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#REDIRECT [[Television in Poland#Terrestrial]]
First efforts to introduce '''DVB-T in Poland''' was made in 1997 in [[Gdańsk]] on initiative of [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]] (Polish [[public broadcasting|public television broadcaster]]). First test [[DVB-T]] emission was carried in [[Warsaw]] at 9 November 2001.


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At 2006 conference in [[Geneva]] known as ''GE06'' [[Poland]] received eight DVB-T [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexes]]—seven at [[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[television channel frequencies|frequencies]] 470÷862 MHz (channels 21÷69) and one at [[very high frequency|VHF]] frequency 174÷230 MHz (channels 6÷12). Since some of these frequencies are currently used for [[analog television|analog]] [[PAL]] [[terrestrial television]] [[broadcasting]], it is possible to run only two nationwide multiplexes (MUX1, MUX2) and one (MUX3) which covers part of country (58% of population). Introduction of all multiplexes will be possible after [[digital television transition|switching off analog broadcasting]].
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A Government document entitled “''Country digitalization schedule''”, dated January 2009, set out plan for the digital broadcast switch-on to be made in three steps and analog broadcast switch-off in six steps.
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First regular digital broadcast started on 30 September 2010. Analog broadcast switch-off started on 7 November 2012. Analog broadcasting will be definitely terminated at 31 July 2013.

The period of time between digital broadcast switch-on and analog broadcast switch-off will allow people time to buy new [[integrated Digital Television|integrated Digital TVs]] or [[set-top box]]es.

== Technical information ==

Polish digital terrestrial television broadcast uses 25 Hz [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|H.264/AVC]] [[HDTV]] video, [[MPEG-2 Audio Layer II|MPEG-2 Layer 2]] and [[Dolby Digital Plus|E-AC-3]] audio, for a Baseline [[Integrated receiver/decoder|IRD]] able to decode up to [[1080i|1920 × 1080 interlaced]] 25 Hz video pictures or [[720p|1280 × 720 progressive]] 50 Hz video pictures.

During tests also [[MPEG-2]] <!-- TODO: specify which exactly --> encoding for video was used.

== Assignment of channels in multiplexes ==

Plan from January 2009 included three nationwide multiplexes with seven [[SDTV]] channels in each:
* MUX1 – current [[free-to-air]] terrestrial analog channels: public (''[[TVP1]]'', ''[[TVP2]]'', ''[[TVP Info]]'') and commercial (''[[Polsat]]'', ''[[TVN (Poland)|TVN]]'', ''[[TV4 (Poland)|TV4]]'', ''[[TV Puls]]''); after analog broadcast switch-off MUX3 will cover all country population and public channels will be moved to it; there will be competition for three freed channels;
* MUX2 – open competition;
* MUX3 – public broadcaster; after analog broadcast switch-off MUX3 will cover all country population and public channels will be moved to it from MUX1; there will be competition for three freed channels in MUX1.

In January 2010 new plan on introducing DVB-T was presented. Assignment of multiplexes was changed:
* MUX1 – public broadcaster channels (including current analog ''TVP1'', ''TVP2'', ''TVP Regionalna'');
* MUX2 – current terrestrial analog commercial free-to-air channels (''Polsat'', ''TVN'', ''TV4'', ''TV Puls'') plus one additional from each broadcaster – total number of channels in this multiplex: 8.

In June 2010 another change in assignment of multiplexes was made:
* MUX1 – four channels chosen in open competition and temporary three public broadcaster channels (''TVP1'', ''TVP2'', ''TVP Regionalna''); after analog broadcast switch-off MUX3 will cover all country population and public channels will be deleted from MUX1; there will be competition for three freed channels;
* MUX2 – four current terrestrial analog commercial free-to-air channels (''Polsat'', ''TVN'', ''TV4'', ''TV Puls'') plus one additional from each broadcaster (respectively: ''[[Polsat Sport News]]'', ''[[TVN7]]'', ''[[TV6 (Poland)|TV6]]'', ''[[Puls 2]]'');
* MUX3 – six public broadcaster channels (''TVP1'', ''TVP2'', ''TVP Regionalna'', ''[[TVP Kultura|TVP Culture]]'', ''[[TVP Historia|TVP History]]'', ''[[TVP Rozrywka|TVP Entertainment]]'' and planned [[TVP Dokument|TVP Documentary]]); after switch-off analog broadcast MUX3 will cover all country population and public broadcaster channels will be deleted from MUX1.

=== MUX1 ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
! colspan=12 | MUX1
|-
! Channel !! Owner !! Type
|-
|-
| [[TVP1 HD]]<ref name="a">TVP1, TVP 2 and TVP Info leave MUX1 after running MUX3 in the whole country</ref> || [[Telewizja Polska]] || General
|-
| [[TVP2]]<ref name="a" /> || [[Telewizja Polska]] || General
|-
| [[TVP Info]]<ref name="a" /> || [[Telewizja Polska]] || News
|-
| [[ATM Rozrywka]] || [[ATM Grupa]] (Polsat Group) || Entertainment
|-
| [[TTV (Poland)|TTV]] || Stavka (ITI Group) || Social-intervention
|-
| [[Eska TV]]|| Grupa Radiowa Time (ZPR SA) || Music
|-
| [[Polo TV]] || Lemon Records (ZPR SA) || Music
|-
|}
===MUX2===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
! colspan=12 | MUX2
|-
! Channel !! Owner !! Type
|-
|-
| [[Polsat]] || [[Polsat|Polsat Group]] || General
|-
| [[TVN (Poland)|TVN]] || [[ITI Group]] || General
|-
| [[TV4 (Poland)|TV4]]|| Polskie Media (Polsat Group) || General
|-
| [[TV Puls]] || [[TV Puls|Telewizja Puls]] || General
|-
| [[Polsat Sport News]] || [[Polsat|Polsat Group]] || Sport/News
|-
| [[TVN7]]|| [[ITI Group]] || Entertainment
|-
| [[TV6 (Poland)|TV6]] || Polskie Media (Polsat Group) || Entertainment
|-
| [[Puls 2]] || [[TV Puls|Telewizja Puls]] || Entertainment
|-
|}
===MUX3===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
! colspan=12 | MUX3
|-
! Channel !! Owner !! Type
|-
|-
| [[TVP1]] || [[Telewizja Polska]] || General
|-
| [[TVP2 HD]] || [[Telewizja Polska]] || General
|-
| [[TVP Regionalna]]<ref name="b">Correct local version</ref> || [[Telewizja Polska]] || Regional
|-
| [[TVP Kultura]] || [[Telewizja Polska]] || Cultural
|-
| [[TVP Historia]] || [[Telewizja Polska]] || Historical
|-
| [[TVP Rozrywka]] || [[Telewizja Polska]] || Entertainment
|-
| [[TVP Polonia]]|| [[Telewizja Polska]] || Worldwide
|-
|-
! colspan=12 | [[Cyfrowy Polsat|TV Mobilna]] - pay multiplex<ref name="c">From June 1, 2012</ref>
|-
! Channel !! Owner !! Type
|-
|-
| [[Polsat News]] || [[Polsat|Polsat Group]] || News
|-
| [[Polsat Sport]] || [[Polsat|Polsat Group]] || Sport
|-
| [[Polsat Sport Extra]]|| [[Polsat|Polsat Group]] || Sport
|-
| [[Polsat Film]] || [[Polsat|Polsat Group]] || Movies
|-
| [[Kino Polska]] || SPI International Polska || Movies
|-
| [[TVP Seriale]]|| [[Telewizja Polska]] || Series
|-
| [[Comedy Central Poland|Comedy Central]] || [[MTV Networks]] || Series
|-
| [[Nickelodeon (Poland)|Nickelodeon]] || [[MTV Networks]] || Children
|}

== Current status ==

As of July 2013:
*MUX1 covers 98.8% of population;
*MUX2 covers more than 98.8% of population;
*MUX3 covers 99.5% of population.

== Analog shutdown ==

The shutdown of analog broadcast took place in 7 steps between 7 November 2012 and 23 July 2013.

Most operators of analog cable TV are planning to continue providing analog service in their networks for an unspecified period of time.

== Additional government actions ==

Information campaigns about analog broadcast switch-off in mass media.

Requiring electronic equipment sellers to inform buyers that MPEG-2 TVs and STBs are not compatible with national standard which is MPEG-4 AVC.

Financial help for poor families and seniors to buy TV or STB – ca. 250 [[Polish złoty|PLN]] per household, totalling 475 million PLN.<ref>[http://www.piit.org.pl/_gAllery/76/63/7663/Uwagi_PIIT_KFC_2009.08.20.pdf]</ref>


==See also==
* [[Television in Poland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Digital television deployments}}

[[Category:Television in Poland]]

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