TVN (Polish TV channel)
| Country | Poland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Media Business Centre Warsaw, Poland |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Polish |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Timeshift service | TVN +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Poland |
| Parent | TVN Group |
| Key people | Katarzyna Kieli (CEO) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Founded | May 1995 (as TVN Sp. z o.o.) |
| Launched | 3 October 1997 at 19:00 |
| Replaced | Telewizja Wisła (1995–1997) |
| Former names | TV7 |
| Links | |
| Website | tvn |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Polish Digital | MUX 2 (SD) (Channel 5) |
| Streaming media | |
| Player.pl | player |
TVN (stylised in all lowercase) is a Polish free-to-air television station, network and a media and entertainment group in Poland. It was co-founded by Polish businessmen Mariusz Walter, Jan Wejchert and Swiss entrepreneur Bruno Valsangiacomo. It is owned by TVN Group, which as of April 2022, is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The current CEO is Katarzyna Kieli (who is also president and managing director of Warner Bros. Discovery Poland).
TVN is available by satellite, cable television and digital terrestrial television.
In 2004, with its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the company became a public limited company. In March 2015, U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive bought a 52.7% majority stake in TVN for €584 million. In July 2015, SNI bought out TVN's remaining owners, ITI Group and Canal+ Group, for €584 million, giving it full ownership.
On March 6, 2018, SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery, Inc. for US$14.6 billion. Liberty Global, which operated pay television provider UPC Polska, is a major shareholder in Discovery. The European Commission thus required TVN to ensure that TVN24 and TVN24 BiS remain available to third-party television providers.