The Media of Poland consist of several different types of communications media including television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet. Many of the media are controlled by large for-profit corporations who reap revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and sale of copyrighted material.
During the communist regime in Poland the Stalinist press doctrine dominated and controlled Polish media. This doctrine aimed at getting the support of people and making Polish people "Soviets". The country instituted freedom of press since the fall of communism. However, public TV and radio are still politically controlled, via a state regulatory body called Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (The National Radio and Television Committee), which is similar to CRTC in Canada. It is said that both public and private media are not impartial, and used as means for political propaganda. Various irregularities have been exposed during the investigation by a special parliamentary committee into the Lew Rywin affair.
TVP – public broadcaster
TVP 1
TVP 2
TVP 3 (regional)
TVP HD
TVP Info (news and regional)
TVP Polonia (for Poles abroad)
TVP Kultura (cultural)
TVP Seriale (drama)
TVP Rozrywka (entertainment)
TVP ABC (children's channel)
TVP Sport
TVP Historia (history)
TVP Parlament
Belsat (in Belarusian language)
Polsat – private
Polsat
Polsat News (24/7 news channel)
Polsat News 2
Polsat 2 International (or Poles abroad)
Polsat Sport (sport channel)
Polsat Sport Extra (sport channel)
Polsat Sport News
Polsat Cafe (health and beauty)
Polsat Play (for men)
Polsat Romans
Polsat JimJam - for kids
Polsat Crime & Investigation Network
Polsat Film
TV4
TV6
Grupa ITI (International Trading and Investments Holdings SA Luxembourg)
TVN
TVN 7
TVN24 (24/7 news channel)
TVN24 Biznes i Świat
TVN Style (channel aimed at women)
TVN Turbo (for men)
TVN Meteo Activ (weather)
TVN Fabuła
iTVN (for Poles abroad)
TTV*
Mango24 (shopping)
*TTV belongs to Stavka (51% - TVN, 49% - Besta Film)
Polcast Television
Tele 5
Polonia 1
Minor players and joint-ventures:
Discovery Historia (history and documentaries)
TV Puls
TV Trwam (catholic channel; owner Lux Veritatis Foundation)
iTV (interactive TV)
4fun.tv (interactive music; 4fun Media S.A. owned by Nova Holding Ltd., London)
many local city and community cable stations
Many major players are also present on the market, among them: Canal+ Polska, Canal+ Sport, Canal+ Film, Canal+ Sport2, HBO, HBO2, EuroSport, EuroSport2, Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Science, Discovery World, MTV Poland, VIVA Poland, VH1 Poland
nC+ (owned by Canal Plus Cyfrowy/ITI Group)
Cyfrowy Polsat (owned by Polsat Cyfrowy stock company)
Program 1 (a.k.a. Jedynka)
Program 2 (a.k.a. Dwójka)
Program 3 (a.k.a. Trójka)
Program 4 (a.k.a. Czwórka)
Radio Parlament
Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy (Polish Radio External Service)
17 regional stations of Polskie Radio
Broker FM group:
RMF FM (nationwide)
RMF Classic (classical music)
RMF MAXXX (dance and pop music)
Eurozet group:
Radio Zet (nationwide)
Chilli Zet (chillout and jazz music)
Antyradio (rock music)
Planeta FM (dance and club music)
Radio Plus (soft pop music)
Agora group:
TOK FM (news and commentary)
Złote Przeboje (oldies)
Roxy FM (alternative music)
Time group:
Radio Eska (pop and dance music)
Eska Rock (rock music)
VOX FM (oldies)
Radio WAWA (polish music)
other:
Radio Maryja (religious, conservative, political)
local radio stations
Anglo-Polish Radio ORLA.fm http://www.orla.fm
Polskie Radio Londyn
Gazeta Wyborcza (centrist) http://www.wyborcza.pl
Rzeczpospolita (centre-right) http://www.rp.pl
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (centrist) http://www.dziennik.pl
Polska (centrist; edited in cooperation with the British daily The Times) http://polskatimes.pl
Gazeta Polska Codziennie (right-wing) http://www.gpcodziennie.pl
Fakt (tabloid) http://www.efakt.pl
Super Express (tabloid) http://www.se.com.pl
Nasz Dziennik (catholic, right-wing) http://www.naszdziennik.pl
Polityka (centre-left) http://www.polityka.pl
Newsweek Polska (Polish edition of Newsweek, centrist to left-wing) http://www.newsweek.pl
Wprost (centrist to right) http://www.wprost.pl
Przekrój (left-wing) http://www.przekroj.pl
Przegląd (left-wing) http://www.przeglad.com.pl
NIE (left-wing) http://www.nie.com.pl
Gazeta Polska (right-wing) http://www.gazetapolska.pl
Najwyższy Czas! (conservative) http://www.nczas.com
Tygodnik Powszechny (Catholic socio-cultural weekly) http://tygodnik.onet.pl
Niedziela (Catholic weekly) http://www.niedziela.pl/
Gość Niedzielny (Catholic weekly) http://goscniedzielny.wiara.pl/
Angora (left-wing Polish and world press review) http://www.angora.pl
Forum (world press review, rather centrist to left-wing)
Top-level domain: .pl
Internet users: 25.0 million users, 21st in the world; 65.0% of the population, 54th in the world (2012).
Fixed broadband: 6.4 million subscriptions, 17th in the world; 16.6% of the population, 54th in the world (2012).
Wireless broadband: 18.9 million subscriptions, 16th in the world; 49.3% of the population, 33rd in the world (2012).
Internet hosts: 13.3 million hosts, 12th in the world (2012).
