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| Country |  Hungary |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hungary,satellite:Europe,North America,South America,Australia,New Zealand,North Africa,Middle East and cable networks of border countries |
| Headquarters | Budapest, Kunigunda útca, 64 |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Duna Média (MTVA) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 24 December 1992; 32 years ago (1992-12-24) |
| Replaced | Magyar Televízió (MTV) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Duna TV, full nameDuna Televízió (Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈdunɒˈtɛlɛviːzijoː])— one of Hungary'spublic television channels. "Duna" is theHungarian name for theDanube. Duna has been thenational main channel of the public mediaMTVA since 15 March 2015.
Duna TV is managed and primarily funded by theMedia Service Support and Asset Management Fund (Hungarian:Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, abbreviated MTVA).[1] Thisgovernment organisation, formed in 2011, also manages the public service broadcastersMagyar Televízió andMagyar Rádió as well as the Hungarian news agencyMagyar Távirati Iroda.[2][3]
On 1 July 2015, Duna TV as well as the media channels of three other public media organizations managed by the MTVA were merged into a single organization calledDuna Media Service (Hungarian:Duna Médiaszolgáltató).[4] This organization is the legal successor to Duna TV and is an active member of theEuropean Broadcasting Union.[5][6]
Duna TV went on the air in December 1992 as the first Hungarian TV station to broadcast over satellite. Its mission is to create and broadcast programming for and news aboutHungarian minority communities beyond Hungary's borders in order to help maintain their national/ethnic identity. A few years later, Duna TV became the first Hungarian station to broadcast 24 hours a day. In 2004, Duna TV began to broadcast inNorth America,South America andAustralia. In 2006, Duna TV started its Channel II (Autonomy TV, today Duna World).
Duna TV had been originally funded from atelevision licence fee imposed on owners of television sets. However, in July 2002, the government abolished the fee and began to partially fund the broadcaster through direct payments, with additional funding coming fromadvertising and commercial activities.[7]
In 2010, after Magyar Televízió withdrew from theEurovision Song Contest that year due to financial reasons, Duna TV attempted to move from an approved participant to an active member of the European Broadcasting Union in order to continueHungary's participation in the event.[8][9] While a decision ultimately was not made in time for Duna TV to participate, Duna TV did air the2010 contest.[10] Magyar Televízió returned for the2011 contest.
In 2011, most of the assets and employees of Duna TV were made a part of the newly created Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (Hungarian:Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, abbreviated MTVA), a government organization controlled by theMedia Council of Hungary.[1] Magyar Televízió and Magyar Rádió were also made a part of MTVA, unifying all three public service broadcasters in Hungary for the first time. Additionally, the Hungarian news agency Magyar Távirati Iroda was merged into the MTVA and has since been responsible for the production of all news content aired on the three broadcasting organizations.[2][11]
Duna TV's membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was elevated from approved participant to active status in 2014 following the establishment of an agreement between the EBU, Hungarian public service broadcasters, and MTVA that enabled the EBU to treat Duna TV, Magyar Televízió, and Magyar Rádió as a single unit for membership purposes.[12]
As part of its overhaul revamp for all of its MTVA channels in 2015, Duna began broadcasting all of its entertainment and current affairs content fromM1, starting with theEurovision Song Contest, but they retain its original structure as they continue to serve the Hungarian minorities.
Another consequence of the 2015 MTVA revamp of public media services in Hungary saw Duna TV merged with Magyar Televízió, Magyar Rádió, and Magyar Távirati Iroda to create a single organization calledDuna Media Service (Hungarian:Duna Médiaszolgáltató).[4] Thisnonprofit organization is the legal successor to each of the four formerly separate entities managed by the MTVA.[13]
On January 22, 2022, as part of the day of the Hungarian Culture, Duna got rebranded for the first time in a decade, with new idents and shows, and also revamped their other shows along with that. The channel also brought back the slogan from 2005-2012 called "A nemzet televíziója" which means "The television of the nation".
The station is broadcast fromBudapest, but has regional studios inCluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár),București (Bukarest)Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), andOdorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely) inRomania;Bratislava (Pozsony) inSlovakia;Subotica (Szabadka) inSerbia;Uzhhorod (Ungvár) inUkraine, and other places.
