| ČTV | |
| Language: | Czech |
| Owner: | Czech Television |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
ČTV was a television channel of Czechoslovak Television and later Czech Television station that broadcast in the Czech lands in 1990–1992. It was the successor of II. program and in 1993 it was replaced by station ČT1. In Slovakia, channel S1 broadcast it instead.[1]
After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Czechoslovak Television (ČST) started broadcasting its third station, OK3, in May 1990.[2] Further changes took place on September 3, 1990, when the existing ČST I program became the nationwide federal channel F1, while II. the program was divided into two national stations: the Czech ČTV and the Slovak S1.[3] [4] On January 1, 1992, an independent Czech Television was established, which became the broadcaster of the CTV channel. Its broadcast was originally encoded in the SECAM standard, but the change occurred on July 1, 1992, when CTV began using the PAL standard. The ČTV station ceased operations with the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on December 31, 1992, and was replaced by the ČT1 channel from January 1, 1993.[2]