Polsat News
Polish television channel
Polsat News is a Polish news channel, launched on 7 June 2008 at 7 am (UTC+1). Being a part of the Polsat Network, Polsat News is owned by the Polsat Group. It is available over Polsat Box, Platforma Canal+, and UPC Poland digital platforms in Poland. It is broadcast on Hot Bird 6, 11158V, 27500 3/4.
History
Polsat News started broadcasting on 7 June 2008, thirty seconds before the 7 am hour (UTC+1). Polsat News is the first Polish news channel to broadcast in a 16:9 format. From 7 June to 14 July, the channel was broadcast in a test emission. Up to September, the channel was broadcast as FTA.
The live program is broadcast from 6 a.m. to 24:00 (UTC+1). The news programmes are broadcast every half an hour.
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