TVN (Poland)

TVN, pronounced as tefau-en, is the flagship channel of TVN Discovery Polska, one of the two predominant commercial TV broadcasters in Poland, the other being Cyfrowy Polsat. Originally owned by Grupa ITI, the TVN network of channels was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive in 2015, which, in turn, was acquired by Discovery, Inc. in 2018.

TVN and its main sister channels TVN7 and TTV primarily compete with Cyfrowy Polsat’s main channels (Polsat, Polsat 2 and TV4), as well as the public broadcaster TVP’s flagship channels, TVP1 and TVP2.

TVN was originally an abbreviation of Telewizja Nowa (New Television), but this full name is no longer used, to avoid confusion with Nowa TV (which is now owned by Cyfrowy Polsat).

Telewizja Wisła

1995–1997

Telewizja Wisła was a supraregional television in southern Poland, broadcasting from Kraków. It began broadcasting at the end of 1995, and it ceased broadcasting on 3 October 1997.

TVN

1997–present

TVN started broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Friday 3 October 1997, the day before the BBC introduced a major rebranding of its properties with a new logo scheme.

Neither TVN nor the BBC have ever changed their logos since 1997. This also holds true for RTL Klub in Hungary, which was also launched in October 1997.

TVN launched a high-definition feed on 28 August 2007, shortly before its tenth anniversary, thereby becoming the first private Polish channel to do so.

Other assets
Canal+ Polska (32%)¹ | Player.pl | TVN Zdrowie | TVN24 GO

Notes
¹Joint venture with Canal+ Group and Liberty Global

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Warner Bros. Discovery

Predecessors

Other assets:
Fandango Media (assets)¹¹ | The Wolper Organization | Turner Entertainment Co. | Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures | WaterTower Music

Specialty streaming:
Discovery VR | Motor Trend On Demand | Food Network Kitchen

CNN Worldwide
U.S. domestic networks
CNN

Former channels
CNN-D (Germany) | CNN Philippines (English) | CNN+ (TV channel)³² (Spanish) | CNN Airport

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HBO

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

Other assets
HBO Go | HBO Max (Belgium & the Netherlands)

Upcoming programming
The White House Plumbers

¹15% with Robert Johnson, BET executives and shareholders, Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/Tele-Communications Inc., sold its stake in 1996
²50% with Viacom (1990-2003)
³Joint venture with CBS and Columbia Pictures. In December 1986, TriStar was sold to Columbia Pictures
⁴Joint venture with Mei Ah Entertainment

Production studios:
HBO Films | HBO Documentary Films | HBO Entertainment | HBO Enterprises | HBO Kids

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Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America

Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

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Ole Distribution

Joint-venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Ole Communications

A+E Networks Latin America
A&E | History Channel | History 2 | Lifetime

Sony Pictures Television Networks Latin America
Sony Channel | AXN | Sony Movies

Others:
IVC Network

¹ Most channels distributed in Spanish-speaking Latin America by Ole Distribution. Brazil distribution and marketing are handled by Globo; except for Universal+, E! and DreamWorks, whose Brazilian versions are also operated by NBCUIN & DTC LATAM and distributed by Ole Distribution
² Except in Mexico, where distribution are handled by Televisa Networks