Hálózat TV was a private television broadcasting company in
Hungary
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. Hálózat TV was founded in
Budapest
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in 2002 and ceased broadcasting in January 2013 due to
financial liquidation.
Hálózat was founded by a company of 34 local television stations, its main aim was to fill fin the hole in the required four-hour programming of the networks funded by state funds and the budgets of
city government
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s. The owner stations subscribed for three to five hours of daily Hálózat TV programming on weekdays and eight to ten hours a day at the weekend. Some (usually
infotainment
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) parts of the programming were made not just ''for'', but ''by,'' the workers of the local stations. According to a document by the
National Media and Infocommunications Authority, the editing of the network's 20:30 newscast called ''Hírháló (Newsnet)'' was the least violent amongst the stations in the country.
Some of the series Hálózat put on screen, alongside feature films, aired every evening:
* ''
Die Rettungsflieger (''Hungarian title: ''Mentőhelikopter / English translation: Rescue Helicopter'')
* ''
Verliebt in Berlin
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'' (''Lisa csak egy van / There's Only One Lisa,'' also aired that time on
TV2)
*
''Pacific Blue''
* ''Édes otthon (Sweet Home)''
Thus, the later years being it common in Hungary, the channel has never aired in
16:9 aspect ratio.
References
External links
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Television networks in Hungary
Mass media in Budapest
Television channels and stations established in 2002
2002 establishments in Hungary
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