TVN (Polish TV channel)

TVN
TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland
CountryPoland
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersMedia Business Centre
Warsaw, Poland
Programming
Language(s)Polish
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Timeshift serviceTVN +1
Ownership
OwnerTVN Warner Bros. Discovery
ParentTVN Group
Key peopleKatarzyna Kieli (CEO)
Sister channels
History
FoundedMay 1995 (as TVN Sp. z o.o.)
Launched3 October 1997 (1997-10-03) at 19:00
Former namesTelewizja Wisła
Links
Websitetvn.pl
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish DigitalMUX 2 (SD) (Channel 5)
Streaming media
Player.plplayer.pl

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).

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]

  1. ^ "Fakty TVN 19:00 news show". Fakty TVN (in Polish). 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Jan Wejchert passes away aged 59". Warsaw Business Journal. 2 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Scripps buys majority stake in TVN". C21media. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Scripps Networks Interactive sfinalizował przejęcie TVN". Tvn24. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ^ Dickens, Andrew (2 July 2015). "Scripps completes TVN purchase". C21media. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. ^ Szalai, Georg (6 March 2018). "Discovery Closes Scripps Acquisition, Creating Non-scripted Content Giant". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. ^ Szalai, Georg (31 July 2017). "Discovery to Acquire Scripps Networks for $14.6 Billion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Case M.8665 – Discovery / Scripps" (PDF). European Commission. 6 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  9. ^ "European Commission Clears Discovery Deal to Buy Scripps". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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