media in poland

Media and Politics

Poland has instituted freedom of press since the fall of communism. However, TV and radio are still politically controlled, via Radio and TV Committee, currently by leftist government circles.
They often use the public TV as means for propaganda. Recently grave irregularities have been found in the state owned TV channels during the investigation into the Rywin affair.

TV stations

TVP 1 (state-owned)
TVP 2 (state-owned)
TVP 3 (regional and news programs)
TV Polonia (state-owned, for Poles living outside of Poland)
Polsat (private, owned by Zygmunt Solorz)
Polsat 2 International
Polsat Sport
Polsat Zdrowie i Uroda
TVN (private, owned by Mariusz Walter)
TVN Siedem (private, owned by Mariusz Walter)
TVN24 (private, 24/7 news channel, owned by Mariusz Walter)
TVN Style - television for woman
TVN Turbo - cars
TVN Meteo - weather channel
iTVN
TV4 (private, owned by Zygmunt Solorz)
TV Puls (owned by the Catholic Church and Zygmunt Solorz)
TV Trwam (owned by the Catholic Church)
PodrżeTV - travel channel
Mango24 - shopping channel
ITV - interactive channel
4fun.tv - interactive channel
Many regional stations, both private and state owned (local state-owned TVP 3)
Many satellite/cable thematical channels (Canal+ Polska, HBO, EuroSport, Discovery Channel and others)

Digital TV Platforms (all private)

Cyfra+
Polsat Digital (owned by Zygmunt Solorz)

Radio stations

Polskie Radio (state-owned)

Program 1
Program 2
Program 3 (aka Trjka)
Polskie Radio BIS
Radio Parlament
Radio Polonia

Privately owned stations

RMF FM
Radio Zet
Radio Maryja (strongly catholic)
TOK FM (news and talk shows)
Local radio stations

Press (all private)

Daily Papers

Gazeta Wyborcza (centrist) http://www.wyborcza.pl
Rzeczpospolita (right-wing) http://www.rp.pl (51% private, 49% state-owned)
Super Express http://www.se.com.pl
Życie (right-wing) http://www.zycie.com.pl
Nasz Dziennik (far-right-wing) http://www.naszdziennik.pl
Trybuna (left-wing) http://www.trybuna.com.pl
Fakt http://www.efakt.pl

Weekly Magazines

Najwyższy Czas! (right-wing) http://www.nczas.com
Newsweek (Polish edition, right-wing) http://www.newsweek.pl
Nie (left-wing) http://www.nie.com.pl
Polityka (centrist) http://www.polityka.pl
Przegląd (left-wing) http://www.przeglad.com.pl
Przekrj (centrist) http://www.przekroj.pl
Wprost (right-wing) http://www.wprost.pl

Media In Poland