Cyfra+
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Cyfra+ is a Polish digital satellite platform, owned and operated by French media company Canal+ ("Cyfra" is Polish for "Digit"). It offers 600 radio and TV channels. 40 of these are dedicated for Polish audience. The remaining ones are free-to-air from Hot Bird and Astra satellites, viewable on Cyfra+ equipment. Due to the availability of original sound tracks, Cyfra+ is an excellent TV platform for foreigners who stay in Poland, as well as for students of languages.
English language offerings include:
- 7 major news channels (BBC World, CNN International, EuroNews, CNBC, France 24, Al Jazeera, Russia Today (also: Sky News for those who receive Astra satellite signal)
- 8 movie channels (two HBO channels, three Canal+ channels, Hallmark, TCM, and Disney)
- 7 educational channels (4 Discovery channels, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Zone Reality)
- BBC Prime
- Bloomberg and CNBC
- Eurosport and ESPN
- Cartoon Network, Disney Channel
- multiple religious channels
The offer includes multiple radio channels, original Polish TV channels, TV channels from throughout Europe, Asia and Middle East, and more. By June 2003, Cyfra+ had 1.5 million subscribers (twice as many as in the same time of 2002).
During the second Persian Gulf War, coverage was available from Al Jazeera, Fox News, multiple Arabic channels as well as the original Iraqi TV that went off the air during one of the bombing raids.
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[edit] Setbacks
- As of Dec 1, 2005, all four Discovery channels include a digital protection signal that results in interrupted recordings (with 2-15% of the program recording missing)
- Some channels disrespect the English soundtrack default setting and start with a Polish soundtrack when first turned on
- Some Discovery Channel documentaries provide no English translations of non-English dialogs with English soundtrack
- Some movie channels spontaneously switch to Polish sound track in the midst of a recording
- Fox News is no longer available (as of August 2003).
- English-language Al Jazeera was promised in April 2006, and was made available only in Nov 2006 (on the day the English version of the channel launched)
- BBC Learning is no longer available (as of August 2006)
- As of Sep 1, 2006, for two continuous months, Hallmark Channel did not provide English sound track (only Polish dialogs). The service in English is now resumed
- Occasionally, various channels do not provide advertised soundtracks (either English, Polish, original or other). This happened among others to Hallmark, Zone Reality, Discovery channels, C+, and others
[edit] List of channels on Cyfra+
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[edit] Basic
- 001 - TVP 1 (Polish)
- 002 - TVP 2 (Polish)
- 003 - TVP 3 Warszawa (Polish)
- 004 - TVP Polonia (Polish)
- 005 - TVN (Polish)
- 006 - TVN 24 (Polish)
- 007 - TVN Siedem (Polish)
- 008 - TV 4 (Polish)
- 009 - Tele 5 (Polish)
- 010 - TV Puls (Polish)
- 011 - TVP Kultura (Polish)
[edit] Premium and Movie Channels
- 015 - Canal+ (Polish or original with Polish subtitles; most documentaries only in Polish)
- 016 - Canal+ Film (Polish or original with Polish subtitles; most documentaries only in Polish)
- 017 - Canal+ Sport (Polish or original with Polish subtitles)
- 018 - Canal+ Sport HD (Polish)
- 019 - Canal+ Sport 2 & INFO+ (Polish)
- 020 - HBO (Polish, Original with Polish subtitles most of the time)
- 021 - HBO2 (Polish, Original with Polish subtitles most of the time)
- 022 - HBO Comedy (Polish)
- 025 - Ale Kino! (Polish)
- 026 - Kino Polska (Polish)
- 027 - Cinemax (Polish)
- 028 - Cinemax 2 (Polish)
- 029 - AXN (Polish)
- 030 - AXN Crime(Polish)
- 031 - AXN Sci-Fi (Polish)
- 032 - Hallmark (Polish, English)
- 033 - BBC Prime (English, most programs with Polish subtitles)
- 034 - TCM (Polish, English)
[edit] Sports
- 040 - Eurosport (Polish, English)
- 041 - Eurosport 2 (Polish)
- 042 - Extreme Sports (Polish, English)
- 043 - ESPN Classic (English, Polish)
- 044 - TVN Turbo (Polish)
- 047 - Real Madrid TV (English)
- 048 - Rai Sport (Italian)
- 049 - RTR Planeta Sport (Russian)
[edit] Children
- 050 - Mini Mini (Polish)
- 051 - ZigZap / Hyper (Polish)
- 052 - Cartoon Network (Polish, English, Romanian, Hungarian)
- 053 - Jetix (Polish)
- 054 - Disney Channel (Polish, English)
[edit] Lifestyle
- 060 - Kuchnia.tv (Polish)
- 061 - TVN Style (Polish)
- 062 - Zone Club (Polish, English)
- 067 - Fashion TV (French)
- 068 - World Fashion (English)
- 069 - TV Moda (Italian)
[edit] Documentary / Reality
- 070 - National Geographic Channel (Polish, English, Hungarian, Russian)
- 071 - Animal Planet (Polish, English)
- 072 - Planete (Polish)
- 073 - Discovery Channel (Polish, English)
- 074 - Discovery Travel & Living (Polish, English)
- 075 - Discovery Civilisation (Polish, English)
- 076 - Discovery Science (Polish, English)
- 077 - Zone Reality (Polish, English)
[edit] Lifestyle / Educational
- 080 - Polonia 1 (Polish)
- 081 - Mango 24 (Polish)
- 082 - Podróże TV (Polish)
- 084 - iTV (Polish)
- 085 - TVN Gra (Polish)
- 086 - Edusat (Polish)
[edit] Music
- 090 - MTV Polska (Polish)
- 091 - MTV2 Europe (English)
- 092 - VH1 Polska (Polish)
- 093 - Trace TV (English, French)
- 094 - VIVA Polska (Polish)
- 095 - 4Fun.TV (Polish)
- 097 - RTL 102.5 (Italian)
- 098 - Music Box Italia (Italian)
- 099 - Mezzo (French)
[edit] News and Information
- 100 - TVN Meteo (Polish)
- 101 - TV Biznes (Polish)
- 102 - CNN International (English)
- 103 - France 24 (In English or in French depending on the time of day)
- 104 - BBC World (English)
- 105 - CNBC Europe (English)
- 106 - EuroNews (7 European languages)(default language depends on the default language settings in the decoder)
- 107 - France 24 (In French)
- 108 - TV5 Monde Europe (French)
- 109 - Rai News 24 (Italian)
- 110 - Deutsche Welle TV (German and occasionally English)
- 111 - Bloomberg (English)
- 112 - Al Jazeera (English) (Arabic version is also available on one of the FTA channels)
- 113 - KBS World (Korean with English subtitles)
- 114 - Russia Today (English)
- 115 - Canal 24 Horas (Spanish)
[edit] French
- 120 - XXL
- 121 - AB Moteurs
- 122 - Chasse & Peche
[edit] Audio/Interactive
- 130 - Info+Extra
- 131 - Cyfra+Gry
- 140 - Cyfra+Polskie Radio
- 141 - Cyfra+RMF
- 142 - Cyfra+Radio
- 150 - XtraMusic Klasyka
- 151 - XtraMusic Pop
- 152 - XtraMusic Rythm
- 153 - XtraMusic Świat
[edit] German
- 160 - ARD Das Erste (German)
- 161 - ZDF (German)
- 163 - Das Vierte (German)
- 164 - VOX (German)
- 165 - Super RTL (German)
- 166 - RTL 2 (German)
- 167 - SFi (German)
- 168 - Terra Nova (German)
[edit] Dutch
- 169 - BVN TV
- 170 - Liberty TV
[edit] Italian
- 175 - All TV (Italian)
- 176 - Magic (Italian)
- 178 - Countdown (Italian)
