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History
In December 1992 the Polish Parliament passed the Broadcasting Act which became effective on 1 March 1993. In accordance with the Act, Telewizja Polska and Polskie Radio - joint stock companies of the State Treasury, public-legal institutions - were established on 1 January 1994.

TVP
Telewizja Polska (TVP) broadcasts on two national channels (TVP1, TVP2), the news and regional channel TVP INFO, one satellite channel TV Polonia and theme channels: TVP Kultura TVP Sport , TVP Historia and TVP HD.

TVP1 and TVP2 broadcast nation wide and reach 99% and 93% of the Polish population respectively. On 31 March 1993 regular broadcasts of satellite channel TV Polonia were launched. TV Polonia covers the whole territory of Europe, reaches Israel and Kazakhstan as well as the countries of North and South America.

TVP’s activity is financed by licence fees (main source of income) and advertising, as well as sales of services and licences.
Technical equipment used by TVP meets modern standards. All the programmes are broadcasted in the PAL system. The VTR formats are B, C, Betacam SP and Digital Betacam. All the TVP’s channels broadcast teletext.

TVP INFO
TVP INFO started on 6 October 2007 ( it was change from TVP3 Regional that was created on 3 March 2002 out of the 12 regional channels of TVP).
Nowadays it consists of a network of:
- 16 regional branches: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Katowice, Kielce, Krakow, Lublin, Lodz, Olsztyn, Opole, Poznan, Rzeszow, Szczecin, Warszawa, Wroclaw
- 10 local redactions
- 32 corresponding points.

TVP INFO reaches around 82% of the population of Poland (31 600 000 viewers).
As regards its audience TVP INFO is constantly increasing the amount of its viewers. The most popular programmes reach up to 2 000 000 viewers.

Within this framework, the regional branches provide around 3 hours 40 minutes of their local programme daily.

TVP INFO is a news channel. TVP INFO airs also transmissions of the Parliament sessions (roughly 30 hours every month).

Regional branches also prepare programmes to be included into the nation wide programming of TVP1, TVP2 and TV Polonia - documentaries, dramas, sports etc.

• Regional branches (in alphabetical order)

TVP3 Bialystok
Wlokiennicza 16A
15-464 Bialystok
phone +48 85 6521077
fax +48 85 6521077
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www.bialystok.tvp.pl
director: Sylwester Kowalski
CR contact: Sylwester Kowalski

The Bialystok branch was establishes in 1996. It covers north-east Poland. The programme is influenced by the specific multiethnic and multicultural character of the region. The station co-operates with Grodno TV, and makes programmes about Polish minorities in Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, as well as the Gypsies and Tartars in Poland.

TVP3 Bydgoszcz
Kujawska 7
85-031 Bydgoszcz
phone +48 52 3757550
fax +48 52 3757640
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www.bydgoszcz.tvp.pl
director: Maciej Grzeskowiak
CR contact: Malgorzata Rogatty

The Bydgoszcz branch was established in 1994. It covers central-north Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports and sport transmissions.

TVP3 Gdansk
Czyzewskiego 42
80-336 Gdansk
phone +48 58 5228400
fax +48 58 5544575
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www.gdansk.tvp.pl
director: Piotr Ostrowski
CR contact: Jerzy Boj

The Gdansk branch was established in 1958. It covers northern Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on documentary, current affairs, maritime programmes, children and educational programmes.

TVP3 Gorzow Wielkopolski
Kombatantow 34
66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski
phone +48 95 7284576
fax +48 95 7284576
director: Lukasz Kotalla
CR contact: Lukasz Kotalla

The Gorzow Wielkopolski branch was established in 2005. It covers west Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Katowice
Telewizyjna 1
40-953 Katowice
phone +48 32 2595280
fax: +48 32 2595206
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www.katowice.tvp.pl
director: Miłosz Stawecki
CR contact: Leszek Furman

The Katowice branch was established in 1957. It covers southern Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports and music programmes. The station broadcasts also TV magazines for the German minority in Poland.

TVP3 Kielce
Plac Moniuszki 2B
25-334 Kielce
phone +48 41 3417200
fax +48 41 3600301
director: Dominik Tarczynski
CR contact: Dominik Tarczynski

The Kielce branch was established in 2005. It covers central-south Poland.
Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Krakow
Krzemionki 30
30-995 Krakow
phone +48 12 4236544
fax +48 85 4236512
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www.krakow.tvp.pl
director: Bogdan Wasztyl
CR contact: Marek Szczepanek

The Krakow branch was established in 1961. It covers southern Poland. It is the producer of many programmes for national channels and the satellite channel, including TV theatre (TV plays), documentaries and entertainment. TVP3 Krakow airs programmes in Polish for Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian and Belorussian minorities living in Poland and across the border.

TVP3 Lublin
Raabego 2
20-030 Lublin
phone +48 81 5324291
fax +48 85 5322009
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www.lublin.tvp.pl
director: Tomasz Rakowski
CR contact: Tomasz Rakowski

The Lublin branch was established in 1993. It covers eastern Poland. It broadcasts a variety of programmes such as films, documentaries, panel discussions, sport, reports on cultural events.

TVP3 Lodz
Narutowicza 13
90-117 Lodz
phone +48 42 6359201
fax +48 42 6359352
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www.lodz.tvp.pl
director: Malgorzata Potocka
CR contact: Magdalena Majewska

The Lodz branch was established in 1956 as the first regional branch of TVP. It covers central Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on documentaries, sports, panel discussions, reports on cultural events.

TVP3 Olsztyn
Radiowa 24A
10-206 Olsztyn
phone +48 89 5347567
fax +48 89 5358147
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director: Jaroslaw Kowalski
CR contact: Jaroslaw Kowalski

The Olsztyn branch was established in 2005. It covers north-east Poland.
Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Opole
Szpitalna 1
45-010 Opole
phone +48 77 4232791
fax +48 77 4232791
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director: Jan Nowara
CR contact: Jan Nowara

The Opole branch was established in 2005. It covers north-west Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Poznan
Serafitek 8
61-114 Poznan
phone +48 61 8506601
fax +48 61 8530907
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www.poznan.tvp.pl
director: Lena Bretes
CR contact: Przemyslaw Tobola

The Poznan branch was established in 1957. It covers western Poland. The main programmes are local news and reports on current affairs. For many years Poznan has specialised in classical music - it co-organises and records music events. Poznan is a city of international fairs, hence economy and trade issues are always on offer in Poznan TV programming.

TVP3 Rzeszow
Kopisto 6
35-310 Rzeszow
phone +48 17 8613301
fax +48 17 8594481
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www.rzeszow.tvp.pl
director: Tomasz Pajęcki
CR contact: Piotr Socha

The Rzeszow branch was established in 1990. It covers south-east Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs, sports and cultural events. TVP Rzeszow co-operates closely with regional stations in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine.

TVP3 Szczecin
Niedzialkowskiego 24
71-410 Szczecin
phone +48 91 4810300
fax +48 91 4226662
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www.szczecin.tvp.pl
director: Piotr Lichota
CR contact: Iwona Poczopko

The Szczecin branch was established in 1960. It covers north-west Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs, educational programmes, music, documentaries and programmes on maritime issues (Szczecin is a Baltic port).

TVP3 Warszawa
Jasna 14/16
00-054 Warszawa
phone +48 22 5476381
fax +48 22 5473077
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www.warszawa.tvp.pl
director: Mirosław Cielemecki
CR contact: Pawel Dudek

The Warszawa branch was established in 1958. It covers central-east Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs, panel discussions, cultural and sport transmissions.

TVP3 Wroclaw
Karkonoska 8/10
53-015 Wroclaw
phone +48 71 3684300
fax +48 713419595
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www.wroclaw.tvp.pl
director: Alicja Barbara Grzymalska
CR contact: Wojciech Malinowski

The Wroclaw branch was established in 1962. It covers south-west Poland. It specialises in culture, current affairs, education and sports. TVP3 Wroclaw co operates closely with the German ORB.