Television in Hungary


Television in Hungary was introduced in 1957. Transmission in colour was introduced to Hungarian television for the first time in 1971. Hungary had only one television channel until 1973. It was only in the mid 1990s when private and commercial broadcasting was introduced to Hungary.

Free-to-air television channels broadcasting in Hungary

Free-to-air on analogue

Analogue broadcasting in Hungary was phased out in two phases that were completed on July 31 and October 31, 2013, respectively.

Free-to-air on satellite

Hungarian channels by groups

Duna Média (MTVA)

  • DUNA: 0-24: National main channel of Hungary, since March 15, 2015, started in 1992. Available in HD.
  • M1: 0-24: News channel, since March 15, 2015. It was the national main channel before, started in 1957. Available in HD.
  • M2 / M2 Petőfi: 6-20: Kids channel since December 22, 2012, 20-6: Entertainment since March 15, 2015, started in 1973. Available in HD.
  • M3
  • M4 Sport: 0-24: Sport channel started in 2015. Available in HD.
  • M4 Sport+ Sports channel, weekends on Duna World from 14h to 22h.
  • M5: 0-24: Started on August 6, 2016, as sport channel, because of the Rio Olympics 2016 and Rio Paralympics 2016, as cultural channel since September 18, 2016. Available in HD.
  • Duna World: International channel of Hungary, since April 16, 2006. Available in HD.
  • M6: Planned as a regional channel. MTVA doesn't plan to launch it in the following years.
  • M3D: In the summer of 2012 it was the 3D channel of MTVA.
  • M4K: Planned as a 4K channel.

RTL Magyarország (RTL Group)

RTL: The most popular commercial channel in Hungary.Cool, Film+, RTL Kettő, 'RTL Három, Sorozat+, RTL Gold, RTL Otthon, Kölyökklub, Sorozatklub, Moziklub: premium series' and films' channels
  • Muzsika TV: Hungarian music
Channels in bold' are available in HD.

TV2 Group

TV2: One of main commercial channel in Hungary.
  • TV2 Séf, TV2 Klub, Jocky TV, Moziverzum, TV2 Comedy, Izaura TV, TV2 Kids, PRIME, Mozi+, Super TV2, Spiler1 TV, Spiler2 TV: premium series', films' and sport channels
  • Zenebutik: Hungarian music
Channels in bold are available in HD.

National Channels

  • Duna: Main national channel, started broadcasting on 24 December 1992.
  • Duna World: International channel, started broadcasting on 16 April 2006.
  • M1: News channel since 15 March 2015, started broadcasting on 1 May 1957.
  • M2: Kids channel between 6:00 am and 8:00 pm since 22 December 2012, M2 Petőfi between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am on 15 March 2015, started broadcasting on 7 November 1973.
  • M3: Entertainment channel, started broadcasting on 20 December 2013, closed as a TV channel on 1 May 2019.
  • M4 Sport: Sports channel, started broadcasting on 18 July 2015..
  • M4 Sport+: Sports channel, started broadcasting on weekends in place of Duna World between 2:00 pm and 10:00 pm on 12 September 2020.
  • M5: Cultural channel since 18 September 2016, started broadcasting as a sports channel from 5 August to 18 September 2016.

National commercial channels

  • TV2: Main channel, started broadcasting on 4 October 1997.
  • RTL: Main channel, started test broadcasting as RTL Klub on 7 October 1997 and officially on 27 October 1997.

National commercial premium channels

Cable channels

Travel and lifestyle

Regional

Defunct or renamed

Most viewed channels

Most viewed channels for 2024 are :
RankChannelLogoGroupAll day
share 		Primetime
share
1TV2TV2 Group11.714.8
2RTLRTL Group6.811.0
3DunaMTVA3.23.8
4ATVATV Group2.93.7
5Mozi+TV2 Group2.92.8
6M4 SportMTVA2.93.6
7M1MTVA2.71.9
8Prime TVTV2 Group2.31.6
9Super TV2TV2 Group2.11.7
10CoolRTL Group2.02.2
11Izaura TVTV2 Group1.81.5
12Hir TVHir TV1.81.5
13Sorozat+RTL Group1.82.1
14Film+RTL Group1.81.8
15Story4Network4 Group1.51.2
16RTL GoldRTL Group1.20.9
17TV4Network4 Group1.21.0
18IDWarner Bros. Discovery1.10.5
19Galaxy4Network4 Group1.00.8

Historical rankings