Television in Hungary
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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.
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]
- M1
- TV2
- RTL
- plus Local channels
Free-to-air on satellite
Hungarian channels by groups
Duna Média (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 / M2 Petőfi: 6-20: Kids channel since December 22, 2012, 20-6: Entertainment since March 15, 2015, started in 1973. Available in HD.
- M4 Sport: 0-24: Sport channel started in 2015. Available in HD.
- M5: 0-24: Started on August 6, 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.
RTL Magyarország (RTL Group)
- RTL: The most popular commercial channel in Hungary.
- Cool, Film+, RTL Kettő, premium series' and films' channels
Channels in bold are available in HD.
TV2 Group
- TV2: One of main commercial channel in Hungary.
- FEM3, Izaura TV, Mozi+, Super TV2,: premium series', films' and sport channels
Channels in bold are available in HD.
National Channels
- Duna: Main national channel, started broadcasting on 24 December 1992 (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
- Duna World: International channel, started broadcasting on 16 April 2006 (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
- M1: News channel since 15 March 2015, started broadcasting on 1 May 1957 (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
- M2: Kids channel between 6:00 am and 8:00 pm since 22 December 2012, M2 Petőfi between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am on 15 March 2015, started broadcasting on 7 November 1973 (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
- M3: Entertainment channel, started broadcasting on 20 December 2013, closed as a TV channel on 1 May 2019 (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
- M4 Sport: Sports channel, started broadcasting on 18 July 2015. (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
- M5: Cultural channel since 18 September 2016, started broadcasting 6 August 2016 (Free-to-air on DVB-T).
National commercial channels
Cable channels
General and entertainment
News and politics
Sport
- Sport 1 (HD) (Also available on DVB-T)
- Sport 2 (HD) (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Eurosport 1 (HD)
- Eurosport 2 (HD)
- Spíler1 TV (HD)
- Spíler2 TV (HD)
- Arena4 (HD)
- Match4 (HD)
Movies
Series and telenovelas
Documentary
- Discovery (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Investigation Discovery
- National Geographic (Also available on DVB-T2)
- BBC Earth
- Viasat History (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Viasat Explore
- HISTORY
- Fit TV
Animals
- Animal Planet (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Nat Geo Wild (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Viasat Nature
- Love Nature (HD)
Travel and lifestyle
Culinary
- TV Paprika (Also available on DVB-T2)
- TV2 Séf
- RTL Otthon
- Food Network
Children & families
- Minimax (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Jim Jam (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Nickelodeon (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Nick Jr. (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Nicktoons (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Cartoon Network (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Cartoonito (Also available on DVB-T2)
- Disney Channel (Also available on DVB-T2)
- TV2 Kids
- Kölyökklub
Music
- MTV Global
- UTV (Free-to-air on satellite, only on Digi TV)
- Stingray CMusic
- Stingray iConcerts
- Zenebutik
- Muzsika TV
Regional
Adult
HD TV-Channels
- RTL HD
- TV2 HD
- M1 HD
- M2 HD
- M4 Sport HD
- M5 HD
- Duna HD
- Duna World HD
- M4 Sport+ HD
- Cool HD
- RTL Kettő HD
- RTL Otthon HD
- Super TV2 HD
- Spíler 2 HD
- Mozi+ HD
- TV4 HD
- Film4 HD
- Arena4 HD
- Match4 HD
- ATV HD
- Animal Planet HD
- TLC HD
- AXN HD
- SPORT1 HD
- SPORT2 HD
- HBO HD
- HBO2 HD
- HBO3 HD
- Cinemax HD
- Cinemax 2 HD
- AMC HD
- TV Paprika HD
- Discovery HD
Defunct or renamed
- Paramount Channel renamed as Paramount Network
- Fine Living
- Discovery Showcase HD
- History 2 only in Hungary
- Megamax
- C8
- FOX
- Sport M
- Echo TV
- Comedy Central Extra
- Comedy Central Family
- M3 Anno only as m3.hu (webTV)
- Digi Film renamed as FilmNOW
- Digi Life
- Digi World
- Digi Animal World
- Digi Sport 1
- AXN White replaced by Sony Max
- AXN Black replaced by Sony Movie Channel
- Sony Movie Channel renamed as Viasat Film
- Universal Channel
- PRO4 renamed as Mozi+
- Cartoon Network Too
- Animax
- Discovery World renamed as DTX
- DTX
- Discovery Science
- Discovery Civilization Channel
- BBC Knowledge renamed as BBC Earth
- TV6 renamed as Viasat 6
- AXN Sci-Fi renamed as AXN Black
- AXN Crime renamed as AXN White
- Hallmark Channel renamed as Universal Channel
- M3D
- FEM TV renamed as TV3
- Fox Kids renamed as Jetix
- Hálózat TV
- Jetix renamed as Disney Channel
- Meteo TV
- MGM replaced by AMC
- MTV (Hungary)
- Movies 24
- Sport Klub
- TV3 renamed as FEM3
- FEM3 renamed as TV2 Klub
- TCM
- Boomerang renamed as Cartoonito
- Private Spice
- Zone Club
- Zone Reality renamed as CBS Reality
- Zone Europa
- Zone Romantica renamed as Film Cafe
- BBC Entertainment
- TV1
- TV2
- VH1 Europe
- VH1 Classic
- MTV Rocks
- MTV1
- MTV2
- MTV3
- MTV
- Motorsport.tv
- M3
- M3D
- Z+
- ATV 47
- Comedy Central Family
- Comedy Central
- NickMusic
- Paramount Network
- TeenNick
- MTV Live
Most viewed channels
Most viewed channels for 2025 are (total audience):[2]
| Rank | Channel | Logo | Group | All day share (%) |
Primetime share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TV2 |  |
TV2 Group | 11.83 | 15.03 |
| 2 | RTL | _(2022).svg) |
RTL Group | 6.75 | 10.9 |
| 3 | Duna |  |
MTVA | 3.25 | 4.23 |
| 4 | ATV |  |
ATV Group | 2.95 | 3.67 |
| 5 | Mozi+ |  |
TV2 Group | 2.75 | 2.71 |
| 6 | M1 |  |
MTVA | 2.56 | 1.76 |
| 7 | Prime |  |
TV2 Group | 2.47 | 1.7 |
| 8 | Super TV2 |  |
TV2 Group | 2.2 | 1.66 |
| 9 | Cool |  |
RTL Group | 1.92 | 2.15 |
| 10 | Izaura TV |  |
TV2 Group | 1.91 | 1.7 |
| 11 | Sorozat+ |  |
RTL Group | 1.84 | 2.03 |
| 12 | Film+ |  |
RTL Group | 1.81 | 1.84 |
| 13 | M4 Sport |  |
MTVA | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 14 | Hir TV |  |
Hir TV | 1.63 | 1.4 |
| 15 | RTL Gold | .svg) |
RTL Group | 1.5 | 1.46 |
| 16 | Story4 |  |
Network 4 Group | 1.43 | 1.01 |
| 17 | TV4 |  |
Network 4 Group | 1.22 | 1.32 |
| 18 | AMC |  |
AMC Networks International | 1.11 | 0.95 |
| 19 | RTL Kettő | .svg) |
RTL Group | 1.05 | 1.03 |
Historical rankings
| Channel | Launched | 2024[3] | 2023[4] | 2022[5] | 2021[6] | 2020[7] | 2019[7] | 2018[8][9] | 2017[10][9] | 2016[11] | 2015[12][11] | 2014[13] |
2013[14] |
2012[15] |
2011[16] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV2 | 10/1997 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 10.22 | 10.72 | 10.77 | 12.50 | 14.05 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 18.6 |
| RTL | 10/1997 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.03 | 11.03 | 12.18 | 13.42 | 13.90 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 20.3 |
| Duna | 12/1992 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.98 | 5.48 | 6.13 | 5.54 | 3.23 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| ATV | 1/1990 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | n/a | |||
| Mozi+ | 7/2016 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | |||||
| M1 | 5/1957 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.93 | 3.39 | 3.32 | 4.04 | 7.65 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 7.9 |
| Cool | 9/2004 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.98 | 3.33 | 3.84 | 4.43 | 4.10 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Film+ | 9/2003 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.18 | 3.31 | 3.08 | 4.12 | 3.85 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Viasat 3 | 10/2000 | <1.0 | <1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.82 | 1.87 | 2.53 | 2.96 | 2.65 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |