Television in the Czech Republic
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Television
was introduced
in Czechoslovakia
in 1953.
Experimental projects with DVB-T started in 2000. Finally on 21 October 2005, multiplex A (DVB-T) was launched with 3 channels of Česká televize
and one of TV Nova and radio channels of Český rozhlas
.
On April 12, 2006, six digital terrestrial television licenses were awarded to commercial broadcasters. The receivers of the licenses were: Z1
, TV Pohoda, Regionální televizni agentura (RTA), Febio TV, TV Barrandov
and Óčko
. However, because of delays some projects lost investors and will not start (e.g. Fabio. Pohoda) or were cancelled. Z1
provided a news service in from 2008 to January 2011, when it ceased broadcastig. Óčko
delivers a music service. TV Barrandov
provides general programming services. It is planned that analogue transmissions will cease in 2012.
, Central Bohemian Region
, in surrounding areas of Brno
, Ostrava
, Domažlice
and Ústí nad Labem
, leave this multiplex with their 4 channels Česká televize
.
All channels of Česká televize
(ČT1
, ČT2
, ČT24
and ČT4) is now in multiplex 1 (with can be seen in Bohemia (except few exceptions), in surrounding areas of Brno
and in Ostrava
).
Multiplex A transform to multiplex 2 with stations TV Prima
, Prima Cool
/ TV R1
, TV Barrandov
, TV Nova and Nova Cinema. The cover is very similar as multiplex 1, except southeast part of Bohemie.
Multiplex B transform to multiplex 3. Now there are broadcasting "Public TV" (it's commercial station), Z1
and until 31 July 2009 Óčko
. In Prague there is broadcasting multiplex 3 on two frequency. On one of this frequency you can see also Noe TV and Prima HDTV. Multiplex 3 covered just Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Ústí nad Labem. This multiplex now had problem to find reliable stations to broadcast.
There is also multiplex 4 which is operated by O2, but there is broadcast only ČT1 HD and Nova HDTV and covered is just center of Prague, center of Plzeň, center of Ostrava and center of Brno.
, the newly-appointed head of the news department, to fire them. They were supported in their protest by politicians such as the then President Václav Havel
and by Czech celebrities, but every time they tried to air their news broadcasts, Jana Bobošíková and Jiří Hodač would jam the transmission either with a "technical fault" screen reading: "An unauthorized signal has entered this transmitter. Broadcasting will resume in a few minutes," or with their own news broadcasts featuring Bobošíková and a team she had hired to "replace" the staff members she had sought to terminate. The Czech TV crisis eventually ended in early 2001, following the departure from Czech TV of Hodač and Bobošíková, under pressure by the street demonstration participants and at the request of the Czech Parliament, which had held an emergency session due to the crisis.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
was introduced
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....
in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in 1953.
Experimental projects with DVB-T started in 2000. Finally on 21 October 2005, multiplex A (DVB-T) was launched with 3 channels of Česká televize
Ceská televize
Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...
and one of TV Nova and radio channels of Český rozhlas
Ceský rozhlas
Český rozhlas is the Czech Republic's publicly funded radio broadcasting organization.It offers the following radio channels:*ČRo 1 – Radiožurnál: news and information*ČRo 2 – Praha: talk and family programmes...
.
On April 12, 2006, six digital terrestrial television licenses were awarded to commercial broadcasters. The receivers of the licenses were: Z1
Z1 TV
Z1 TV was a Czech news television owned and operated by J&T Group.Z1 was the first Czech private 24-hour news channel. Since September 2009, it focuses on finance, economic and business news and provides the only continuous business news service in the Czech Republic.Z1 broadcasts live every...
, TV Pohoda, Regionální televizni agentura (RTA), Febio TV, TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov is a Czech television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast on 2009. TV Barrandov currently broadcasts in Czech.-External links:*...
and Óčko
Ócko
Óčko is the first Czech music television channel, which started broadcasting in 2002.Majority of the audience are teenagers and people from the 12–35 age group. The program consists of music videos of music from all different genres including the latest hits....
. However, because of delays some projects lost investors and will not start (e.g. Fabio. Pohoda) or were cancelled. Z1
Z1 TV
Z1 TV was a Czech news television owned and operated by J&T Group.Z1 was the first Czech private 24-hour news channel. Since September 2009, it focuses on finance, economic and business news and provides the only continuous business news service in the Czech Republic.Z1 broadcasts live every...
provided a news service in from 2008 to January 2011, when it ceased broadcastig. Óčko
Ócko
Óčko is the first Czech music television channel, which started broadcasting in 2002.Majority of the audience are teenagers and people from the 12–35 age group. The program consists of music videos of music from all different genres including the latest hits....
delivers a music service. TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov is a Czech television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast on 2009. TV Barrandov currently broadcasts in Czech.-External links:*...
provides general programming services. It is planned that analogue transmissions will cease in 2012.
Milestone of digitalization
In September 2008, when multiplex A was available in PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Central Bohemian Region
Central Bohemian Region
Central Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative center is placed in the Czech capital Prague , which lies in the center of the region...
, in surrounding areas of Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, Ostrava
Ostrava
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
, Domažlice
Domažlice
Domažlice is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.Domažlice is also a Municipality with Extended Competence and a Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority within the same borders.-History:...
and Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...
, leave this multiplex with their 4 channels Česká televize
Ceská televize
Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...
.
All channels of Česká televize
Ceská televize
Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...
(ČT1
CT1
CT1 stands for Cordless telephone generation 1 and is an analog cordless telephone standard that was standardized by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations in 1984 and deployed in eleven European countries...
, ČT2
CT2
CT2 is a cordless telephony standard that was used in the early 1990s to provide short-range proto-mobile phone service in some countries in Europe. It is considered the precursor to the popular DECT system...
, ČT24
CT24
ČT24 is a 24-hour news channel, owned and operated by Česká televize. Is a 24-hour news channel, with news programme, which broadcasts continually, offering hot news with live material every hour, extended economic and cultural news, discussions, magazines, economic overviews etc...
and ČT4) is now in multiplex 1 (with can be seen in Bohemia (except few exceptions), in surrounding areas of Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
and in Ostrava
Ostrava
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
).
Multiplex A transform to multiplex 2 with stations TV Prima
TV Prima
TV Prima is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s r. o., general manager Marek Singer....
, Prima Cool
Prima Cool
Prima Cool is a Czech private television station.Prima Cool is second channel of TV Prima. Cool is a man- and young-oriented station.Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as new digital channel of TV Prima. It can be tuned in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2, where is free to air...
/ TV R1
TV R1
R1 is a Czech private television station.R1 is the third channel of TV Prima. This channel is compound from content of members of the group R1 . Members of group R1 are small regional TV stations, which share their program with TV Prima most of the time. R1 was broadcast in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2...
, TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov is a Czech television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast on 2009. TV Barrandov currently broadcasts in Czech.-External links:*...
, TV Nova and Nova Cinema. The cover is very similar as multiplex 1, except southeast part of Bohemie.
Multiplex B transform to multiplex 3. Now there are broadcasting "Public TV" (it's commercial station), Z1
Z1 TV
Z1 TV was a Czech news television owned and operated by J&T Group.Z1 was the first Czech private 24-hour news channel. Since September 2009, it focuses on finance, economic and business news and provides the only continuous business news service in the Czech Republic.Z1 broadcasts live every...
and until 31 July 2009 Óčko
Ócko
Óčko is the first Czech music television channel, which started broadcasting in 2002.Majority of the audience are teenagers and people from the 12–35 age group. The program consists of music videos of music from all different genres including the latest hits....
. In Prague there is broadcasting multiplex 3 on two frequency. On one of this frequency you can see also Noe TV and Prima HDTV. Multiplex 3 covered just Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Ústí nad Labem. This multiplex now had problem to find reliable stations to broadcast.
There is also multiplex 4 which is operated by O2, but there is broadcast only ČT1 HD and Nova HDTV and covered is just center of Prague, center of Plzeň, center of Ostrava and center of Brno.
Czech TV Crisis
The "Czech TV crisis" occurred at the end of 2000 and lasted until early 2001 as a battle for control of the airwaves, which included jamming and accusations of censorship. During the Czech TV crisis, Czech TV reporters organized an industrial dispute by staging a sit-in and occupying the news studio, and rejected attempts by Jana BobošíkováJana Bobošíková
Jana Bobošíková is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament and was Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament....
, the newly-appointed head of the news department, to fire them. They were supported in their protest by politicians such as the then President Václav Havel
Václav Havel
Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
and by Czech celebrities, but every time they tried to air their news broadcasts, Jana Bobošíková and Jiří Hodač would jam the transmission either with a "technical fault" screen reading: "An unauthorized signal has entered this transmitter. Broadcasting will resume in a few minutes," or with their own news broadcasts featuring Bobošíková and a team she had hired to "replace" the staff members she had sought to terminate. The Czech TV crisis eventually ended in early 2001, following the departure from Czech TV of Hodač and Bobošíková, under pressure by the street demonstration participants and at the request of the Czech Parliament, which had held an emergency session due to the crisis.
Most-viewed channels
The ATO measures television ratings in the Czech Republic. The channels with most share according to ATO's measurements were:Channel | Whole-day share, 15+ (April 2010) | Whole-day share, 15+ (March 2011) |
---|---|---|
TV Nova | 31.08% | 31.24% |
TV Prima TV Prima TV Prima is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s r. o., general manager Marek Singer.... |
16.92% | 17.16% |
ČT1 CT1 CT1 stands for Cordless telephone generation 1 and is an analog cordless telephone standard that was standardized by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations in 1984 and deployed in eleven European countries... |
17.53% | 15.91% |
Barrandov TV | 5.38% | 4.83% |
ČT24 CT24 ČT24 is a 24-hour news channel, owned and operated by Česká televize. Is a 24-hour news channel, with news programme, which broadcasts continually, offering hot news with live material every hour, extended economic and cultural news, discussions, magazines, economic overviews etc... |
3.87% | 4.60% |
Nova Cinema | 3.90% | 4.19% |
ČT4 | 2.00% | 4.11% |
Prima Cool Prima Cool Prima Cool is a Czech private television station.Prima Cool is second channel of TV Prima. Cool is a man- and young-oriented station.Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as new digital channel of TV Prima. It can be tuned in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2, where is free to air... |
2.95% | 3.74% |
ČT2 CT2 CT2 is a cordless telephony standard that was used in the early 1990s to provide short-range proto-mobile phone service in some countries in Europe. It is considered the precursor to the popular DECT system... |
3.63% | 2.78% |
Channel | Whole-day share, 15-54 (March 2011) |
---|---|
TV Nova | 32.42% |
TV Prima TV Prima TV Prima is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s r. o., general manager Marek Singer.... |
15.21% |
ČT1 CT1 CT1 stands for Cordless telephone generation 1 and is an analog cordless telephone standard that was standardized by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations in 1984 and deployed in eleven European countries... |
13.56% |
Prima Cool Prima Cool Prima Cool is a Czech private television station.Prima Cool is second channel of TV Prima. Cool is a man- and young-oriented station.Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as new digital channel of TV Prima. It can be tuned in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2, where is free to air... |
5.83% |
Barrandov TV | 5.03% |
Nova Cinema | 4.92% |
ČT4 | 4.50% |
ČT24 CT24 ČT24 is a 24-hour news channel, owned and operated by Česká televize. Is a 24-hour news channel, with news programme, which broadcasts continually, offering hot news with live material every hour, extended economic and cultural news, discussions, magazines, economic overviews etc... |
2.89% |
ČT2 CT2 CT2 is a cordless telephony standard that was used in the early 1990s to provide short-range proto-mobile phone service in some countries in Europe. It is considered the precursor to the popular DECT system... |
2.18% |
Public TV Broadcasting (DVB-T)
- ČT1CT1CT1 stands for Cordless telephone generation 1 and is an analog cordless telephone standard that was standardized by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations in 1984 and deployed in eleven European countries...
- ČT2CT2CT2 is a cordless telephony standard that was used in the early 1990s to provide short-range proto-mobile phone service in some countries in Europe. It is considered the precursor to the popular DECT system...
- ČT4
- ČT24CT24ČT24 is a 24-hour news channel, owned and operated by Česká televize. Is a 24-hour news channel, with news programme, which broadcasts continually, offering hot news with live material every hour, extended economic and cultural news, discussions, magazines, economic overviews etc...
- ČT HDČT HDČT HD is the high-definition TV channel from Česká televize. ČT HD broadcasting programming from ČT1, ČT2 and ČT4, via IPTV, digital terrestrial and satellite .The channel is currently in testing, available since the end of August 2009, the channel will begin regular...
(in DVB-T local test, generally satellite & cable)
Private TV Broadcasting (DVB-T)
- TV PrimaTV PrimaTV Prima is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s r. o., general manager Marek Singer....
(MTG group) - TV Prima HD (MTG group) (upscaled test only)
- Prima CoolPrima CoolPrima Cool is a Czech private television station.Prima Cool is second channel of TV Prima. Cool is a man- and young-oriented station.Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as new digital channel of TV Prima. It can be tuned in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2, where is free to air...
(MTG group) - Prima LovePrima LovePrima Love is the first niche channel aimed at young, active women in the Czech Republic. The channel, which launched on March 8, 2011, is owned by Modern Times Group and currently has a reach of approximately 94% of the country's 10.5 million people and broadcasts 18 hours per day.Prima Love...
(MTG group)(sharing position with R1) (from 8 March 2011) - TV R1TV R1R1 is a Czech private television station.R1 is the third channel of TV Prima. This channel is compound from content of members of the group R1 . Members of group R1 are small regional TV stations, which share their program with TV Prima most of the time. R1 was broadcast in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2...
(MTG group) (sharing position with Prima Love) - TV Nova (Time Warner, CME)
- Nova HD (Time Warner, CME)
- Nova CinemaNova Cinema (Czech TV)Nova Cinema is a Czech free digital television channel in the Czech Republic, owned and operated by CME, and a part of TV Nova.The channel broadcasts various films , series Nova Cinema is a Czech free digital television channel in the Czech Republic, owned and operated by CME, and a part of TV...
(Time Warner, CME) - Barrandov TV
- Barrandov HD
- Z1 TVZ1 TVZ1 TV was a Czech news television owned and operated by J&T Group.Z1 was the first Czech private 24-hour news channel. Since September 2009, it focuses on finance, economic and business news and provides the only continuous business news service in the Czech Republic.Z1 broadcasts live every...
(J&T) (ceased broadcastig on 24 January 2011) - BTV (Brno TV)
- TV NOE
- ÓčkoÓckoÓčko is the first Czech music television channel, which started broadcasting in 2002.Majority of the audience are teenagers and people from the 12–35 age group. The program consists of music videos of music from all different genres including the latest hits....
- O2 info
Slovak public and private TV broadcasting (DVB-C/S) available in the Czech Republic
- STV1 (Slovak public TV)
- STV2 (Slovak public TV)
- MarkízaMarkízaMarkíza is a television station in Slovakia. The station launched on 31 August 1996. The station was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of CME network...
(Time Warner, CME) - Doma TVDoma TV-Airing currently:* Anna und die Liebe * En nombre del amor * Gipsy Heart * La usurpadora * Rosalinda * Teresa -Coming soon:...
(Time Warner, CME) - JOJ (J&T)
- JOJ PLUSJOJ PlusJOJ Plus is a Slovak television channel owned by J&T Media Enterprises.It is the sister channel TV JOJ.The channel was launched on October 5,2008 at 19:55.The channel breoadcasts content that was shown on TV JOJ.-Content:* My Sweet Little Village...
(J&T) - TA3TA3TA3 is a Slovak private news channel. It started officially broadcasting on 23 September 2001, although its first broadcast was on 11 September 2001 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The headquarters are located in Bratislava, in the Ružinov borough.-External links:*...
(Slovak news channel owned by J&T) - Ring TV (J&T)
Film
- HBO HD
- HBO SD
- HBO 2
- HBO Comedy
- Cinemax HD (coming soon)
- CinemaxCinemaxCinemax, sometimes abbreviated as simply "Max", is a collection of premium television networks that broadcasts primarily feature films, along with softcore erotica, original action series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features. Cinemax is operated by Home Box Office, Inc., a...
- Cinemax 2Cinemax 2For the American premium movie service, see Cinemax.Cinemax 2 is a European movie channel which is broadcast in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and in first quarter of 2009., Cinemax 2 will be available in Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. - Cinemax 2 HD :Cinemax 2 HD is a...
- FilmBox HD
- FilmBox
- FilmBox Extra
- FilmBox Family
- Kino CS
- Film Europe (coming soon)
- CS Film
- MGM Channel
- MGM HDMGM HDMGM HD is an all high-definition television channel. It features commercial-free movies from MGM's library of approximately 1,200 movies mastered in a high-definition-compatible format as well as feature films from their library of 4,100 theatrical titles...
(coming soon) - Film+ CZ
- Universal ChannelUniversal ChannelUniversal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by Universal Networks International, a division of NBCUniversal and available on satellite and cable platforms...
(former Hallmark ChannelHallmark ChannelThe Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
) - TCMTurner Classic MoviesTurner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...
(English audio only)
Entertainment
- AXNAXNAXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...
(version for Czech Republic and Slovakia) - AXN HDAXN HDSPE Networks and MEASAT Satellite Systems agreed to distribute the high definition version of AXN across Asia Pacific. On April 6, 2009, AXN began simulcasting in High Definition in Portugal. It's available on ZON, Meo, Cabovisão, Vodafone Casa TV and Optimus Clix. On July 12, 2010, the channel...
(coming soon) - AXN CrimeAXN CrimeAXN Crime is a European movie channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is broadcast 18 hours per day, between 11:00 am and 03:00 am hrs. It is available in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria on Boom TV, Bulsatcom, Cyfra Plus, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digi TV, Dolce, iNES, Max TV and N...
- AXN Sci-Fi
- SPIKESpikeSpike may refer to:-Device to puncture or fasten:* Nail , especially one over ten inches long* Rail spike, or Screw spike used to construct railroad tracks* Tree spiking, making a tree dangerous to cut with a chainsaw...
(coming soon) - SyFySyfySyfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
(coming soon) - Zone RomanticaZone RomanticaZone Romantica is a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcasts a mixture of telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America. The channel is available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Central and Eastern Europe as well as...
- Fine Living Network
- Fashion TV Czech & Slovak
Documentary
- Animal Planet HD
- Animal PlanetAnimal Planet EuropeAnimal Planet Europe is a version of Animal Planet. It broadcasts to several countries in Eastern and Central Europe.Many regions in Europe that previously received the Pan-European version of the channel, now receive a specific version for their regions, such as:*Animal Planet Nordic for the...
- Discovery HD Showcase
- Discovery Channel EuropeDiscovery Channel EuropeDiscovery Channel Europe is the Pan-European version of the Discovery Channel.Over the years, the Discovery Channel has been split into many different channels for specific regions...
- Discovery WorldDiscovery World (TV channel)Discovery World is a European television network known as Discovery Civilisation from 1999 - 2008. Discovery World offers an experience of the very best factual programming from around the globe. Discovery World showcases a rich and colourful selection of high quality factual programmes from around...
- Discovery Science
- Discovery Travel & LivingDiscovery Travel & Living EuropeDiscovery Travel & Living Europe is a television channel broadcasting to several countries in Europe.The channel was originally known as Discovery Travel & Adventure Channel and then featured more adventure-related programmes. On February 1, 2005, the channel changed its name to Discovery Travel &...
- Investigation DiscoveryInvestigation Discovery EuropeInvestigation Discovery is a cable television channel available in several European nations. It competes in the same genre as Crime & Investigation Network which is also available in some European nations such as the UK and Turkey...
- Doku CS
- National Geographic Channel HD
- National Geographic ChannelNational Geographic ChannelNational Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. Like History and the Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual...
(Czech Republic & Slovakia version) - National Geographic Wild HD
- National Geographic WildNational Geographic WildNat Geo WILD is a cable TV channel focused on animal-related programs. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel and it is the latest channel to be jointly launched by the National Geographic Society and Fox Cable Networks. It first launched in Hong Kong on January 1, 2006, focusing...
- Nat Geo MusicNat Geo MusicNat Geo Music was a music TV channel, owned in Italy by Fox International Channels Italy, which used to broadcast documentaries concerning 'the meeting between music and culture' around the world. The channel used to be broadcast only in Italy and Portugal...
- History Channel HD
- History Channel
- Crime and Investigation NetworkCrime and Investigation NetworkCrime & Investigation Network is an Australian digital cable and satellite television channel which focuses on crime, investigation and mystery programming. It is run by Foxtel Management Pty Ltd and programming and name are licensed to them by A&E Television Networks.The channel shows a variety...
(coming soon) - Spektrum HD
- SpektrumSpektrumSpektrum may refer to:* Oslo Spektrum, a sports, event and concert venue in Oslo, Norway* Trondheim Spektrum, a sports and event venue in Trondheim, Norway* Spektrum Flyers, a former ice hockey team based in Oslo...
(Czech Republic & Slovakia version) - Spektrum Home (former TV Deko)
- Travel Channel HD
- Travel ChannelTravel ChannelThe Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
- Food Network HD (coming soon)
- TV PaprikaTV Paprika-External links:*...
- Fishing & Hunting TV
- Viasat History HD (coming soon)
- Viasat HistoryViasat HistoryViasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel....
- Viasat ExplorerViasat ExplorerViasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,...
- Viasat Nature HD (coming soon)
- Viasat Nature
- Zone RealityZone RealityZone Reality is a European reality television channel.Zone Reality broadcasts in both analogue and digital to over 120 million viewers throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America....
- HD+HD+This article is about the television service "HD+"; for the computer screen resolution see Computer display standard.HD+ is a package of high definition digital satellite TV channels for German-speaking viewers and the company providing that package, based in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany...
(HD and 3D TV channel) - HD+HD+This article is about the television service "HD+"; for the computer screen resolution see Computer display standard.HD+ is a package of high definition digital satellite TV channels for German-speaking viewers and the company providing that package, based in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany...
(in SD)
Sport
- Nova Sport HD (Time Warner, CME)
- Nova Sport (Time Warner, CME)
- Eurosport HDEurosport HDOn 25 May 2008, a HD simulcast version of the main channel launched - the first event covered in HD being the 2008 French Open at Roland Garros.-Launch:...
- EurosportEurosportEurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...
- Eurosport 2 North East HDEurosport 2Eurosport 2 is a European sports television network. It is a sister channel to Eurosport and Eurosport News. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, where television rights for sport differ.-Launch:...
- Eurosport 2 North EastEurosport 2Eurosport 2 is a European sports television network. It is a sister channel to Eurosport and Eurosport News. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, where television rights for sport differ.-Launch:...
- Extreme Sports ChannelExtreme Sports ChannelThe Extreme Sports Channel is a Netherlands-based extreme sports television channel available across Europe and the Middle East. Al Gosling had the idea for the channel in 1998.-History:...
(Czech subtitles) - Sport 1Sport 1Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
- Sport 2
- Sport 5Sport 5Sport 5 , also known as the Sports Channel is an Israeli television company. Available on cable and satellite , the company have seven channels which are devoted to sport.-Sport 5:...
- Motors TVMotors TVMotors TV is a television channel dedicated to news, documentaries and coverage of motorsport and automobiles, and to a lesser extent motorbikes, boats, aircraft and models. It is available in many countries via satellite and cable, with audio in English, French, German and Serbian...
(English, German, French audio only) - ESPN America HD (English audio only)
- ESPN America (English audio only)
- ESPN ClassicESPN ClassicESPN Classic is a sports channel that features reruns of famous sporting events, sports documentaries, and sports themed movies. Such programs includes biographies of famous sports figures or a rerun of a famous World Series or Super Bowl, often with added commentary on the event...
(English audio only) - Golf Channel Czech Republic and Slovakia
Kids and Teens
- Disney Channel Czecho-Slovakia (former Jetix)
- Playhouse DisneyPlayhouse DisneyPlayhouse Disney was Disney Channel's television block for programs aimed at entertaining preschool aged children, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. It was introduced in 1997 after Disney Channel's move to basic cable from premium cable, with a target audience of children...
(soon to be rebranded as Disney Junior) - Cartoon Network EuropeCartoon Network (Europe)Cartoon Network is a pan-European digital television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner and dedicated to showing animated programming...
(English audio only) - Boomerang Eastern Europe (English audio only)
- Jim Jam
- Minimax TVMinimax (TV channel)Minimax is a Central-European cartoon channel which has been broadcast in Hungary since 1999; Romania since 2001; Czech Republic and Slovakia since 2003 and Serbia since 2007. Earlier, since 1999 - 2004 it has been broadcast in Poland. In Hungary, as of April, 2007, it shares the channel slot with...
- BeBe TV HD (soon to be renamed Duck TV HD)
- BeBe TVBebe TVducktv is a childrens' television channel, which was launched in October 2007 as bebe TV on UPC Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Since the launch, the service also airs in Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Malta, Cyprus, Lithuania, Netherlands, Belgium,...
(soon to be renamed Duck TV) - Nickelodeon (HD coming soon)
- Baby TV
- Animax Eastern Europe
- CS mini
- MegaMax (launching December 1st)
- TELKA (coming soon)
Music
- MTV CzechMTV CzechMTV Czech Republic is a 24 hour music and entertainment television channel which serves the Czech Republic and Slovakia.The channel launched on 29 November 2009 under a licensing agreement between MTV Networks Europe, a subsidiary of MTV Networks, owned by the current Viacom from its split of the...
(Viacom, CME) - MTVNHDMTVNHDMTV Live HD is an international 24-hour HD music and entertainment television network that is operated by Viacom International Media Networks' subsidiary MTV Networks Poland...
(coming soon) - Musiq 1
- ÓčkoÓckoÓčko is the first Czech music television channel, which started broadcasting in 2002.Majority of the audience are teenagers and people from the 12–35 age group. The program consists of music videos of music from all different genres including the latest hits....
- Retro Music Television
- FUN 1
- Muzika CS
- Music Box
- C Music (French version)
- Mezzo HD (coming soon)
- MezzoMezzomezzo is the Italian word for "half", "middle" or "medium". It is pronounced in English, but in Italian.In music, mezzo is the beginning of various Italian musical terms...
(French version) - MTV Rocks (UK version)
- MTV DanceMTV DanceMTV Dance is a 24-hour dance music channel operated by MTV Networks Europe.The channel is widely available throughout Europe on subscription satellite and digital television services...
(UK version) - MTV HitsMTV HitsMTV Hits is an American music video channel that debuted on May 1, 2002. The format of the network resembles that of the classic MTV before the additional of other programming to that network in the 1990s and their slow decline of music video programming...
(UK version) - MTV BaseMTV BaseMTV Base is a 24-hour music and general entertainment channel from MTV Networks International. The channel focuses primarily on music from the world of R'n'B, hiphop, reggae, soul and urban. The MTV Base brand first launched in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland on July 1, 1999,...
(UK Version) - VH-1 (European)
- VH-1 Classic (European)
Erotica
- Leo TV
- Hustler TVHustler TVHustler TV is an American pornographic premium television channel available through satellite, video on demand and digital cable. The channel is dedicated to offering explicit adult material, uncut and uncensored from Hustler, one of the most well known brands in adult entertainment. The channel...
- Hustler Blue
- Spice Platinum
- SpiceSpiceA spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...
- Daring TV! (former XXX X-Treme)
- Playboy TVPlayboy TVPlayboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
- MAN-X (gay porn channel available on Skylink/CS Link)
- The Adult ChannelThe Adult ChannelThe Adult Channel is a broadcast just for adults pay-per-view cable/satellite/IPTV channel available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, replacing the Home Video Channel on 30th June 1999...
(UK version)