The launch of the new Telewizja Republika station was announced by its president on Wednesday. – We have completed the tests and tomorrow we will broadcast two programmes from the Republic. One Republika on the existing bands and Telewizja Republika on the Internet and some cable channels. The first band is related to MUX and has an informative and journalistic character. The second one is under reconstruction, but will eventually contain more lifestyle, culture and sports. Both will be branded with different logos – wrote Tomasz Sakiewicz on the X website (formerly Twitter).
For now, the reach of the additional channel is limited to the Internet. Over time, it will appear on cable networks and satellite platforms. – We have been saying for a long time that we have several different business ideas that will be developed. Republika Channel covered with additional channels. We are in negotiations to attract investors. This is an ongoing process. We are currently thinking about three channels that are at different stages of engagement. We decided to start with a general channel first, – said Jarosław Olechowski, head of the station’s editors, Wirtualnemedia.pl.
The offer includes, among others: reruns of Miłosz Kłeczek’s program
On Wednesday afternoon, the logo of the first Telewizja Republika channel was changed. The inscription Republika appeared next to the R that had been used since 2017. Journalists of the “Dzisiaj” program began to introduce themselves at the end of the reports as representatives of “Republika”, and not “Telewizja Republika”, as before. The Republika signal is available on digital terrestrial television (MUX-8), cable networks, digital platforms, streaming services and YouTube (Telewizja Republika channel – 1.19 million subscribers).
On Thursday, Republika Plus TV started broadcasting on the Telewizja Republika Plus YouTube channel (34.1 thousand subscribers). In the case of this broadcaster, the left part of the letter R in the logo is slightly forward. On the first day of the additional station, both channels broadcast the morning program “Republika Wstańmy”. Instead of “#Vamos” you could watch Holy Mass on the internet TV Republika.
Later instead of Adrian Klarenbach’s current affairs programs that were broadcast by Republika Viewers of TV Republika were able to watch a rerun of the formats of the culinary program “W Ruchu Miłosz Kłeczek” with the participation of the former president of Telewizja Polska, Jacek Kurski“Interview with a hooligan”, “From the mix archive”. “Review of the German Press”. On the 12th, the news service “Republika Dzień” was broadcast. The news and journalistic programming continued until the 15th, when TV Republika broadcast the Divine Mercy Chaplet. At that time, Republika broadcast a news service.
Later, TV Republika aired a rerun of “Hits on the Internet” with the participation of Oskar Szafarowicz, and then another episode of the Kłeczka program. The news wave continued in the Republic. At 5 pm, both channels aired “Express Republika”. After hours On the 18th, instead of the program “Miłosz Kłeczek invites”, TV Republika aired a rerun of the “World is a theater” format and another rerun of “W Ruchu Miłosz Kłeczek”. The main edition of the “Hoje” program has already been shown on both antennas.
The Republic’s satellite license is of a universal nature
The Republic, which recently received a license to broadcast digital terrestrial television under MUX-8, is expected to have an informative and journalistic profile. In turn, TV Republika, which has been broadcasting for over a decade, has a satellite license to broadcast a universal program. Therefore, there will be less news and journalistic content on this channel. The broadcaster does not rule out that the name will be changed over time to avoid confusion between the two broadcasters.
In both licenses, the program name must be visible on the screen. – According to the information I received from the Regulatory Department, the program broadcast via satellite should be called TV Republika, and the program broadcast on terrestrial TV should be called Republika. These are the requirements specified in the license, Agnieszka Gniado from the office of the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council recently told Wirtualnemedia.pl.
TV Republika’s satellite license states that the station must broadcast on a 10.911 GHz transponder, Polish. V orbital position of Hot Bird 13E. The Lyngsat listing shows that the channel broadcasts on the 10.758 GHz transponder, Polish. V, so the license data is not up to date. Furthermore, Polsat Box offers Republika, not TV Republika. The National Broadcasting Council did not respond to our questions on this matter on Thursday.
In recent terrestrial broadcasting tenders, the National Broadcasting Council expected new television stations to submit their applications. Extension of the concession was not permitted. For example, Telewizja Polsat received a license to broadcast W24 last year. It later applied to change its name to Event 24 and to change the name of Event 24 to Polsat News Polityka. The regulator considered the applications positively, but Polsat took a long time to rebuild Event 24 coverage on cable networks (it was mostly replaced by Polsat News Polityka). Red Carpet Media Group did something even different. It licensed CTV9, changed the name of the station to ViDoc TV, and transformed the existing channel, with the approval of the National Broadcasting Council, into ViDoc TV1.
