Television in Hungary
Appearance
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Television in Hungary was introduced in 1957. Transmission in color was introduced to Hungarian television for the first time in 1971. Hungary had only one television channel until 1973. It was only in the mid 1990s when private and commercial broadcasting was introduced to Hungary.
Free-to-air television channels broadcasting in Hungary
Free-to-air on DVB-T
Free-to-air on analogue
Analogue broadcasting in Hungary was phased out in two phases that were completed on July 31 and October 31, 2013, respectively.[1]
- M1
- TV2
- RTL Klub
- plus Local channels
Free-to-air on satellite
Hungarian Channels by Groups
- DUNA: 0-24: National main channel of Hungary, since March 15, 2015. Started in 1992. Available in HD.
- M1: 0-24: News channel, since March 15, 2015. It was the national main channel before, started in 1957. Available in HD.
- M2 / Petőfi TV: 6-20: Kids channel since December 22, 2012, 20-6: Entertainment since March 15, 2015. Started in 1973. Available in HD.
- M3: 0-24: Retro channel started in late 2013.
- M4 Sport: 0-24: Sport channel started in 2015. Available in HD.
- M5: 0-24: Started on August 18, 2016 as sport channel, (also called M5 Sport) because of the Rio Olympics 2016 and Rio Paralympics 2016, as cultural channel since September 18, 2016. (It was planned as a regional channel.) Available in HD.
- Duna World: International channel of Hungary, since April 16, 2006. Available in HD.
- M6: Planned as a regional channel. MTVA doesn't plan to launch it in the following years.
- M3D: In the summer of 2012 it was the 3D channel of MTVA.
- M4K: Planned as a 4K channel.
- RTL Klub: The most popular commercial channel in Hungary.
- Cool, Film+,RTL II, RTL+, Sorozat+, RTL Spike: premium series' and films' channels (RTL Spike is owned by Viacom based on an RTL license)
- RTL Gold: Brand new game show + more channel that went on air July 3rd.
- Muzsika TV: Hungarian music
Channels in bold are available in HD.
TV2 Group
- TV2: One of main commercial channel in Hungary.
- Chili TV, FEM3, Humor+, Izaura TV, KiWi TV, PRIME, Mozi+, Super TV2, Spíler TV : premium series', films' and sport channels
- Zenebutik: Hungarian music
Channels in bold are available in HD.
Central European Media Enterprises
- PRO TV Hungary
- PRO 1 Hungary
- PRO 2 Hungary
- PRO 2+ Hungary
- PRO X Hungary
- PRO Gold Hungary
- PRO Cinema Hungary
National Channels
- Duna (National channel) started broadcasting in 1992. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- Duna World (International channel, since 16. April 2006.) (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- M1 (News channel, since 15. March 2015.) started broadcasting in 1957. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- M2, started broadcasting in 1972., (M2 Kids Channel 6-20h), since 22. December 2012. (M2 Petőfi 20-6h) (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- M3, started broadcasting in 2012 (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- M4 Sport (Sports channel) started broadcasting in 2015. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- M5 - (as sports channel from 5. August to 18. September 2016.(due to the Rio Olympics 2016 and Rio Paralympics 2016), from 18. September as a Cultural channel) (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
National commercial channels
- TV2 started broadcasting in October 1997. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- RTL Klub started broadcasting in October 1997. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
National commercial premium channels
Cable channels
General and entertainment
- M3 Anno (Also available on DVB-T, Closed)
- Viasat 3 (Also available on DVB-T)
- Cool TV (Also available on DVB-T)
- RTL+ (Also available on DVB-T)
- RTL Spike (Also available on DVB-T)
- RTL Gold
- PRIME (Also available on DVB-T)
- STORY4 (Also available on DVB-T)
- AXN (Also available on DVB-T)
- FOX (Also available on DVB-T)
- Comedy Central (Also available on DVB-T)
- Humor+ (Also available on DVB-T)
- Viasat 6 (Also available on DVB-T)
- GALAXY
- STORY5
- d1 TV (Also available on DVB-T)
- LifeTV
- OzoneTV (Also available on DVB-T)
- Hatos csatorna
- C8 / Minimax (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- E! Entertainment
News and politics
Sport
- Sport 1
- Sport 2
- Sport M
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Eurosport (Also available on DVB-T)
- Eurosport 2 (Also available on DVB-T)
- Digi Sport 1 (HD)
- Digi Sport 2 (HD)
- Digi Sport 3 (HD)
- Auto Motor Sport
- Motors TV
- Sky Sports F1
- Spíler TV (Also available on DVB-T)
Movies
- Film+ (Also available on DVB-T)
- Mozi+ (Also available on DVB-T)
- HBO (Also available on DVB-T)
- HBO 2
- HBO 3
- Cinemax
- Cinemax 2
- Film Mania
- Film Cafe
- AMC (Also available on DVB-T)
- Filmbox
- Filmbox Extra HD
- Filmbox Premium (Also available on DVB-T)
- Filmbox Family (Also available on DVB-T)
- Filmbox Plus
- Paramount Channel (Also available on DVB-T)
- Digi Film (only on Digi TV)
Series and telenovellas
- Sorozat+
- Izaura TV (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- Comedy Central Extra
- Sony Movie Channel
- Sony Max
- Romance TV
Documentary
- Discovery (Also available on DVB-T)
- Discovery Science (Also available on DVB-T)
- Discovery TurboXtra
- ID Xtra
- National Geographic (Also available on DVB-T)
- CBS Reality
- BBC Earth
- Viasat History (Also available on DVB-T)
- Viasat Explore
- Spektrum
- Fishing & Hunting (Also available on DVB-T)
- HISTORY
- DoQ
- Da Vinci Learning (Also available on DVB-T)
- DIGI World (only on Digi TV)
- FIXHD (Also available on DVB-T)
Animals
- Animal Planet (Also available on DVB-T)
- Nat Geo Wild
- Viasat Nature
- DIGI Animal World (only on Digi TV)
Travel and lifestyle
- FEM3 (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- TLC (Also available on DVB-T)
- Travel Channel
- Spektrum Home
- Fine Living
- DIGI Life (only on Digi TV)
- Sundance Channel
- Fashion TV
Culinary
- TV Paprika
- Chili TV (Also available on DVB-T)
- Food Network
Children & families
- Minimax
- Megamax
- Jim Jam
- Nickelodeon (Also available on DVB-T)
- Nick Jr.
- Cartoon Network (Also available on DVB-T)
- Boomerang
- Disney Channel (Jetix is now relaunched in tests on DVB-T))
- Disney Junior
- KiWi TV (Also available on DVB-T)
Music
- Zenebutik (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
- Sláger TV (Also available on DVB-T)
- Muzsika TV (Also available on DVB-T)
- MTV Europe (Replaced by MTV Hungary in October 2017)
- VIVA Hungary (Replaced by Comedy Central Family Hungary in October 3, 2017)
- MTV Music
- MTV Hits
- MTV Rocks
- MTV Dance
- VH1
- VH1 Classic
- VH1 Soul
- Music Channel (Free-to-air on satellite, only on Digi TV)
- H!T Music Channel (only on Digi TV)
- UTV (Free-to-air on satellite, only on Digi TV)
- Mezzo
Religion
Regional
Adult
HD TV-Channels
- RTL Klub HD
- TV2 HD
- M1 HD
- M2 HD
- M4 Sport HD
- M5 HD
- Duna HD
- Cool HD
- Film+ HD
- RTL II HD
- Super TV2 HD
- Spíler TV HD
- FIXHD
- Digi Sport 1 HD
- Digi Sport 2 HD
- Digi Sport 3 HD
- Digi Film HD
- Digi Life HD
- Film Cafe HD
- Story4 HD
- Story5 HD
- Galaxy HD
- 1Music Channel HD
- ATV HD
- Animal Planet HD
- TLC HD
- Discovery HD Showcase
- AXN HD
- Filmbox HD
- MTV Live HD
- Spektrum HD
- Nat Geo HD
- HISTORY HD
- SPORT1 HD
- SPORT2 HD
- Viasat History/Nature HD
- HBO HD
- HBO2 HD
- HBO3 HD
- FOX HD
- Sundance Channel HD
Planned
Defunct or renamed
- Ozone Network renamed as OzoneTV
- Life Network renamed as LifeTV
- Film+2 renamed as RTL Gold
- Universal Channel
- PRO4 renamed as Mozi+
- Cartoon Network Too
- Animax
- Discovery World renamed as DTX
- BBC Knowledge renamed as BBC Earth
- TV3
- Prizma TV renamed as RTL+
- Reflektor TV
- AXN Sci-Fi renamed as AXN Black
- AXN Crime renamed as AXN White
- Hallmark channel renamed as Universal Channel
- Kids co.
- Zone Club
- Írisz TV
- MTVA Info
- M3D
- A+
- Avante
- Best Of Music
- Budapest Európa Televízió
- Cherry Music
- Szív TV
- MSat
- Club TV
- Discovery Civilisation renamed as Discovery World
- Discovery Travel and Living
- Fény TV
- FilmBox Extra
- FilmBox Extra1
- FilmNet
- Fox Kids renamed as Jetix
- Galaxia TV
- Game One TV
- Hálózat TV
- HungaroSport
- Humor 1 renamed as Cool TV
- Jetix renamed as Disney Channel
- Joker TV
- Karma TV
- Meteo TV
- m+ Hungary
- MGM
- MusicPlus Hungary
- MTV Hungary
- Movies 24
- Nóta TV renamed as Sláger TV
- PV TV
- Rock TV
- Top TV HU
- Top Shop TV
- SATeLIT Televízió
- Sport Klub+
- SuperOne Music
- Ötös csatrona
- MusicMix
- MusicMix SuperOne
- TCM
- Cartoonito
- Agro TV Hungary
- Antenna3 Hungary
- Nautik Hungary
- TV deko renamed as Spektrum Home
- Filmmúzeum renamed as Film Mania
- Musicmax
- Musicmax Adult
- Private Spice
- Zone Club
- Zone Reality renamed as CBS Reality
- Zone Europa
- Zone Romantica renamed as Film Cafe
- ZENIT TV HUNGARY
- SportKlub
- P+ Televízió
- BBC Entertainment
- TV2 Classic
Rating Shares
by Channel
The channels with the largest viewing share in 2016 are:[2]
Rank | Logo | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4+ | 18-59 | ||||
1 | ![]() |
RTL Klub | RTL Group | 12.18 | 17.87 |
2 | ![]() |
TV2 | TV2 Group | 10.77 | 10.74 |
3 | Duna | MTVA | 6.13 | 3.05 | |
4 | ![]() |
Cool | RTL Group | 3.84 | 5.18 |
5 | ![]() |
M1 | MTVA | 3.32 | 1.73 |
6 | M4 Sport | MTVA | 3.21 | 3.96 | |
7 | ![]() |
Film+ | RTL Group | 3.08 | 5.41 |
8 | ![]() |
ATV | – | 2.71 | 1.34 |
9 | ![]() |
Super TV2 | TV2 Group | 2.56 | 2.89 |
10 | ![]() |
Viasat 3 | Sony Pictures Television | 2.53 | 2.88 |
11 | ![]() |
RTL II | RTL Group | 2.12 | 2.39 |
12 | ![]() |
M2 / Petőfi TV | MTVA | 1.81 | 1.04 |
13 | ![]() |
Story4 | Central | 1.78 | 1.38 |
14 | ![]() |
AXN | Sony Pictures Television | 1.72 | 1.89 |
15 | ![]() |
Comedy Central | Viacom | 1.71 | 2.05 |
16 | M3 | MTVA | 1.70 | 1.56 | |
17 | ![]() |
Duna World | MTVA | 1.40 | 0.93 |
18 | ![]() |
Mozi+ | TV2 Group | 1.36 | 2.02 |
19 | ![]() |
Nickelodeon | Viacom | 1.30 | 0.58 |
20 | ![]() |
Story5 | Central | 1.08 | 0.93 |
21 | Sláger TV | Tematic Media Group | 1.04 | 0.67 |
by Television group
Rank | Group | Share of total viewing (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
4+ | 18-59 | ||
1 | RTL Group | 24.48 | 33.03 |
2 | Duna Média (MTVA) | 17.23 | 12.48 |
3 | TV2 Group | 16.79 | 17.21 |
4 | Sony Pictures Television | 4.97 | 5.61 |
5 | Viacom | 4.34 | 3.46 |
Others | 32.19 | 28.21 |
Historical rankings
Channel | Launched | 2018[3] |
2017[4] |
2016 |
2015[5] |
2014[6] |
2013[7] |
2012[8] |
2011[9] |
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RTL Klub | 10/1997 | 10.03 | 11.03 | 12.18 | 13.42 | 13.90 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 20.3 |
TV2 | 10/1997 | 10.22 | 10.72 | 10.77 | 12.50 | 14.05 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 18.6 |
Duna | 12/1992 | 3.98 | 5.48 | 6.13 | 5.54 | 3.23 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Cool | 9/2004 | 2.98 | 3.33 | 3.84 | 4.43 | 4.10 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
M1 | 5/1957 | 2.93 | 3.39 | 3.32 | 4.04 | 7.65 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 7.9 |
Film+ | 9/2003 | 3.18 | 3.31 | 3.08 | 4.12 | 3.85 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Viasat 3 | 10/2000 | 1.82 | 1.87 | 2.53 | 2.96 | 2.65 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
See also
References
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