TV Puls

TV Puls

Country	Poland
Programming
Language(s)	Polish
Picture format	16:9/4:3 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Telewizja Puls
Sister channels	Puls 2
History
Launched	December 1995 (as TV Niepokalanów) 18 March 2001 (as TV Puls) (hiatus from 1 April–24 June 2003) 25 June 2003 (as TV Niepokalanów Puls) 6 December 2003 (as TV Puls)
Former names	TV Niepokalanów (December 1995–2001) TV Niepokalanów Puls (June–December 2003)
Links
Website	tvpuls.pl (in Polish)
Availability
Terrestrial
Polish Digital	MUX 2 (SD) (Channel 7)

TV Puls is a Polish commercial television channel, which was based on Telewizja Niepokalanów with the support of companies such as PKN Orlen, KGHM Polska Miedź, PZU Życie, Prokom and which started broadcasting in March 2001. Due to financial problems, it ended broadcasting on 1 April 2003. With the help of the private company Antena 1 and of the owner of Polsat, Zygmunt Solorz-Żak, TV Puls resumed broadcasting in June 2003. Until recently,^[when?] the station's programming was largely devoted to Catholic issues, as the majority of the company's stock was owned by the Franciscan Order.

In 2006 News Corporation acquired 35% of the stock and began a major overhaul of the programming. On 28 October 2007, the channel were revised with a new logo and a more mainstream target group, as well as it starts to broadcast a new information program: Puls Raport. However, on 16 July 2008, it was decided to remove the program from the schedule, and the reason for this decision was the poor audience share results and the excessively high costs of production. Later on 3 November 2008, it was announced that News Corporation has sold its 35% stake to the remaining shareholders.^[1]

The channel develops. It gives many entertainment programs, series and documentaries. TV Puls in June 2010 received a license to broadcast channel for children and young people Puls 2 (launched on 19 July 2012).