Czech TV
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| Type | Broadcast television |
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| Country | Czech Republic |
| Availability | National |
| Slogan |
"Česká televize ve vašich barvách" ("Czech Television in your colours") |
| Owner | Government of the Czech Republic |
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Key people
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Petr Dvořák (since from 1.10.2011) |
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Launch date
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1992 (1953) |
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Official website
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www.ceskatelevize.cz |
Česká televize (Czech pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈtɛlɛvɪzɛ], Czech abbreviation ČT, "Czech Television") is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels.
Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by the war. Research continued after the war, the first trial television broadcast was shown in 1948 at the MEVRO International Radio Exhibition in Prague.
A trial television broadcast from Studio Prague started on May 1, 1953, and on February 25, 1954 it was declared regular. Soon, additional studios were established: in Ostrava on December 31, 1955, in Bratislava on November 3, 1956, in Brno on July 6, 1961, and in Košice on February 25, 1962.
A second channel, ČST TV2, was launched in 1970. Colour broadcasting began on the second channel in 1973 and in 1975 on the first channel.
Czech Television was established as of January 1, 1992, based on the Czech Television Act (Act No. 483/1991 Coll.) as a television service for the citizens of the Czech Republic.
On January 1, 1993, a new concept of channels broadcast by Czech Television was introduced, which were renamed to ČT1 (formerly ČTV), ČT2 (formerly F1), and ČT3 (formerly OK3). On February 3, 1994, Czech Television freed one of the nationwide broadcast channels in accordance with the law; starting February 4, 1994 Czech Television was left with two channels, ČT1 and ČT2.
In 2005 news channel ČT24 and the following year ČT4 Sport were launched. In 2012, the broadcaster added two new channels, ČT :D (children's) and ČT art (arts/culture).
The "Czech TV crisis" occurred at the end of 2000 and lasted until early 2001 as a battle for control of the airwaves, which included jamming and accusations of censorship. During the Czech TV crisis, Czech TV reporters organized an industrial dispute by staging a sit-in and occupying the news studio and rejected attempts by Jana Bobošíková to fire them. They were supported in their protest by politicians such as the then President Václav Havel and by Czech celebrities, but every time they tried to air their news broadcasts, Bobošíková and Jiří Hodač would jam the transmission either with a "technical fault" screen reading: "An unauthorized signal has entered this transmitter. Broadcasting will resume in a few minutes", or with their own news broadcasts featuring Jana Bobošíková and a team she had hired to "replace" the staff members she had sought to terminate.
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