Polsat News 2 (formerly TV Biznes, Polsat Biznes and Polsat News +) is a

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publicist-information television channel. It complements the main sister channel

Polsat News Polsat News is a Polish news channel, launched on 7 June 2008 at 7:00am (UTC+1). Being a part of the Polsat Network, Polsat News is owned by Polsat Group. It is available over Cyfrowy Polsat, nc+ and UPC Poland digital platforms in Poland. It is b ...

, with in-depth commentary. It broadcasts programs devoted to national, foreign, political, economic and cultural events.

History

The channel was created in September 2004 as TV Biznes. The founder and owner of TV Biznes was Professor Piotr Chomczyński and Piotr Barełkowski. On February 8, 2007,

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became the owner of the channel. On February 18, 2013, TV Biznes was renamed Polsat Biznes. On 9 June 2014 at 10 am, the channel was relaunched as Polsat News +. The plus sign was saved in the same way as in the

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mobile logo, having the same owner as Polsat. However, on 31 July 2014, the name was changed to Polsat News 2 following a lawsuit filed by

Polsat Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30% Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSECPS, whi ...

with ITI Neovision, the owner of the competing

nc+ Canal+ (formerly Cyfra+ (Canal+ Cyfrowy), nc+, Platforma Canal+) is a Polish satellite platform, owned and operated by French media company Canal+ Group Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for d ...

platform. Since ITI Neovision has the plus sign (taken from its main shareholder

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) all its own channels, the District Court has decided to secure the suit for the duration of the ongoing process by ordering

to change its name. In November 2014, the Court of Appeal reviewed Polsat's appeal and overturned the previous decision, allowing the channel to be restored to its current name. Polsat has not yet decided on a possible renaming of the channel. In December 2014 the District Court in Warsaw issued a judgment which dismissed the suit

in its entirety, but the verdict is not legally binding. However, the Court has forbidden the platform to use the "+" symbol in the name of the channel Polsat News + and the programme ''+ Kultura''. In addition to the prohibition, the court ordered the TV station falsity to announce that it can not use the ''+'' sign in its channels. On 30 August 2021, the channel adopted a new logo, as a part of corporate-wide rebranding of Grupa Polsat Plus.

Programming

The flagship program is ''To był dzień na świecie''. In addition, the framework includes programs previously broadcast on

Polsat Biznes Polsat News 2 (formerly TV Biznes, Polsat Biznes and Polsat News +) is a Polish publicist-information television channel. It complements the main sister channel Polsat News, with in-depth commentary. It broadcasts programs devoted to national, f ...

, i.e. ''Zoom na giełdę'', ''Biznes Informacje'', ''Nie daj się fiskusowi oraz nowe: Prawy do Lewego'', ''Lewy do Prawego'', ''Rozmowa polityczna'', ''WidziMiSię'', ''Wysokie C'', ''poŚwiata'', ''Od redakcji'', ''Pociąg do polityki'', ''Fajka pokoju i Naczelni''.

References

External links

* {{Television in Poland Polsat Television channels in Poland Television channels and stations established in 2004 2004 establishments in Poland Polish-language television stations Mass media in Warsaw