Hungary

**Hungary** is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Budapest is the country's capital and largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr.

Hungary currently has 114 television channels, through many owners, with 1 upcoming, and 3 online-only channels. There are also 80 now-defunct channels.

## History

This section only includes the 3 biggest broadcasting companies in Hungary.

### Duna Médiaszolgáltató

Duna Médiaszolgáltató is the main government-owned broadcasting company. The first channel, M1 started test broadcasts on December 15, 1953, and normal broadcasts on May 1, 1957 as Magyar Televízió. The second channel, M2 started test broadcasts in 1971, and normal broadcasts on November 7, 1973 as Magyar Televízió 2. In 1973, Magyar Televízió also rebranded to Magyar Televízió 1. In 1979, both channels rebranded to MTV 1 and MTV 2 respectively. In 1989, this changed to TV1 and TV2. In 1991, they went back to MTV 1 and MTV 2. In 2000, they changed to M1 and M2. From 2002 to 2005, M1 used the name MTV. Duna TV started broadcasting on December 24, 1992. Duna II Autonómia started broadcasting on April 16, 2006. In 2011, they rebranded to Duna 2, then Duna World in 2012. M3D broadcasted from June 18 to August 13, 2012. It never went out of test airing. MTVA Info broadcasted from April 4, 2013 to January 31, 2014. M3 broadcasted from December 20, 2013 until April 30, 2019, although it still exists online. M2 Petőfi was launched as the night-time version of M2 on March 15, 2015. M4 Sport was launched on July 18, 2015. M5 started broadcasting on August 6, 2016. M4 Sport+ was launched as the weekend evening shift of Duna World on September 12, 2020.

### RTL Hungary

RTL Hungary is the Hungarian branch of RTL Group. RTL Klub was launched on October 27, 1997 after 20 days of test airing, and rebranded to RTL on October 22, 2022. RTL II was launched on October 1, 2012, and rebranded to RTL Kettő on November 20, 2022. Poén! was launched on April 2, 2008. It was renamed to Prizma on December 20, 2010; to RTL+ on May 1, 2014; and to RTL Három on October 28, 2022. Film+ 2 was launched on April 2, 2008 and was rebranded to RTL Gold on July 3, 2017. M+ was launched on September 15, 2003 and rebranded to Cool TV on September 4, 2004. F+ was launched on September 15, 2003 and rebranded to Film+ on September 4, 2004. Sorozat+ was launched on April 2, 2008 and Muzsika TV was launched on November 6, 2009.

### TV2 Csoport

TV2 Csoport's main channel, TV2 was launched on October 4, 1997. FEM3 originally launched on January 1, 2010 and moved to a new frequency on September 5, 2016. It will rebrand to TV2 Klub in the future (most likely 2023). PRO4 was launched on January 3, 2011 and was renamed to Mozi+ on July 11, 2016. Super TV2 was launched on November 2, 2012. Spíler TV was launched on August 13, 2016 and rebranded to Spíler1 TV on March 1, 2018. Izaura TV was launched on August 14, 2016, while Zenebutik was launched 1 day later. On 26 September, 2016, Chili TV and Kiwi TV were launched. Chili TV rebranded to LiChi TV on January 1, 2018, and to TV2 Séf on October 15, 2020; Kiwi TV rebranded to TV2 Kids on August 17, 2020. On October 30, 2016, Humor+ was launched, and rebranded to TV2 Comedy on May 18, 2020. Spíler2 TV was launched on August 11, 2018. Jocky TV and Moziverzum were launched on February 17, 2019.

## Channels

### Nationwide channels

#### Current channels

* Apostol TV
* Arena4
* ATV
* ATV Spirit
* Auto Motor Sport
* AXN
* BBC Earth
* Boomerang
* Cartoon Network
* CBS Reality
* Cinemax
* Cinemax 2
* Cool TV
* Comedy Central
* Comedy Central Family
* D1 TV
* Da Vinci
* Dikh TV
* Direct One
* Discovery Channel
* Discovery Science
* DTX
* Disney Channel
* Duck TV
* Duna
* Duna World
* E! Entertainment
* Epic Drama
* Eurosport 1
* Eurosport 2
* Eurosport 4K
* Euronews
* Extreme Sports
* EWTN
* FEM3
* Film+
* Film4
* Filmbox
* Filmbox Extra HD
* Filmbox Family
* Filmbox Premium
* Filmbox Stars
* Fit HD
* FIX TV
* Fishing & Hunting
* Food Network
* Galaxy4
* HBO
* HBO 2
* HBO 3
* Hatoscsatorna
* Heti TV
* HGTV
* Hír TV
* History
* ID
* Izaura TV
* JimJam
* Jocky TV
* LifeTV
* M1
* M2
* M2 Petőfi
* M4 Sport
* M4 Sport+
* M5
* Minimax
* Mozi+
* Moziverzum
* Muzsika TV
* MTV
* National Geographic
* National Geographic Wild
* Nick Jr.
* Nicktoons
* OzoneTV
* Paramount Network
* PAX TV
* Prime
* RTL
* RTL Gold
* RTL Három
* RTL Kettő
* Sláger TV
* Sorozat+
* Spektrum
* Spektrum Home
* Spektrum Home+
* Sport 1
* Sport 2
* Story4
* Superone
* Super TV2
* TeenNick
* TLC
* Total Dance TV
* Travel Channel
* TV Paprika
* TV2
* TV2 Comedy
* TV2 Kids
* TV2 Séf
* TV4
* Viasat 2
* Viasat 3
* Viasat 6
* Viasat Explore
* Viasat Film
* Viasat History
* Viasat Nature
* Zenebutik

#### Online-only channels

* Budapest Európa Televízió
* M3
* MusicPlus

#### Defunct channels

* 3D Horizont Plus
* A+ Music
* Animax
* AXN Black
* AXN White
* Avante
* Bagoly TV
* BBC Entertainment
* Best of Music
* BP1
* Budapest Európa Televízió *(still broadcasting online)*
* C8
* Comedy Central Extra
* Digi Life
* Digi Sport 1
* Digi Sport 2
* Digi Sport 3
* Discovery World
* Disney Junior
* DoQ
* Echo TV
* Film+2
* FilmNet
* Film Now
* Fine Living
* Fox
* Hálózat TV
* History 2
* HungaroSport
* H!T Music Channel
* HTV-30
* Írisz TV
* ITV
* Joker TV
* Karma TV
* KidsCo
* M3 *(still broadcasting online)*
* M3D
* Megamax
* Meteo TV
* Movies 24
* MSat
* Mozaik TV
* MusicBox Budapest
* Music Channel
* MusicMix
* MusicMix SuperOne
* MusicPlus *(still broadcasting online)*
* MTV
* Ötös Csatorna
* P+
* Pesti TV
* Play TV
* PRO4
* Reflektor TV
* Rock TV
* Romance TV
* RTL Spike
* SATeLIT Televízió
* Shopping TV
* Sport 1 3D
* Sport 2 3D
* Sport M
* Sportklub
* Sportklub+
* Sundance TV
* Szív TV
* Top Shop TV
* Top TV
* TV Plusz
* TV3
* TV4
* Universal Channel
* Vintage TV
* Vital TV
* VIVA
* Xmédia
* Zenit TV
* Zone Club
* Zone Europa

## Providers

* Direct One
* Flip
* Invitel
* Mindig TV
* Telekom
* Vodafone TV