TVP Info

TVP Info is a Polish free-to-air television news channel, run by the public broadcaster, state media TVP. It is focused on newscasts, but has been criticized by the opposition for airing government propaganda^[1]. It broadcasts nationwide news bulletins from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Its main offices are located at the TVP news compound in central Warsaw.

TVP Info

Country	Poland
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Telewizja Polska
Sister channels	TVP1 TVP2 TVP3 TVP HD TVP ABC Alfa TVP TVP Dokument TVP Historia TVP Kobieta TVP Kultura TVP Nauka TVP Parlament TVP Polonia TVP Rozrywka TVP Seriale TVP Sport TVP World
History
Launched	6 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-06)
Replaced	National Television (TVP3 Polska)
Links
Website	tvp.info
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 34
Streaming media
tvp.pl	Watch live

History

TVP Info replaced TVP3 and was launched October 2007. It has regional branches in most of the major Polish cities and, similarly to France 3 in France or Rai Tre in Italy, for a couple of hours every day it broadcasts regional programming, including local news and reports in sixteen versions. These were transferred to the revived TVP Regionalna (which later was renamed TVP3 again) in September 2013. In addition, it disseminates certain programs on YouTube, where it has the TVP World channel.

Broadcasting via Astra 19.2°E started in 2005, but was discontinued on 31 December 2014 due to economic issues.^{[citation needed]}

TVP Info has been broadcast in 16:9 since 23 February 2011. Its HD simulcast feed was launched on 30 September 2016 on digital terrestrial television and on 5 April 2017 on Hot Bird satellite. The SD feed was closed down there on 21 April 2017.^{[citation needed]}

Just weeks after winning the 2015 parliamentary elections, the conservative Law and Justice party passed a media law in December 2015 giving the government direct control over public broadcasting. It is fully controlled by Poland's government, causing Reporters Without Borders to bemoan the fact.

The first media reports about TVP Info HD appeared in December 2014,^[2] which were confirmed in March 2015 by TVP president Juliusz Braun.^[3]

On 15 February 2016, TVP President Jacek Kurski announced in a media interview that he planned to launch TVP Info HD.^[4] In the night of 18 to 19 July 2016, due to the planned launch of TVP Info HD on the third digital terrestrial television multiplex, TVP Polonia was replaced.^[5] On 26 September 2016, TVP announced that the station would broadcast in HD resolution starting 30 September 2016. As per that date, TVP Info HD was available via the multiplex of the third digital terrestrial television^{[citation needed]} and in cable networks.^[6] Via satellite, only the SD feed could be tuned in until 5 April 2017.^[7]

On 5 April 2017 at 1:00 pm, TVP Info HD started broadcasting via satellite.^[7] On 20 April 2017, TVP Info shut down its SD feed.^[8][9][10]

According to Kurski, the channel would be set to begin broadcasting in 1080i50 in early 2018, accompanied by a change of the scenery for the main studio of TVP Info.^[11]

In November 2021, an English-language channel known as TVP World was launched, its initial date having been brought forward from January 2022 due to "the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border, and the need to produce honest and fair reporting, especially regarding issues that feature false reporting along with propaganda disinformation from Russia and Belarus". Said TVP President Kurski, "Polish public television feels responsible for defending the Polish raison d’état, which is why we hastened TVP World’s debut."^[12][13] The channel is simulcast on TVP Info during late nights.^[14] Later, the channel TVP World only ran for 24 hours, since the middle of 2022.

Programmes

• Wiadomości (News) – Main news program of TVP1.
• Teleexpress – Second news program of TVP1.
• Panorama – Main news program of TVP2.
• Panorama Info (Info Panorama) – Main news program.
• Poranek Info (Info Morning) – Morning news.
• Serwis Info Poranek (Info Service Morning) – Live news segment every half hour during Poranek Info.
• Serwis Info Dzień (Info Service Day) – Midday news.
• Info Wieczór (Info Evening) – Evening news.
• Minęła Dwudziesta (Twenty Has Passed) – Evening talk show.
• Reportaż TVP Info (TVP Info Report) – Reports.
• Debata TVP Info (TVP Info Debate) – Weekly news debate, airing on Saturdays two or three times a month.
• Pogoda Info (Info Weather) – Polish and European forecasts.
• Sport Info (Info Sport) – Sports news.
• Info Biznes (Info Business) – Business news.

TVP World

• World Today
• Morning World Today
• World News Tonight
• Eastern Express
• Break the Fake
• Military Mind
• Rock Rachoń
• Business Arena

References

1. "Poland's TV's 'propaganda' under scrutiny as bitterly polarised election looms". Retrieved 2023-11-03.
2. Janusz Sulisz (2014-12-17). "Będzie TVP Kultura HD, TVP Info HD i TVP Dokument? | TVP – SATKurier.pl" (in Polish). Retrieved 2016-09-27.
3. Anita Kaźmierska (2015-03-31). "TVP chce być operatorem MUX 8. TVP Info HD w MUX 3 | TV naziemna – świat – SATKurier.pl" (in Polish). Retrieved 2016-09-27.
4. "TVP Info w HD pojawi się na multipleksie". wirtualnemedia.pl. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
5. Telewizja Polska SA – OMI (2016-07-14). "TVP Info w jakości HD, TVP Polonia opuszcza MUX-3 – Telewizja Polska S.A. – tvp.pl". centruminformacji.tvp.pl. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
6. Łukasz Knapik (2016-09-29). "TVP Info HD już nadaje | TVP – SATKurier.pl" (in Polish). satkurier.pl. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
7. Jacek Grzeszczak (2017-04-04). "TVP Info HD już na satelicie | TVP - SATKurier.pl". SATKurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-04-05.
8. "TVP Info bez emisji w SD z satelity | TVP - SATKurier.pl". SATKurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-04-24.
9. "TVP1, TVP2, TVP Info i TVP Sport na satelicie wyłącznie w HD [akt.] | TVP - SATKurier.pl". SATKurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-03-02.
10. Telewizja Polska SA - OMI. "Wyższa jakość kanałów TVP - Telewizja Polska S.A. - tvp.pl". centruminformacji.tvp.pl. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
11. "Kurski o jesiennej ramówce TVP: kolejny krok do odbudowy pozycji prestiżu na rynku telewizyjnym" (in Polish). Retrieved 2017-08-27.
12. ADAMCZYK, GRZEGORZ (24 November 2021). "Launch of Poland's English-language news channel, TVP World, billed as a success". FWD affairs LLC. Remix.
13. "Rushed launch for TVP World". RXTV Info AIS. 19 November 2021.
14. "Remarkable start of TVP World channel". Telewizja Polska. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to TVP Info.

• Official website
• TVP Info at LyngSat Address