Hungary

**Hungary** is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) of the Carpathian Basin, 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. Hungary has a population of nearly 9 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian, the official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. 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.

## List of channels

*See the list of television channels in Hungary.*

## List of providers

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