TV Trwam is a Polish TV channel in
Toruń,
Poland, belonging to the
Lux Veritatis Foundation.
Ownership and financing
The station is owned by the Warsaw Province of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
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and is financed through donations from its audience, the
Radio Maryja Family. That is unlike most other Polish television stations, which are publicly funded or dependent on advertising revenue. A
concordat
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with the
Vatican
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Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum
The Holy See
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that grants certain privileges to the Church makes TV Trwam exempt of normal accounting rules as it is regarded as being operated by the Church.
Distribution
It is available in many countries around the world by cable or satellite, including the
United States,
Germany,
Canada,
Italy and
Switzerland. It is also transmitted
free to air
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from
Astra 1L
Astra 1L, is one of the Astra geostationary satellites owned and operated by SES, was purchased in June 2003.
Launch
It was launched on 4 May 2007, at 22:29 UTC by an Ariane 5ECA from Centre Spatial Guyanais at Kourou, French Guiana.
S ...
19,2E satellite in
Europe and
Galaxy 19
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satellite in
North America.
History
The station has its television studios in
Toruń and
Warsaw. The television studio is the second largest in the country (over 700 sq m). TV Trwam received its license on 13 February 2003 and launched its terrestrial broadcast on 13 May 2003 as well as regular broadcasting via satellite.
The station's motto is "a means of social communication, not
media manipulation". The station is funded by donations from viewers, listeners of
Radio Maryja
Radio Maryja is a religious and political socially conservative Polish radio station. It was founded in Toruń, Poland, on 9 December 1991, by the Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk. The name "Maryja" is a traditional Polish form of the name "Mary", ...
, readers of "
Nasz Dziennik
''Nasz Dziennik'' ("Our Daily") is a Polish-language Roman Catholic daily newspaper published six times a week in Warsaw, Poland. It is connected to the Lux Veritatis Foundation. Its viewpoint has been described as right-wing to far-right (h ...
" (''Our Journal'') and sales of satellite television receivers. In contrast to Radio Maryja, TV Trwam does not have the status of "public broadcaster" and can place advertisements.
The station broadcasts news and social affairs as well as political, religious and musical programming.
See also
*
Catholic television
Catholic television refers to television networks and programs based on the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Networks
Argentina
* Canal Orbe 21, HQ; Buenos Aires
Brazil
* Canção Nova, HQ; Cachoeira Paulista
* Rede Aparecida, HQ; Aparec ...
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Catholic television channels
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Catholic television networks
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Media in Poland
The mass media in Poland consist of several different types of communications media including television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet. During the communist regime in Poland the Stalinist press doctrine dominated and contro ...
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Politics of Poland
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Radio Maryja
Radio Maryja is a religious and political socially conservative Polish radio station. It was founded in Toruń, Poland, on 9 December 1991, by the Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk. The name "Maryja" is a traditional Polish form of the name "Mary", ...
References
External links
Official Site
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Television channels in Poland
Television channels and stations established in 2003
Catholic television channels
Mass media in Toruń
Right-wing populism in Poland