfra+ and N were merged into
NC+ Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ and nc+) is a Polish satellite platform co-owned by Canal+, TVN and Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters ...
. On 3 September 2019
NC+ Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ and nc+) is a Polish satellite platform co-owned by Canal+, TVN and Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters ...
has changed name to
Platforma Canal+ Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ and nc+) is a Polish satellite platform co-owned by Canal+, TVN and Liberty Global Liberty Global Ltd. is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company domiciled in Bermuda, with headquarters i ...
. On 5 August 2024, 4K Ultra HD as satellite broadcasts in
Canal+ Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ...
,
Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower ** Orange juice *Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the vi ...
and
Polsat Box Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. (; English: ''Digital Polsat''), trading as Polsat Box is a Polish Direct to Home, DTH satellite TV platform. It is the fifth-largest digital platform in Europe and the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. Polsat Box has 3.47 ...
, platform with a few 4K channels available.


Other technologies

Several TV channels, as well as video on demand, are available in Polish mobile telephony networks. There are no currently operating dedicated mobile TV transmitters. There are also OTT TV service providers.


Digital platforms in Poland


Television rating system in Poland


Viewing shares

Top 20 Polish TV channels by
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(in gray channels, which were in a given year out of the Top 20): Top 10 most watched TV broadcasts in Poland from 1998 according to Nielsen Media Research:


Research and development

Advanced Digital Broadcast, with the R&D headquarters based in
Zielona Gora Zielona may refer to the following places: *Zielona, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Zielona, Gmina Gródek in Podlaskie Voivodeship (northeast Poland) * Zielona, Gmina Supraśl in Podlaskie Voivodeship (northeast Poland) *Zielona, Bochnia County ...
, is a Polish company, which introduced many innovations and world's first solutions in the area of
Digital TV Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative adv ...
. One of the co-founders was local professor Janusz C. Szajna.


See also

* List of television stations in Poland


References


External links


What's On?, Warsaw Voice, 14 February 2003

Historia Przemysłowego Instytutu Telekomunikacji przez II wojną światową
{{Poland topics Television in Poland
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