National Co-ordinator:

Pawel Dudek
Telewizja Polska S.A.
TVP3 Regional
Jasna 14/16 Street
00-054 Warsaw
tel: +48 22 547 3073
fax: +48 22 547 3014
email: pawel.dudek@waw.tvp.pl

History
In December 1992 the Polish Parliament passed the Broadcasting Act which became effective on 1 March 1993. In accordance with the Act, Telewizja Polska and Polskie Radio - joint stock companies of the State Treasury, public-legal institutions - were established on 1 January 1994.

TVP
Telewizja Polska (TVP) broadcasts on two national channels (TVP1, TVP2), the regional channel TVP3, one satellite channel TV Polonia and one theme channel TVP Kultura.

TVP1 and TVP2 broadcast nation wide and reach 99% and 93% of the Polish population respectively. On 31 March 1993 regular broadcasts of satellite channel TV Polonia were launched. TV Polonia covers the whole territory of Europe, reaches Israel and Kazakhstan as well as the countries of North and South America.

TVP’s activity is financed by licence fees (main source of income) and advertising, as well as sales of services and licences.

Technical equipment used by TVP meets modern standards. All the programmes are broadcasted in the PAL system. The VTR formats are B, C, Betacam SP and Digital Betacam. All the TVP’s channels broadcast teletext.

TVP3 Regional
TVP3 Regional was created on 3 March 2002 out of the 12 regional channels of TVP. Nowadays it consists of a network of:
- 16 regional branches: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Katowice, Kielce, Krakow, Lublin, Lodz, Olsztyn, Opole, Poznan, Rzeszow, Szczecin, Warszawa, Wroclaw
- 10 local redactions
- 32 corresponding points.

TVP3 reaches around 82% of the population of Poland (31 600 000 viewers).
As regards its audience TVP3 is constantly increasing the amount of its viewers. The most popular programmes reach up to 2 000 000 viewers.

TVP3 broadcasts around 20 hours a day.
The main programmes are:
- information (23%)
- documentaries (14%)
- films (27%)
- commentary (13%)
- entertainment (4%)
- sport (4%).
Within this framework, the regional branches provide around 3 hours 40 minutes of their local programme daily.

TVP3 broadcasts news every hour, from 7:30 to 22:30. TVP3 airs also transmissions of the Parliament sessions (roughly 30 hours every month).

Regional branches also prepare programmes to be included into the nation wide programming of TVP1, TVP2 and TV Polonia - documentaries, dramas, sports etc.

Regional branches (in alphabetical order)

TVP3 Bialystok

TVP3 Bialystok
Wlokiennicza 16A
15-464 Bialystok
phone +48 85 6521077
fax +48 85 6521077
e-mail: sekretariat@bia.tvp.pl
www.bialystok.tvp.pl
director: Grzegorz Gajewski
CR contact: Katarzyna Dziedzik

The Bialystok branch was establishes in 1996. It covers north-east Poland. The programme is influenced by the specific multiethnic and multicultural character of the region. The station co-operates with Grodno TV, and makes programmes about Polish minorities in Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, as well as the Gypsies and Tartars in Poland.

TVP3 Bydgoszcz

TVP3 Bydgoszcz
Kujawska 7
85-031 Bydgoszcz
phone +48 52 3757550
fax +48 52 3757640
e-mail: sekretariat@byd.tvp.pl
www.bydgoszcz.tvp.pl
director: Maciej Grzeskowiak
CR contact: Malgorzata Rogatty

The Bydgoszcz branch was established in 1994. It covers central-north Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports and sport transmissions.

TVP3 Gdansk

TVP3 Gdansk
Czyzewskiego 42
80-336 Gdansk
phone +48 58 5544545
fax +48 58 5544575
e-mail: sekretariat@gda.tvp.pl
www.gdansk.tvp.pl
director: Bogumil Osinski
CR contact: Jerzy Boj

The Gdansk branch was established in 1958. It covers northern Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on documentary, current affairs, maritime programmes, children and educational programmes.

TVP3 Gorzow Wielkopolski

TVP3 Gorzow Wielkopolski
Kombatantow 34
66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski
phone +48 95 7284576
fax +48 95 7284575
director: Piotr Soltysinski
CR contact: Piotr Soltysinski

The Gorzow Wielkopolski branch was established in 2005. It covers west Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Katowice

TVP3 Katowice
Telewizyjna 1
40-953 Katowice
phone +48 32 2595280
fax: +48 32 2595206
e-mail: sekretariat@kat.tvp.pl
www.katowice.tvp.pl
director: Maciej Wojciechowski
CR contact: Leszek Furman

The Katowice branch was established in 1957. It covers southern Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports and music programmes. The station broadcasts also TV magazines for the German minority in Poland.

TVP3 Kielce

TVP3 Kielce
Plac Moniuszki 2B
25-334 Kielce
phone +48 41 3417200
fax +48 41 3600300
director: Marek Mikos
CR contact: Marek Mikos

The Kielce branch was established in 2005. It covers central-south Poland.
Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Krakow

TVP3 Krakow
Krzemionki 30
30-995 Krakow
phone +48 12 4236544
fax +48 85 4236512
e-mail: sekretariat@kra.tvp.pl
www.krakow.tvp.pl
director: Boguslaw Nowak
CR contact: Marek Szczepanek

The Krakow branch was established in 1961. It covers southern Poland. It is the producer of many programmes for national channels and the satellite channel, including TV theatre (TV plays), documentaries and entertainment. TVP3 Krakow airs programmes in Polish for Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian and Belorussian minorities living in Poland and across the border.

TVP3 Lublin

TVP3 Lublin
Raabego 2
20-030 Lublin
phone +48 81 5324291
fax +48 85 5322009
e-mail: sekretariat@lub.tvp.pl
www.lublin.tvp.pl
director: Tadeusz Doroszuk
CR contact: Tadeusz Doroszuk

The Lublin branch was established in 1993. It covers eastern Poland. It broadcasts a variety of programmes such as films, documentaries, panel discussions, sport, reports on cultural events.

TVP3 Lodz

TVP3 Lodz
Narutowicza 13
90-117 Lodz
phone +48 42 6359201
fax +48 42 6322968
e-mail: sekretariat@lda.tvp.pl
www.lodz.tvp.pl
director: Malgorzata Potocka
CR contact: Magdalena Majewska

The Lodz branch was established in 1956 as the first regional branch of TVP. It covers central Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on documentaries, sports, panel discussions, reports on cultural events.

TVP3 Olsztyn

TVP3 Olsztyn
Radiowa 24A
10-206 Olsztyn
phone +48 89 5267470
fax +48 89 5267470
director: Jaroslaw Kowalski
CR contact: Jaroslaw Kowalski
e-mail: sekretariat.olsztyn@gda.tvp.pl

The Olsztyn branch was established in 2005. It covers north-east Poland.
Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Opole

TVP3 Opole
Strzelcow Bytomskich 8
45-084 Opole
phone +48 77 4232781
fax +48 77 4232791
director: Jacek Kruczkowski
CR contact: Jacek Kruczkowski
e-mail: otvopole@kat.tvp.pl

The Opole branch was established in 2005. It covers north-west Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs reports.

TVP3 Poznan

TVP3 Poznan
Niepodleglosci 30
61-714 Poznan
phone +48 61 8530908
fax +48 61 8530907
e-mail: sekretariat@poz.tvp.pl
www.poznan.tvp.pl
director: Krzysztof Nowak
CR contact: Przemyslaw Tobola

The Poznan branch was established in 1957. It covers western Poland. The main programmes are local news and reports on current affairs. For many years Poznan has specialised in classical music - it co-organises and records music events. Poznan is a city of international fairs, hence economy and trade issues are always on offer in Poznan TV programming.

TVP3 Rzeszow

TVP3 Rzeszow
Kopisto 6
35-310 Rzeszow
phone +48 17 8613301
fax +48 17 8594481
e-mail: sekretariat@rze.tvp.pl
www.rzeszow.tvp.pl
director: Jerzy Oleszkowicz
CR contact: Piotr Socha

The Rzeszow branch was established in 1990. It covers south-east Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs, sports and cultural events. TVP3 Rzeszow co-operates closely with regional stations in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine.

TVP3 Szczecin

TVP3 Szczecin
Niedzialkowskiego 24
71-410 Szczecin
phone +48 91 4810300
fax +48 91 4226662
e-mail: sekretariat@szn.tvp.pl
www.szczecin.tvp.pl
director: Krzysztof Matlak
CR contact: Iwona Poczopko

The Szczecin branch was established in 1960. It covers north-west Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs, educational programmes, music, documentaries and programmes on maritime issues (Szczecin is a Baltic port).

TVP3 Warszawa

TVP3 Warszawa
Jasna 14/16
00-054 Warszawa
phone +48 22 5476381
fax +48 22 5473077
e-mail: sekretariat.wot@waw.tvp.pl
www.warszawa.tvp.pl
director: Ms. Aleksandra Zawlocka
CR contact: Pawel Dudek

The Warszawa branch was established in 1958. It covers central-east Poland. Apart from local news, the programme in mainly based on current affairs, panel discussions, cultural and sport transmissions.

TVP3 Wroclaw

TVP3 Wroclaw
Karkonoska 8/10
53-015 Wroclaw
phone +48 71 3684300
fax +48 713419595
e-mail: sekretariat@wro.tvp.pl
www.wroclaw.tvp.pl
director: Robert Banasiak
CR contact: Wojciech Malinowski

The Wroclaw branch was established in 1962. It covers south-west Poland. It specialises in culture, current affairs, education and sports. TVP3 Wroclaw co operates closely with the German ORB.