TV4 (Polish TV channel)

TV 4 is a Polish free-to-air television channel. It was created through the merger of Nasza TV and Polsat 2 and started broadcasting on 1 April 2000. The station belonged to company Polskie Media. Polskie Media was a subsidiary of Polsat Group. In August 2013 Polskie Media was acquired by Polsat Group, and from 2014 Polsat Group is a direct broadcaster of TV4.

TV4
CountryPoland
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerCyfrowy Polsat
Sister channelsTV6
History
Launched1 April 2000 (2000-04-01)
ReplacedNasza TV
Links
Websitetv4.pl
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 6
Cable
UPC PolandChannel 4 (HD)
VectraChannel 108 (SD)
Satellite
Cyfrowy PolsatChannel 2 (SD/HD)
Channel 154 (HD)
Channel 501 (SD)
Platforma Canal+Channel 8 (HD)
Orange TVChannel 8 (HD)

History

TV4 was established on April 1, 2000 as a result of the merger of Nasza TV (1998–2000) and Polsat 2 in its initial format (1997–2000). From the beginning of TV4's existence until 2005, the TV Odra stations started relaying TV4, thus extending the network of transmitters. Each of the local stations had guaranteed daily slots to broadcast their own programs. With time, however - for financial reasons - subsequent TV stations resigned from broadcasting them (in practice, simply becoming transmitters of the TV4 signal). Each of the TV Odra stations - apart from their own local broadcast slots for several hours a day - still carried the channel, except for NTL Radomsko which has been rebroadcasting TVN since September 2005.

TV4 mainly broadcasts movies and series as well as entertainment and cultural programs. From March 2007 to the first half of 2011, the program was broadcast around the clock. Later, TV4 started between 5.05am and 6.40am and ended between 2.00am and 4.30am. From August 2013, the station is again broadcasting 24 hours a day. On March 1, 2012, TV4 switched to the 16:9 aspect ratio with WSS signal. On June 17, 2013, TV4 ended analogue terrestrial broadcasting and from that day on, it is broadcast only digitally. On January 1, 2014, Telewizja Polsat became the owner of the station that so far was formally owned by the Polskie Media holding (which since August 30, 2013 was 100% owned by Telewizja Polsat).

On October 1, 2015, TV4 launched its HD feed along with three other channels (Polsat 2 HD, Polsat Play HD, Polsat Cafe HD).

Since September 15, 2020, the channel's signal is broadcast on the Internet on the ipla VOD website belonging to the broadcaster.

Major programmes

Title Meaning Based on Type Airing Notes
Big Brother Big Brother Big Brother reality-show 2007–2008 only seasons fourth and fifth
Galileo Galileo Galileo popular science since 2007
Galileo Extra Galileo Extra Galileo popular science 2010–2011
Muzyczne listy Music letters music to 2012 wishes and regards
Kinomaniak Cinema-goer magazine 2002–2011 reviews of new films
STOP Drogówka STOP Traffic cops hidden camera / magazine since 2010 in 2002–2008 there was a similar magazine
Mała Czarna Cafe noir talk-show 2007–2013 destined for women, in 2013 moved to Polsat Café
Daję Słowo I give you my word UNKNOWN game show 2003–2006
Hole in the Wall Hole in the Wall Hole in the Wall game show 2009
Kłamczuch Cheater Dirty rotten cheater game show 2008–2009
Spadkobiercy Heirs improvised TV series 2008–2013, 2017
Policjantki i policjanci Policewomen and policemen docu-soap since 2014
Włatcy móch Lords of Flies[1] animated comedy series 2006–2011

See also

References

  1. In Polish, specially with mistakes.
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