Telewizja Polska - Timeline of The TVP History

Timeline of The TVP History

• 1935 – The PIT (Państwowy Instytut Telekomunikacyjny - National Telecommunications Institute) starts working together with Polish Radio on establishing the first television service.
• 1937 – completion of a first black-and-white broadcasting station.
• 1938 – experimental channel launched, regular programming scheduled for 1941.
• 1939 – all the equipment destroyed by the German Army.
• 1947 – PIT resumes work on television broadcasting.
• 1951 – first Polish telecast after the Second World War.
• 1952 – beginning of a regular programming
• 1958 – Newscast Dziennik Telewizyjny was founded.
• 1970 – TVP2 was founded.
• 1971 – start of colour broadcasting (in SECAM).
• 1989 – introduce of teletext service.
• 1989 – Dziennik Telewizyjny was replaced by Wiadomości.
• 1992 – Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna comes into existence upon the separation of television and radio public broadcasting by an act of parliament.
• 1993 – Polskie Radio i Telewizja (Polish Radio and Television) joins European Broadcasting Union as an active member (regrouping of OIRT and UER).
• 1995 – partly move from SECAM to PAL.
• 2003 – changing logotypes of TVP.
• 2009 – New main headquarters building opened in Warsaw.