Magyar TelevÃzió
Magyar Televízió ( MTV, German Hungarian Television ) is a public Hungarian television station which operates two television programs, m1 and m2. The produced also by MTV program m3 (also called webm3 ) is distributed solely via the Internet.
Funding is provided by grants from the State that are approved by the parliamentary majority, and by advertising revenue. The budget of the institution in 2006 amounted to 19.5 billion forints, the equivalent of around 72 million euros. Until 2002 there was also broadcast fees, which were subsequently abolished. In 1997, the budget was still 37 billion forints.
History
On May 1, 1957, the transmission operation began when it was reported on the celebrations on May 1. In 1959 there were already 50,000 users. On May 12, 1964, the MRTV was divided by a ministerial decision. It emerged that two independent divisions Magyar Rádió (MR, dt Hungarian Radio ) and Magyar Televízió.
In 1997 finished the second transmitter of MTV (now m2), according to the new media law, terrestrial broadcast, and since he only via satellite or cable television can be received, which is a very rare method for public television. The terrestrial frequencies were the two new commercial channel TV2 and RTL Klub .. For some years, m2 terrestrial again be received in many areas of the country via DVB -T.
On the evening of September 18, 2006, the main building was occupied by an angry crowd. The occupation was a response to the triggered by the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány government crisis. The transmissions had to be briefly interrupted. On the morning of 19 September, the protesters left the building after the situation had calmed down.
Since 2008, there is content in both channels also in HD.
Location
Since his departure from the downtown of Budapest in 2009, the Hungarian Television has its location in the northern district of Óbuda ( 3rd District ). Thither will gradually follow the summarized in the wake of the current reform of the public service media partner institutions ( Duna TV, Magyar Rádió and the news agency MTI).