List of television stations in Slovenia
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Analog television
TelevisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
was first introduced in 1958
Timeline of the introduction of television in countries
This is a list of when the first publicly announced television broadcasts occurred in the mentioned countries. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included....
. Slovenia uses the PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
standard. The first TV station in Slovenia was launched in 1958 as RTV Ljubljana (now RTV Slovenija). The first commercial (private) TV station, Kanal A
Kanal A
Kanal A is the first commercial television station in Slovenia. The television program, which has been operating within PRO PLUS d.o.o., has national coverage. In its primary target group of viewers , Kanal A is the second most watched TV programme in Slovenia...
was launched in 1991. Analog broadcasting ceased on December 1st 2010.
Public
- RTV Slovenija, TV Slovenija 1, TV Slovenija 2, TV Slovenija 3 (Ljubljana)
- TV Koper/CapodistriaTV Koper/CapodistriaTV Koper Capodistria is a bilingual, Slovene-Italian language television channel based in Koper, Slovenia. Mainly founded by state aids, the channel serves the Italian-speaking minority in Slovenia and Croatia...
(Koper) - Tele M (Maribor)
Commercial
- ATV signal (Litija)
- Gorenjska televizija - GTV (Kranj)
- TV IDEA - Kanal 10 (Murska Sobota)
- RTS (Maribor)
- TV Celje (Celje)
- TV Pika (Ljubljana)
- TV Primorka (Šempeter pri Novi Gorici)
- Vaš kanal (Novo mesto)
- VTV - Vaša Televizija (Velenje)
- EPTV (Ljubljana)
- ETV (Kisovec)
- Kabelska televizija (Ormož)
- Kanal 3 (Apače)
- Kanal AKanal AKanal A is the first commercial television station in Slovenia. The television program, which has been operating within PRO PLUS d.o.o., has national coverage. In its primary target group of viewers , Kanal A is the second most watched TV programme in Slovenia...
(Ljubljana) - Koroška TV (Dravograd)
- Media TV (Škofja Loka)
- Moj TV (Selnica ob Dravi)
- MTV Adria (Ljubljana)
- Net TV (Maribor)
- Net XXL (Maribor)
- Play TV (Ljubljana)
- POP TVPOP TVPOP TV is a Slovenian commercial television station operated by the multi-media company PRO PLUS d.o.o.It is a TV channel with the highest ratings in Slovenia , and at the same time the most popular and trustworthy...
(Ljubljana) - R-Kanal (Ribnica)
- Sponka.TVSponka.tvSponka.tv is a Slovenian regional television station. It broadcasts in the regions of Koper, Sežana and Nova Gorica.Sponka.tv was born as Cable TV channel, and has only been broadcasting on terrestrial TV since 2003.-Frequency Controversy:...
(Portorož) - Studio AS (Murska Sobota)
- Studio Signal (Ljubljana)
- Top RTV
- TV3TV3 SloveniaTV3 is a television channel in Slovenia owned by Modern Times Group . The channel was also known as Prva TV from 1 November 2004 to 1 October 2006....
(Ljubljana) - TV Galeja (Ilirska Bistrica)
- Golica TVGolica TVGolica TV is slovenian local television station. Golica is leading folk music in Slovenian broadcasting market. The station offers a large compilation of folk music videos, entertainment live shows and other. All content is available on official website ....
(Ljubljana) - TV Kras (Sežana)
- TV Lep (Logatec)
- TV Paprika (Ljubljana)
- TV Petelin (Ljubljana)
- TV Plus (Komenda)
- TV Studio Radgona - Kanal 11 (Gornja Radgona)
- TV Trbovlje (Trbovlje)
- Vascom (Pivka)
- ViTel (Dornberk)
DVB-T
Experimental DVB-T broadcasts began in 2001 using the MPEG-2MPEG-2
MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission...
standard. In 2007 the Slovenian government decided to test DVB-T transmission in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
using the MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
standard, following the approval of the APEK (Agency for Post and Telecommunications Republic of Slovenia).
After that Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...
had to determine which transmitter would be used for the 3-month test. They settled on the transmitters made by a Slovene company, Elti, who produces analog and digital TV transmitters. After the test, the RTV SLO decided to expand transmissions to TV SLO 2. In 2007, the RTV SLO launched a new channel: TV SLO 3 (a public affairs
Public affairs (broadcasting)
Public affairs, a broadcasting industry term, refers to television programs which focuses on matters of politics and public policy. Among commercial broadcasters, such programs are often only to satisfy Federal Communications Commission regulatory expectations and are not scheduled in prime time...
broadcast) to its digital offering. High-definition broadcast with AC-3
AC-3
AC-3 can be:* AC-3 algorithm , one of a series of algorithms used for the solution of constraint satisfaction problems* Comte AC-3, a 1920s Swiss bomber/transport aircraft.* Dolby AC-3, a Dolby Digital, audio codec...
was experimented during the Beijing 2008 olympic games. The 2010 Winter Olympic Games were also broadcast in HD.
Currently, there are two multiplexes operating, Mux A and Mux B.
Mux A
The operator is Radiotelevizija SlovenijaRadiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...
. Mux A is intended for public programs. The commercial programs are temporarily broadcasting until programs are migrated to Mux B.
Public
- TV Slovenija 1
- TV Slovenija 2
- TV Slovenija 3
- Tele M (Styria)
- TV Koper/CapodistriaTV Koper/CapodistriaTV Koper Capodistria is a bilingual, Slovene-Italian language television channel based in Koper, Slovenia. Mainly founded by state aids, the channel serves the Italian-speaking minority in Slovenia and Croatia...
(Slovenian LittoralSlovenian LittoralThe Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....
)
Mux B
The operator of Mux B is NorkringNorkring
is a Norwegian company owned by Telenor. The Norwegian part of the company is responsible for the terrestrial broadcast of radio and television channels in Norway. The company operates 6,500 antennas and 47 main stations. Norkring has built out the DTT and operates the DTT network in Norway with 5...
. This multiplex is intended for commercial programs. Mux B started operating in mid-2010. The following have obtained permission to broadcast on Mux B: Šport TV 2, RTS+, i-TV, Vaš Kanal, TV Primorka, Kanal A, POP TV and TV3.
Current programs broadcasting:
- PINK SI
- TV3TV3 SloveniaTV3 is a television channel in Slovenia owned by Modern Times Group . The channel was also known as Prva TV from 1 November 2004 to 1 October 2006....
- a test program from Norkring