Cyfra Plus

Cyfra+ is a Polish digital satellite platform. 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. 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.

Related Topics:
Polish - Radio - TV - Hot Bird - Astra

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English language offer includes:

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• 4 major news channels (BBC World, CNN, EuroNews, CNBC)(Fox News was cancelled on Aug 1, 2003)
• 6 movie channels (two HBO channels, two Canal+ channels, Hallmark and TCM)
• 6 educational channels (4 Discovery channels, National Geographic and Animal Planet)
• BBC Prime
• Bloomberg and CNBC
• Eurosport
• Cartoon Networks (and TCM)
• 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).

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Interestingly, During Gulf War 2, coverage was available from Al Jazeera, Fox News, multiple Arabic channels as well as ... official Saddam channel: Iraqi TV that went off the air during one of the bombing raids.

Related Topics:
Gulf War - Al Jazeera - Fox News - Iraqi TV

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