Television in Hungary

Audience shares of Hungarian TV channels, 2012

Television in Hungary was introduced in 1957. Transmission in color was introduced to Hungarian television for the first time in 1971. Hungary had only one television channel until 1973. It was only in the mid 1990s when private and commercial broadcasting was introduced to Hungary.

Free-to-air television channels broadcasting in Hungary

Free-to-air on DVB-T

Free-to-air on analogue

Analogue broadcasting in Hungary was phased out in two phases that were completed on July 31 and October 31, 2013, respectively.[1]

Free-to-air on satellite

National Channels

National commercial channels

National commercial premium channels

Cable Channels

General and Entertainment

News and Politics

Sport

Movies

Series and Telenovellas

Documentary

Animals

Travel and Lifestyle

Culinary

Children

Music

Religion

Regional

  • Csepp TV
  • Csaba TV
  • DSTV Hungary
  • Főnix TV
  • Gyula Televízió
  • Kölcsey TV
  • Keszthely TV
  • Pannon TV
  • Williams TV

Adult

HD TV-Channels

Planned

Defunct or renamed

Most-viewed channels

Channel. Group 2016
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
RTL Klub RTL Group 18.1 18.8 20.7 15.9 17.1 21.0
TV2 TV2 Group 8.8 13.1 15.1 12.7 14.3 16.8
Pos. Channel Group Share of total viewing (%)
2016[2]
1 RTL Klub RTL Group 18.1
2 TV2 TV2 Group 8.8
3 Film+ RTL Group 5.2
4 Cool TV RTL Group 4.8
5 RTL II RTL Group 3.9
6 Mozi+ TV2 Group 3.8
7 Viasat 3 Sony Pictures Entertainment 3.4
8 Super TV2 TV2 Group 3.0
9 Duna MTVA 2.7
10 Comedy Central Viacom 2.7
11 M4 Sport MTVA 2.0
12 ATV Faith Church, Hungary 1.7
13 AXN Sony Pictures Entertainment 1.6
14 M1 MTVA 1.6
15 PRIME TV2 Group 1.4
16 RTL+ RTL Group 1.3
17 STORY4 Central 1.1
18 STORY5 Central 1.1
19 M2 MTVA 1.1
20 Paramount Channel Hungary Viacom 1.0
21 AMC AMC Networks International 1.0
22 M3 MTVA 1.0
23 Sport 1 AMC Networks International 0.8
24 National Geographic Channel FOX Networks International 0.7
25 Discovery Channel Discovery Networks 0.7
26 Duna World MTVA 0.7
27 Film+ 2 RTL Group 0.7
28 Sorozat+ RTL Group 0.6
29 Viasat 6 Sony Pictures Entertainment 0.6
30 Sláger TV Tematic Cable 0.6
31 Film Cafe AMC Networks International 0.6
32 Spektrum AMC Networks International 0.6
33 TLC Discovery Networks 0.6
34 Muzsika TV RTL Group 0.5
35 Spektrum Home AMC Networks International 0.4
36 Life Network Origo Media 0.4
37 Nickelodeon Hungary Viacom 0.4
38 GALAXY Central 0.4
39 Nick Jr. Viacom 0.4
40 Nat Geo Wild FOX Networks International 0.4
41 Sport 2 AMC Networks International 0.4
42 Disney Channel The Walt Disney Company 0.4
43 TV Paprika AMC Networks International 0.3
44 ID Xtra Discovery Networks 0.3
45 FOX FOX Networks International 0.3
46 Minimax AMC Networks International 0.3
47 Zenebutik TV2 Group 0.3
48 Izaura TV TV2 Group 0.2
49 DoQ Tematic Cable 0.2
50 Ozone Network Origo Media 0.2
51 M5 MTVA 0.1
52 Cartoon Network Turner 0.1
53 Film Mania AMC Networks International 0.1
54 VIVA Hungary Viacom 0.1
55 FEM3 TV2 Group 0.09
56 Boomerang Turner 0.09
57 Humor+ TV2 Group 0.08
58 Spíler TV TV2 Group 0.08
59 Music Channel Digi TV 0.04
60 Digi Sport 1 Digi TV 0.04
Position Group Share of total viewing (%)
1 RTL Group 34.5
2 TV2 Group 13.4
3 MTVA 9.1
4 Viacom 5.9
5 Sony Pictures Entertainment 4.5

See also

References

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