Launched 13 May 2003 Picture format 576i (SDTV) Country Poland Headquarters Toruń, Poland Motto Jestem. Pamiętam. Czuwam | Owned by Fundacja Lux Veritatis Audience share 0.08% (2012, Nielsen) Founded 2003 Owner Lux Veritatis Foundation | |
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TV Trwam is a Polish TV channel located in Toruń, Poland, belongs to the Lux Veritatis Foundation. The station is owned by the Warsaw Province of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and is financed through donations from its audience - "The Radio Maryja Family"; this is unlike most Polish television stations which are either publicly funded or dependent on advertising revenue. Due to a concordat with the Vatican that grants certain privileges to the Church, TV Trwam is not bound by normal accounting rules as it is regarded as being Church operated.
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Distribution
TV Trwam is available in many countries around the world via cable or satellite, including: the United States, Germany, Canada, Italy and Switzerland. It is also transmitted free to air from Astra 2C 19,2E satellite in Europe and Galaxy 19 satellite in North America.
History
The station has its television studios in Toruń and Warsaw. The TV Trwam television studio is the second largest in the country (over 700 sq meters). TV Trwam received its license on 13 February 2003 and launched its terrestrial broadcast on 13 May 2003, as well as regular broadcasting via satellite.
The station's motto is "a means of social communication, not media manipulation." The station is funded by donations from viewers, listeners of Radio Maryja, readers of "Nasz Dziennik" (Our Journal) and sales of satellite television receivers. In contrast to Radio Maryja, TV Trwam does not have the status of "public broadcaster" and can place ads.
The station broadcasts news and social affairs as well as political, religious and musical programming.