TWN (Polish TV channel)

TWN (acronym of TeleWizja Narodowy) ("National Television") is a Polish television network and media company, which runs several television channels. Their flagship channel is the eponymous TWN, the fourth terrestrial television station in Poland, launched on 5 May 1994.

Other channels operated by TWN carried on satellite and cable TV in Poland are:
 * TWN Informacja, news channel;
 * TWN Cool, general entertainment channel targeting a younger audience;
 * TWN Życie, general entertainment channel targeting a female audience;
 * TWN Kids, general entertainment channel targeting kids;
 * TWN International, an international channel which broadcasts in Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Australia;
 * TWN Kino, an entertainment channel primarily focused on films.

History
The company was first registered in 1992. On 5 October 1993, Telewizja Narodowy obtained a legal license from the Polish National Broadcasting Council to broadcast terrestrially in Poland.

Regular transmissions began on 5 May 1994, becoming the second Polish terrestrial private television channel after. Initially broadcasting from studios in, TWN was owned by a consortium led by Jędrzej Skowronek, backed by Dziennik Narodowy, Reporter, Varosha Investment Authority and MatsuMedia.

Programming
Currently, TWN has a programming largely based on talk shows, Polish-dubbed or subtitled American TV series, soap operas, TV dramas, game shows and sketch shows. Long-term in-house programming includes the soap opera Kolejny dzień and the sketch comedy series Improwizuj to szybko.