TV Republika has more viewers than Polsat News.  The station is also expanding its terrestrial coverage

TV Republika has more viewers than Polsat News. The station is also expanding its terrestrial coverage

Although TVN24 has consistently been in first place as the most watched news station in the last week, there have been significant changes on the podium. A record result was recorded by the right-wing TV Republika, which overtook Polsat News and came in second place. This is the result of the shutdown of TVP Info, whose former employees now often appear on Tomasz Sakiewicz’s station. The channel is also expanding its reach on digital terrestrial television.

TV Republika is a news station that has been broadcasting since 2013. From the very beginning, it has supported the interests of right-wing parties, and its employees often publish in such titles as “Sieci” and “Gazeta Polska Dzień”. So far, the channel has had negligible viewership. According to Wirtualne Media, at 60 percent The station’s technical coverage from December 1 to December 19, 2023 had only 0.10 percent. market share.

TV Republika is reaping the benefits of changes at TVP. The best viewership in the history of the channel

However, since December 20, the right-wing channel has recorded viewership records in the entire history of its existence. On that day, new management and supervisory boards of Telewizja Polska were appointed, which decided to discontinue broadcasting of TVP Info. The channel was considered by many to be propaganda television that supported only Law and Justice.

However, this did not bother some viewers, and as can be seen from the viewing results, quite the opposite. Those who were regular viewers of the government news station started watching TV Republika, which directly criticizes the changes in Telewizja Polska, and its discourse is very similar to that which TVP Info served us for eight years.

According to reports, the viewership of TV Republika was 2578.57% higher in the last period. higher than usual. The station’s average audience is 166,646 viewers, which is as much as 2.68%. market share. Similar records are recorded by the niche channel wPolsce.pl, whose viewership has increased several times, but these are not as stunning results as in the case of the Sakiewicza station.

All this resulted in changes in the audience ratings of news stations. TVN24 remained the leader, with an average daily market share of 6.97%, but TVP Info disappeared from the second place and is currently no longer broadcasting. Polsat News remained in third place, which also recorded higher viewership in recent days, but did not manage to attract as many viewers as TV Republika.

TV Republika is expanding its terrestrial coverage. The station replaced the music channel

The right-wing television station is available via cable networks and satellite platforms, but in some places TV Republika can also be received terrestrial. In this way, the station can be received in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice and the vicinity of these metropolises. But from now on, the channel’s terrestrial coverage has increased even further.

After the holidays, TV Republika joined the local MUX-L3 digital terrestrial television multiplex, which offers access to additional channels to residents of Częstochowa, Tomaszów Mazowiecki and the surrounding areas of these cities. This is a multiplex of MWE Broadcast, which until now offered terrestrial access to its music channel Nuta TV. It was this station that was replaced by TV Republika.

Source: Gazeta

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