TVN (Polish TV channel)
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TVN (Polish pronunciation: [tɛ faw ɛn][1]) (stylized in all lowercase) is a Polish free-to-air television station, network and a media and entertainment group in Poland. It was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter, Jan Wejchert and Swiss entrepreneur Bruno Valsangiacomo.[2] It is owned by TVN Group, which as of April 2022, is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Current CEO is Katarzyna Kieli (who is also president and managing director of TVN Warner Bros. Discovery).
Country | Poland |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Media Business Centre Warsaw, Poland |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Polish |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
Timeshift service | TVN +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | TVN Warner Bros. Discovery |
Parent | TVN Group |
Key people | Katarzyna Kieli (CEO) |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Founded | May 1995 (as TVN Sp. z o.o.) |
Launched | 3 October 1997 (1997-10-03) at 19:00 |
Former names | Telewizja Wisła |
Links | |
Website | tvn |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Polish Digital | MUX 2 (SD) (Channel 5) |
Streaming media | |
Player.pl | player |
TVN is available by satellite, cable television and digital terrestrial television.
In 2004, with its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the company became a public limited company. In March 2015, U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive bought a 52.7% majority stake in TVN for €584 million.[3][4] In July 2015, SNI bought out TVN's remaining owners, ITI Group and Canal+ Group, for €584 million, giving it full ownership.[5]
On March 6, 2018, SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery, Inc. for US$14.6 billion.[6][7] Liberty Global, which operated pay television provider UPC Polska, is a major shareholder in Discovery. The European Commission thus required TVN to ensure that TVN24 and TVN24 BiS remain available to third-party television providers.[8][9]