Radio and Television of Slovakia ( sk, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska ) or RTVS is a nationwide

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, state-funded organisation in

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. It is headquartered in

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and led by Ľuboš Machaj.

History

The organization in its current form was created in 2011 following a

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Slovenská televízia Slovenská televízia (; "Slovak Television"; STV) was a state-owned public television organisation in Slovakia. It was created in 1991 as the Slovak part of the former Czechoslovak Television and was headquartered in Bratislava. It was funded f ...

''(Slovak Television)'' with

Slovenský rozhlas Slovenský rozhlas (; "Slovak Radio") or SRo was a state-owned nationwide public-service radio broadcaster in Slovakia. It was headquartered in Bratislava in a building shaped like an inverted pyramid. History SRo began broadcasting from Br ...

''(Slovak Radio)''. Funding for the combined organisation is obtained through advertising, government payments, and a monthly

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levied on most individuals registered with electricity retailers and most businesses containing three or more employees. Like its two predecessor organizations, RTVS is a full member of the

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Radio channels

All stations can be tuned into using satellite (

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), DAB, FM,

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and

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. * Rádio Regina is separated into the three regions of Rádio Regina Bratislava, Rádio Regina

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, and Rádio Regina

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. * Rádio Patria (in Hungarian: ''Pátria Rádió'') broadcasts from 06:00 until 18:00 in the

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as a service for Slovakia's largest ethnic minority group living predominantly in the southern districts bordering

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Television channels

There are 4 national television channels.

Current

*:1 (

Jednotka Jednotka (formerly STV1) is a Slovak television generalist channel owned and operated by public broadcasting, state-funded RTVS. Programming News and journalism * Góly, body, sekundy (''Goals, points, seconds'') - sport news * O 5 minút 1 ...

) is a

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, showing family-oriented television, Slovak movies, children's programming, news and documentaries. Major sporting events on club and international level are also broadcast. *:2 (

Dvojka Dvojka (formerly STV2) is a Slovak television channel owned and operated by RTVS Radio and Television of Slovakia ( sk, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska ) or RTVS is a nationwide public broadcasting, state-funded organisation in Slovakia. It i ...

) broadcasts documentaries and nature-oriented shows such as documentary films by

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. This channel also frequently shows foreign films in the original versions with Slovak subtitles, including many English-language movies. Minor sporting events are broadcast. *:ŠPORT () was launched on 20 December 2021. This sports channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, programs such as live broadcasts, sports news, healthy lifestyle magazines and archival materials. With the arrival of the fourth broadcasting circuit, regional sport was given more space, and one of the priorities of the new channel is also the support of education and motivation of all ages for a healthy lifestyle. *:24 () is a news channel, which was launched on 28 February 2022 as a consequence of the emergency situation associated with the

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. This channel consists of regular news blocks, supplemented by premieres and reruns of regular news and current affairs programs acquired from the other channels and Rádio Slovensko. File:Šport logo.svg File:24 logo.svg

Defunct

*:3 (

Trojka Trojka or Trójka literally means the digit or number three in some Slavic languages (e.g. Serbian, Bosnian, Polish, Czech, Slovak). The word may also refer to: * Trójka, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in Poland * Utva Trojka, a Yugoslav ...

) was launched on 22 December 2019 and focuses on archive programming, replacing the nightly Noc v Archíve broadcasts on Dvojka and Jednotka. Earlier, between 2008 and 2011 STV 3 broadcast sporting events only. Before and after being operational, its agenda was split between Jednotka and Dvojka.

News and objectivity

During the term of the General Director Václav Mika (2012–2017), the content and graphics of the news have changed significantly, with minor modifications it is still used today. The title also included the RTVS brand - ''Správy RTVS''. The news broadcasting programmes were initially struggling with very low audience - on December 18, 2012 only with 7.8% share. Over time, the audience began to grow, and RTVS news has started to appear as the most objective news in TV in public opinion surveys, with exceptions lasting by now. However, after the election of Jaroslav Reznik as General Director in 2017, who was nominated by SNS party, which was in government, the situation in the newsroom has changed. A new head of the news section has been appointed, under whose leadership, according to most of the journalists, the content of the news was being manipulated. The tense atmosphere led to the departure of a dozen journalists in 2018. More and more space in the news was reserved to the SNS party officials, including journeys of Andrej Danko, the party leader, serving till 2020 as Speaker of the parliament, to Russia. The topic of his plagiarism in rigorous work was also not addressed in the main part of the news. After the parliamentary elections in 2020 and the new government appointed, news too favorable towards the governmental or oppositional parties seem to not appearing anymore, nonetheless some of the content is still being manipulated. For example in the programme ''Reportéri'', reports about plagiarism of several publicly known persons were not aired.

References

External links

Radio and television website
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