Television in Slovenia


Analog television

Television in Slovenia was first introduced in 1958. The first TV station in Slovenia was launched by JRT RTV Ljubljana in 1958 as TV Ljubljana 1. In 1970 TV Ljubljana 2 was launched and TV Slovenija 3 in 2008.
The first private TV station Kanal A was launched in May 1991, just about a month before the country's independence from Yugoslavia. The second private channel POP TV was launched by the company PRO PLUS d.o.o. in December 1995. TV3 was also launched in 1995, and was originally owned by the Roman Catholic Church. It had a poor viewership until Ivan Caleta, a businessman from Croatia, purchased 75% ownership of the channel in 2003, and started to offer more popular programming. Kanal A became the sister channel of POP TV in 2001, when Pro Plus took over the channel. TV3 became the new player on the market, when Swedish company MTG bought it in 2006. On 29 February 2012, it ceased broadcasting due to uncompetitive environment and unresponsiveness of Slovenian authorities.
Slovenia used the analogue PAL standard until December 1, 2010 when analog broadcasting ceased and was replaced with DVB-T.

List of TV stations in Slovenia

Nationwide

General

ChannelTypeOwnerFoundedHeadquarterProgrammingWebsite
TV SLO 1PublicGovernment of Slovenia1958Ljubljananewscasts, feature films, documentaries, talk shows, series, children's programming, variety shows, and live coverage of significant national events
TV SLO 2PublicGovernment of Slovenia1970Ljubljanasports, feature films, documentaries, series, children's programming, and repetition of past shows from RTV SLO 1
POP TVPrivate/commercialPro Plus 1995Ljubljananewscasts, reality shows, game shows, feature films, series, children's programming, and telenovelas
Kanal APrivate/commercialPro Plus 1991Ljubljananewscasts, reality shows, feature films, series, children's programming, and sports
Planet TVPrivate/commercial
Antenna TV SL
50.1%: TSmedia
49.9%: Antenna Group		2012Ljubljananewscasts, reality shows, feature films, series, children's programming, and sports
Planet 2Private/commercial
Antenna TV SL
50.1%: TSmedia
49.9%: Antenna Group		fall 2017Ljubljanafeature films, sport programme, series, telenovelas, repetition of shows produced by Planet TV
TV3
Formerly known as:
TV3Medias ''
TV3Pink '
:si:TV Pink SI| Pink Si '		PrivateCurrently: PRO TV Originally launched in 2010Currently: Ljubljanatalk show, feature films, series, and telenovelas

Specialized

ChannelTypeOwnerFoundedHeadquarterProgrammingWebsite
TV SLO 3PublicGovernment of Slovenia2008Ljubljanacurrent affairs/parliamentary channel
BRIO
Formerly known as:
POP BRIO
TV PIKA 		Private/commercialPro Plus 2010
Ljubljanaseries channel
:si:KINO|KINO
Formerly known as POP KINO
Private/commercialPro Plus 2011Ljubljanafeature films channel
:si:OTO|OTO
Formerly known as POP OTO
Private/commercialPro Plus 2011Ljubljanachildren's programming channel synchronized to Slovenian language
Planet PLUSPrivate/commercial
Antenna TV SL
50.1%: TSmedia
49.9%: Antenna Group		fall 2017Ljubljanafeature films channel
Nova24TVPrivateNova hiša2016Ljubljanaright-wing news channel, operated by conservative SDS party
TV Koper-CapodistriaPublicGovernment of Slovenia1971KoperRegional channel with programmes for the Italian minority in Slovenia, news, films, sports, shows from TV SLO 1, entertainment, documentaries
TV MariborPublicGovernment of Slovenia2002 MariborRegional channel with news, films, sports, shows from TV SLO 1, entertainment, documentaries

Local or Regional

Experimental DVB-T broadcasts began in 2001 using the MPEG-2 standard. In 2007 the Slovenian government decided to test DVB-T transmission in Ljubljana using the MPEG-4 standard, following the approval of the APEK.
After that Radiotelevizija Slovenija had to determine which transmitter would be used for the 3-month test. They settled on the transmitters made by a Slovene company, Elti, who produces analog and digital TV transmitters. After the test, the RTV SLO decided to expand transmissions to TV SLO 2. In 2008, the RTV SLO launched a new channel: TV SLO 3 to its digital offering. High-definition broadcast with AC-3 was experimented during the Beijing 2008 olympic games. The 2010 Winter Olympic Games were also broadcast in HD.
Currently, there are two multiplexes operating, Mux A and Mux C.

Mux A

The operator is Radiotelevizija Slovenija. Mux A is intended for public programs.

Channels

Started on October 14, 2013. The operator is Radiotelevizija Slovenija. Mux C is intended for commercial programs.

Channels