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How to tune in to Czech Television channels

Czech Television broadcasts via terrestrial, satellite and cable systems within the Czech territory.

Channels CT1 and CT2 are transmitted in the simulcasting mode via analogue and digital transmitters. Czech Television uses the PAL system for analogue terrestrial broadcasting and the DVB-T standard for digital broadcasting.

The recently launched CT24 news channel and CT4 SPORT channel are available on the digital terrestrial multiplex (DVB-T) in the Prague, Brno and Ostrava regions. The penetration rate of CT’s digital terrestrial broadcasting is currently some 35 % of households. Czech Television terrestrial broadcasting is not encrypted.

All Czech Television channels (CT1, CT2, CT24 and CT4 SPORT) broadcast on the digital satellite platform using the DVB-S standard. The satellite parameters are as follows:

In satellite broadcasting, only the channel CT24 is a free-to-air channel.

CT24 is freely available on a second satellite with the following parameters:

The other Czech Television channels are encrypted using the Cryptoworks system.

CT24 programmes are also available as a webcast together with some selected programmes from CT1 a CT2 channels. CT24 and programmes in the VoD (Video on Demand) mode are available on Czech Television websites: www.ct24.cz and www.czech-tv.cz.