Television in Hungary

Television in Hungary was introduced in 1957. Transmission in colour 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.

Audience shares of Hungarian TV channels, 2012

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

Hungarian Channels by Groups

MTVA
  • DUNA: 0-24: National main channel of Hungary, since March 15, 2015. Started in 1992. Available in HD.
  • M1: 0-24: News channel, since March 15, 2015. It was the national main channel before, started in 1957. Available in HD.
  • M2 / Petőfi TV: 6-20: Kids channel since December 22, 2012, 20-6: Entertainment since March 15, 2015. Started in 1973. Available in HD.
  • M3: 0-24: Retro channel started in late 2013. Cancelled in 2019, available only on internet as m3.hu
  • M4 Sport: 0-24: Sport channel started in 2015. Available in HD.
  • M5: 0-24: Started on August 18, 2016 as sport channel, (also called M5 Sport) because of the Rio Olympics 2016 and Rio Paralympics 2016, as cultural channel since September 18, 2016. (It was planned as a regional channel.) Available in HD.
  • Duna World: International channel of Hungary, since April 16, 2006. Available in HD.
  • M6: Planned as a regional channel. MTVA doesn't plan to launch it in the following years.
  • M3D: In the summer of 2012 it was the 3D channel of MTVA.
  • M4K: Planned as a 4K channel.

M-RTL:
  • RTL Klub: The most popular commercial channel in Hungary.
  • Cool, Film+, RTL II, RTL+, Sorozat+, RTL Spike: premium series' and films' channels (RTL Spike is owned by Viacom based on an RTL license)
  • RTL Gold: Brand new game show + more channel that went on air July 3rd.
  • Muzsika TV: Hungarian music

Channels in bold are available in HD.

TV2 Group
  • TV2: One of main commercial channel in Hungary.
  • LiChi TV, FEM3, Jocky TV, Moziverzum, Humor+, Izaura TV, KiWi TV, PRIME, Mozi+, Super TV2, Spiler1 TV, Spiler2 TV : premium series', films' and sport channels
  • Zenebutik: Hungarian music

Channels in bold are available in HD.

National Channels
  • Duna (National channel) started broadcasting in 1992. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • Duna World (International channel, since 16. April 2006.) (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • M1 (News channel, since 15. March 2015.) started broadcasting in 1957. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • M2, started broadcasting in 1972., (M2 Kids Channel 6-20h), since 22. December 2012. (M2 Petőfi 20-6h) (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • M3, started broadcasting in 2012 (Free-to-air on DVB-T), closed
  • M4 Sport (Sports channel) started broadcasting in 2015. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • M5 - (as sports channel from 5. August to 18. September 2016.(due to the Rio Olympics 2016 and Rio Paralympics 2016), from 18. September as a Cultural channel) (Free-to-air on DVB-T)

National commercial channels
  • TV2 started broadcasting in October 1997. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • RTL Klub started broadcasting in October 1997. (Free-to-air on DVB-T)

National commercial premium channels

Cable channels

General and entertainment
  • Viasat 3 (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Cool TV (Also available on DVB-T)
  • RTL+ (Also available on DVB-T)
  • RTL Spike (Also available on DVB-T)
  • RTL Gold (Also available on DVB-T)
  • PRIME (Also available on DVB-T)
  • TV4 (Also available on DVB-T)
  • AXN (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Comedy Central (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Comedy Central Family
  • Humor+ (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Viasat 6 (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Galaxy4 (Free-to-air via THOR5 0.8W° satellite)
  • Story4 (Also available on DVB-T)
  • d1 TV (Also available on DVB-T)
  • LifeTV
  • OzoneTV (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Hatos csatorna
  • E! Entertainment

News and politics

Sport

Movies
  • Film+ (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Mozi+ (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Moziverzum
  • HBO
  • HBO 2
  • HBO 3
  • Cinemax
  • Cinemax 2
  • Film Mania
  • Film Cafe
  • AMC (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Filmbox (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Filmbox Extra HD
  • Filmbox Premium (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Filmbox Family
  • Filmbox Plus
  • Paramount Channel (Also available on DVB-T)
  • FilmNOW (only on Digi TV)
  • Film4 (Also available on DVB-T)

Series and telenovellas

Documentary

Animals

Travel and lifestyle
  • FEM3 (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • TLC (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Travel Channel
  • Spektrum Home (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • Fine Living
  • DIGI Life (only on Digi TV)
  • Fashion TV

Culinary

Children & families

Music
  • Zenebutik (Free-to-air on DVB-T)
  • Sláger TV (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Dikh TV (Also available on DVB-T)
  • Muzsika TV
  • MTV Hungary
  • Music Channel (Free-to-air on satellite, only on Digi TV)
  • H!T Music Channel (only on Digi TV)
  • UTV (Free-to-air on satellite, only on Digi TV)
  • Mezzo

Religion
  • Bonum TV (catholic - Also available on DVB-T)
  • PAX TV (catholic)
  • Heti TV (Jewish) (Also available on DVB-T)

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

Adult

HD TV-Channels
  • RTL Klub HD
  • TV2 HD
  • M1 HD
  • M2 HD
  • M4 Sport HD
  • M5 HD
  • Duna HD
  • Cool HD
  • Film+ HD
  • RTL II HD
  • Super TV2 HD
  • Spíler TV HD
  • Mozi+ HD
  • Moziverzum HD
  • FIXHD
  • Digi Sport 1 HD
  • Digi Sport 2 HD
  • Digi Sport 3 HD
  • FilmNOW HD
  • Digi Life HD
  • Film Cafe HD
  • 1Music Channel HD
  • ATV HD
  • Animal Planet HD
  • TLC HD
  • Discovery HD Showcase
  • Nat Geo HD
  • AXN HD
  • Filmbox HD
  • MTV Live HD
  • Spektrum HD
  • Nat Geo HD
  • HISTORY HD
  • SPORT1 HD
  • SPORT2 HD
  • HBO HD
  • HBO2 HD
  • HBO3 HD

Planned
  • Arena4

Defunct or renamed
  • Viasat Nature/History HD
  • Megamax
  • ID Xtra
  • C8
  • FOX
  • Sport M
  • Chili TV renamed as Lichi TV
  • Story 4 renamed as TV4
  • Story 5 renamed as Story4
  • Galaxy renamed as Galaxy4
  • Echo TV
  • DoQ
  • Romance TV only in Hungary
  • VIVA Hungary replaced by Comedy Central Family Hungary
  • Comedy Central Extra
  • M3 Anno only as m3.hu (webTV)
  • Digi Film renamed as FilmNOW
  • Disney Junior
  • Ozone Network renamed as OzoneTV
  • Life Network renamed as LifeTV
  • Film+2 renamed as RTL Gold
  • AXN White replaced by Sony Max
  • AXN Black replaced by Sony Movie Channel
  • Universal Channel
  • PRO4 renamed as Mozi+
  • Cartoon Network Too
  • Animax
  • Discovery World renamed as DTX
  • BBC Knowledge renamed as BBC Earth
  • TV3
  • Prizma TV renamed as RTL+
  • Reflektor TV
  • AXN Sci-Fi renamed as AXN Black
  • AXN Crime renamed as AXN White
  • Hallmark channel renamed as Universal Channel
  • Kids co.
  • Zone Club
  • Írisz TV
  • MTVA Info
  • M3D
  • A+
  • Avante
  • Best Of Music
  • Budapest Európa Televízió
  • Cherry Music
  • Szív TV
  • MSat
  • Club TV
  • Discovery Civilisation renamed as Discovery World
  • Discovery Travel and Living
  • Fény TV
  • FilmBox Extra
  • FilmBox Extra1
  • FilmNet
  • Fox Kids renamed as Jetix
  • Galaxia TV
  • Game One TV
  • Hálózat TV
  • HungaroSport
  • Humor 1 renamed as Cool TV
  • Jetix renamed as Disney Channel
  • Joker TV
  • Karma TV
  • Meteo TV
  • m+ Hungary
  • MGM
  • MusicPlus Hungary
  • MTV Hungary
  • Movies 24
  • Nóta TV renamed as Sláger TV
  • PV TV
  • Rock TV
  • Top TV HU
  • Top Shop TV
  • SATeLIT Televízió
  • Sport Klub+
  • SuperOne Music
  • Ötös csatrona
  • MusicMix
  • MusicMix SuperOne
  • TCM
  • Cartoonito
  • Agro TV Hungary
  • M3
  • Antenna3 Hungary
  • Nautik Hungary
  • TV deko renamed as Spektrum Home
  • Filmmúzeum renamed as Film Mania
  • Musicmax
  • Musicmax Adult
  • Private Spice
  • Zone Club
  • Zone Reality renamed as CBS Reality
  • Zone Europa
  • Zone Romantica renamed as Film Cafe
  • ZENIT TV HUNGARY
  • SportKlub
  • P+ Televízió
  • BBC Entertainment
  • TV2 Classic

Rating Shares

by Channel

The channels with the largest viewing share in 2016 are:[2]

RankLogoChannelGroupShare of total viewing (%)
4+18-59
1
RTL KlubRTL Group12.1817.87
2
TV2TV2 Group10.7710.74
3DunaMTVA6.133.05
4
CoolRTL Group3.845.18
5
M1MTVA3.321.73
6M4 SportMTVA3.213.96
7
Film+RTL Group3.085.41
8
ATV–2.711.34
9
Super TV2TV2 Group2.562.89
10
Viasat 3Sony Pictures Television2.532.88
11
RTL IIRTL Group2.122.39
12
M2 / Petőfi TVMTVA1.811.04
13
Story4Central1.781.38
14
AXNSony Pictures Television1.721.89
15
Comedy CentralViacom1.712.05
16M3MTVA1.701.56
17
Duna WorldMTVA1.400.93
18
Mozi+TV2 Group1.362.02
19
NickelodeonViacom1.300.58
20
Story5Central1.080.93
21Sláger TVTematic Media Group1.040.67

by Television group
RankGroupShare of total viewing (%)
4+18-59
1RTL Group24.4833.03
2Duna Média (MTVA)17.2312.48
3TV2 Group16.7917.21
4Sony Pictures Television4.975.61
5Viacom4.343.46
Others32.1928.21

Historical rankings
Channel Launched 2018[3]
 2017[4]
 2016
 2015[5]
 2014[6]
 2013[7]
 2012[8]
 2011[9]
RTL Klub 10/1997 10.03 11.03 12.18 13.42 13.90 15.9 17.9 20.3
TV2 10/1997 10.22 10.72 10.77 12.50 14.05 13.6 15.8 18.6
Duna 12/1992 3.98 5.48 6.13 5.54 3.23 2.3 1.9 1.8
Cool 9/2004 2.98 3.33 3.84 4.43 4.10 4.2 4.4 3.6
M1 5/1957 2.93 3.39 3.32 4.04 7.65 8.4 9.2 7.9
Film+ 9/2003 3.18 3.31 3.08 4.12 3.85 3.9 3.5 3.5
Viasat 3 10/2000 1.82 1.87 2.53 2.96 2.65 2.8 3.8 3.6

See also

References
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  2. "2016-os csatornanézettség: a 65 legnézettebb tévécsatorna". thetvhu.blogspot.hu. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. "2018-as nézettség: a 71 legnézettebb magyar tévécsatorna". hu.crt-tv.com.
  4. "2017-es nézettség: a 71 legnézettebb magyar tévécsatorna". hu.crt-tv.com.
  5. "Csatornanézettség - 2015: A 49 legnézettebb hazai tévéadó". sorozatwiki.hu.
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  9. "Csatornanézettség - 2011: Az 50 legnézettebb hazai TV adó". sorozatwiki.hu. 11 March 2012.
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