History in a nutshell — English Pages — Česká televize

Welcome to the English Pages of Czech Television (CT), the public service broadcaster in the Czech Republic

Czechoslovak Television

Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by the war. Research continued after the war.
The first trial television broadcast was shown in 1948 at the MEVRO International Radio Exhibition in Prague.
A trial television broadcast from Studio Prague started on May 1, 1953, and on February 25, 1954 it was declared regular. Soon, additional studios were established: in Ostrava on December 31, 1955, in Bratislava on November 3, 1956, in Brno on July 6, 1961, and in Košice on February 25, 1962.
1970 - launching of a second channel
1973 - colour broadcasting on the second channel
1975 - colour broadcasting on the first channel

Czech Television was established as of January 1, 1992, based on the Czech Television Act (Act No. 483/1991 Coll.) as a television service for the citizens of the Czech Republic.
On January 1, 1993, a new concept of channels broadcast by Czech Television was introduced, which were renamed to CT1 (formerly CTV), CT2 (formerly F1), and CT3 (formerly OK3).
On February 3, 1994, Czech Television freed one of the nationwide broadcast channels in accordance with the law; starting February 4, 1994 Czech Television was left with two channels - CT1 and CT2.
2005 - launching of news channel CT24
2006 - launching of sports channel CT4 SPORT