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ČT1

ČT1 is a Czech public television channel operated by Czech Television. ČT1 is a general-purpose channel, broadcasting family-oriented television, Czech films, news, and documentaries.

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ČT1
CountryCzech Republic
Broadcast areaCzech Republic, Poland, Germany, Austria, and Slovakia
Programming
LanguageCzech
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerCzech Television
Sister channels
History
Launched1 May 1953 (1953-05-01)
Former namesČST (1953–1970)
ČST1 (1970–1990)
F1 (1990–1993)
Links
WebsiteOfficial website
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T/T2MUX 21 (FTA) (HD)
Streaming media
iVysíláníWatch live
(Czech only)

ČT1 (ČT Jedna, Česká televize 1, "Jednička") is a Czech public television channel operated by Czech Television. ČT1 is a general-purpose channel, broadcasting family-oriented television, Czech films, news, and documentaries.

History

The channel was launched by Czechoslovak Radio on 1 April 1953;1 control of which was handed over to Czechoslovak Television in 1957.2 At the time, all of its programming was conducted on the same national transmitter network, covering the entirety of Czechoslovakia. In April 1969, the Federal Minister of Posts and Telecommunications suggested a second channel,3 which started broadcasting on 10 April 1970.4 The existing channel, becoming the First Programme (I. program) was conceived as a mainstream network. This channel started colour broadcasts on 9 April 1975, two years after the second channel.5 The channel's coverage at the time was of 94,5 % of Czechoslovakia,6 slightly increasing to 95% in 1980.7

After the Velvet Revolution, the original I. program was replaced by F1 on 2 September 1990.89

On 1 January 1993, F1 changed its name to ČT1 in Czech Republic and STV1 in Slovak Republic.10 The channel subsequently became the first channel of the new Czech Television, created one year earlier following the Velvet Revolution. Since September 1997, the station has been broadcasting 24 hours a day.11

Analogue broadcasting of ČT1 ended on 30 November 2011.12 The broadcasting of multiplex 1 (DVB-T standard) was announced in November 2019 and ended on 30 September 2020.1314

Until February 2013, ČT1 HD broadcasts could also be received via Multiplex 4 of Digital Broadcasting s.r.o. However, this test broadcast was terminated.15

Series

Logos and identities

  • Logo of ČST1 from 1980 to 3 September 1990
    Logo of ČST1 from 1980 to 3 September 1990
  • F1 logo used from 4 September 1990 to 31 December 1992
    F1 logo used from 4 September 1990 to 31 December 1992
  • Screenshot of F1 logo in colour
    Screenshot of F1 logo in colour
  • First logo used from 1 January 1993 to 2 September 1994
    First logo used from 1 January 1993 to 2 September 1994
  • ČT1 logo used from 3 September 1994 to 31 August 2007
    ČT1 logo used from 3 September 1994 to 31 August 2007
  • ČT1 logo used from 1 September 2007 to 1 October 2012
    ČT1 logo used from 1 September 2007 to 1 October 2012
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Köpplová, Barbara (2003). Dějiny českých médií v datech: Rozhlas – Televize – Mediální právo. Prague: Karolinum. p. 193–194. ISBN 80-246-0632-1.
  2. Dějiny, pp. 204–205.
  3. Dějiny, s. 240.
  4. Bednařík, Petr; Jirák, Jan; Köpplová, Barbara (2019). Dějiny českých médií : Od počátku do současnosti. Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 367. ISBN 978-80-271-0553-3.
  5. Dějiny, s. 253.
  6. Dějiny, p. 252.
  7. Dějiny, p. 259.
  8. Rímský, Prokop (2016). "Historie Redakce sportu České televize v letech 1993–2015". Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky – Katedra mediálních studií. Prague. p. 10.
  9. "Televize. Od 1. 9. do 9. 9". Rudé právo. 1 September 1990. p. 9.
  10. "Pátek 1. ledna" [Friday, 1 January]. Televizní příloha RP (in Czech). Prague, Czechoslovakia. 24 December 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 11 March 2025 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  11. "Ročenka České televize 1997" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Television. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  12. Potůček, Jan (30 November 2011). "Česká televize dnes v poledne vypne všechny zbylé analogové vysílače". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  13. "Začalo vypínání vysílání DVB-T, zatím se dotklo Prahy a okolí". České Noviny (in Czech). 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
  14. Václavík, Lukáš (30 September 2020). "Den D je tady. České televize po dvaceti letech mizí z DVB-T". AV Mania (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  15. Polák, Lukáš (21 February 2023). "Multiplex 4 vyřadil z nabídky z kapacitních důvodů kanál ČT 1 HD". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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