TVP Warszawa
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TVP Warszawa is one of the regional branches of the TVP
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation...

, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

 with particular dedication to the Warsaw metropolitan area. From 1992 till 2003 it was branded WOT (Warszawski Ośrodek Telewizyjny, Warsaw Television Centre), then till 2007 TVP3
TVP3
TVP3 was a Polish TV channel, run by the public broadcaster, TVP and dedicated to the country's regions...

 Warszawa and since October 2007 it has been using its current name. The main studios are located at the TVP news compound in central Warsaw (also home to TVP Info
TVP Info
TVP Info is a Polish news channel, which replaced TVP3. It is run by the public broadcaster, TVP and dedicated to the country's regions. It had regional branches in most of the major Polish cities and, similarly to the France 3 in France or Rai Tre in Italy, for couple of hours every day it...

 and most of TVP's nationwide news programmes) and local bureaus are in Płock, Radom
Radom
Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...

 and Siedlce
Siedlce
Siedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....

.

TVP Warszawa currently doesn't have its own channel and it produces programming for the regional opt outs on TVP2 and TVP Info
TVP Info
TVP Info is a Polish news channel, which replaced TVP3. It is run by the public broadcaster, TVP and dedicated to the country's regions. It had regional branches in most of the major Polish cities and, similarly to the France 3 in France or Rai Tre in Italy, for couple of hours every day it...

. Some of its staff also serve as presenters and reporters for the national programmes of the latter channel, including its transmissions of the parliamentary proceedings (which is part of TVP Info's overall concept as a nationwide channel staffed by the regional journalists from various TVP branches).

TVN Warszawa, Warsaw local channel of the privately-owned TVN
TVN (Poland)
TVN is a major Polish commercial television network. The broadcaster was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter and Jan Wejchert. The network launched on October 3, 1997. TVN belongs to the TVN S.A...

 network, is currently considered to be the major comptetitor to TVP Warszawa.

Programmes

Some of the best known TVP Warszawa's programmes include:
  • Telewizyjny Kurier Warszawski (Warsaw Television Courier) - local news from the Warsaw area (the oldest news program
    News program
    A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors...

    in Poland)
  • Telewizyjny Kurier Mazowiecki (Mazovia Television Courier) - regional news from the voivodeship
  • Kurier Warszawy i Mazowsza (Warsaw & Masovia Courier) - combined news from Warsaw and the voivodeship
  • Raport na gorąco (Hot Report or translating less literally First Hand Report) - news from traffic accidents etc. gathered by reporters on motorbikes
  • Wywiad Kuriera (The Courier's Interview) - local interview show, often with local political topics
  • Ratownicy (The Rescuers) - reports from the work of Warsaw's emergency services
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