The station presents information from the Polish, Czech, Slovakia and Hungary, is a new idea president of TVP Jacek Kurski. The channel, which tentatively called TV Visegrad, can move in a few years. While able to find funding for its operation.
The idea of creating an international channel to promote our country for the first time the president of TVP Jacek Kurski presented January this year., Shortly after taking the helm at the registered office at ul. Woronicza. Speech was then a channel under the working name Poland 24, which would transmit information from the Polish and present our point of view, viewers across Europe .
The concept, however, has evolved. At the end of April. Jacek Kurski said a new idea. Channel not only for Poland, but presenting what is happening in the four countries of the Visegrad Group. So also in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. As he said, such a channel would “to expose the common interests of countries formerly dependent on the Soviet Union, and now members of NATO and the European Union” .
work on the new project take concrete shape. TVP on Wednesday announced that the team working on the development of the concept of the channel strengthened Jacek Adamczyk, former head of the BBC and Mira Suchowiejko, head of the editorial board of the foreign channel. Both previously for many years were connected with Polsat News.
As we have learned unofficially, the heads of Czech Television CT, Slovak STV and Hungarian MTV is not signed yet admittedly letters of intent on the mobilization of Television Visegrad, but in June TVP assured that they are interested in contributing such a channel.
The work on issues of programming and technology. Channel is presenting information from the four Visegrad countries, journalism, and issue other programs. All programs will be created by journalists from all countries. Not yet been decided which of them will be its headquarters.
TV Visegrad will broadcast in English. is to be available on cable networks and on satellite throughout Europe. Will also appear on the Internet.
The need for as much as 100 million zł per year to the
The biggest challenge is to find funding for the station. – The annual cost of operation of such a channel is tens of million zł, even nearly 100 million zł , because budgets are so many news stations in Poland – heard on TV. Sam Polish TV all the time struggling with a lack of money to finance core business, because most households in Poland does not subscribe.
The game consists of different ideas, eg. Use of the International Visegrad Fund. There is not yet a foregone conclusion. When the channel can move? – We will achieve operational readiness in a year on ensuring a promise to finance – says our source.
Custom news channels in English are countries such as France (France 24), Germany (Deutsche Welle) and Russia (Russia Today). Television Visegrad is however unique, because will have to combine the interests of four different countries.
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