Logo of Česká televize's ČT1 channel. A star sign is used when transmission is not suitable for children.

Česká televize (Czech television) is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic. It broadcasts 4 channels:

• ČT1 (national terrestrial)
• ČT2 (national terrestrial)
• ČT24 (digital terrestrial and satellite, news channel)
• ČT4 Sport (digital terrestrial and satellite, sport channel)

DVB-T stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial and it is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television. ...

History

Direct predecessor of Česká televize was (since May 1, 1953) Czechoslovak television (Československá televize, ČST). May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...

Česká televize was founded on 1 January 1992 under the Czech Television Act as a public service broadcaster. It broadcasted on the former ČTV channel and produced news for channel F1 (federal) of the joint Czechoslovak television service until the end of 1992, when Czechoslovakia was split and ČST liquidated. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Velvet Divorce is a journalistic term for the dissolution of the former country of Czechoslovakia into the nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, effective January 1, 1993. ...

From 1 January 1993 to February 1994 it broadcasted three channels in the Czech Republic, until one frequency was given to the new commercial station TV Nova. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... TV Nova is a Czech TV channel. ...

New channels (news channel ČT24 and sports channel ČT4 Sport) were added in 2005-6 because of planned digital terrestrial broadcasting. ČT24 went on air on May 2, 2005 and ČT4 Sport on February 10, 2006. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Digital television. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Funding and management

Česká televize is funded through television licence (larger part of revenue) and from advertising (where it is less successful then commercial TVs). During 2004/2005 the organisation lobbied the Czech government to increase price of the license for the promise to eliminate advertising. A television licence (or more correctly broadcast receiver licence, as it usually also pays for public radio) is an official licence required in many countries for all owners of television and radio receivers. ...

Media occasionally raise question how much is Česká televize able to stand against pressure from both ruling party and the opposition and keep unbiased and critical coverage of political life.

The current Director-General of Česká televize is Jiří Janeček, who was elected for a six-year term by the Czech Television Council (Rada České televize).

External links

• czech-tv.cz/english
• ct24.cz
• Česká televize public relations in English