TV Trwam is a Polish TV channel in

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, belonging to the Lux Veritatis Foundation.

Ownership and financing

The station is owned by the Warsaw Province of the

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and is financed through donations from its audience, the

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. That is unlike most other Polish television stations, which are publicly funded or dependent on advertising revenue. A concordat with the Vatican 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

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. It is also transmitted free to air from

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History

The station has its television studios in

and

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. 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

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". The station is funded by donations from viewers, listeners of

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, readers of "

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" (''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.

References

External links

Official Site
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Ownership and financing

Distribution

History

See also

References

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