Czechoslovak Television
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| Type
| Television
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| Country
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| Headquarters
| Czechoslovakia
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| Owner
| The Government of Czechoslovakia
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Launch date
| May 1, 1953
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| Dissolved
| December 31, 1992
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Czechoslovak Television (?ST)
was a
television network
. It was the main
broadcaster
of
Czechoslovakia
. It closed in 1993 because Czechoslovakia became two new countries,
Czech Republic
and
Slovakia
.
In the
Czech language
, it was called
?eskoslovenska televize.
In the
Slovak language
, it was called
?eskoslovenska televizia
until 1990. In 1990, they changed the Slovak name to
?esko-slovenska televizia
.
Czechoslovak Television
started on 1st May 1953. It was just one
television programme
, which was a few hours long.
Czechoslovak Television was heavily
censored
by the
communist
government. In 1968, the government allowed Czechoslovak Television to mention the Prague Spring protests for a few days. However, in 1969, the government started to
censor
?ST
heavily again.
On May 10, 1970, Czechoslovak Television made a second
television channel
,
?ST TV2
.
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On May 9, 1973, Czechoslovak Television started to show
television programmes
in colour on ?ST
TV2. Two years later, they started colour television programmes on the first channel too.
In 1979, a studio was opened in the Kavci mountains, which became the home of Czechoslovak Television's news department.
?ST TV2 is split into two separate channels
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In November 1989, Czechoslovak Television renamed the first channel
F1
, with the
'F'
meaning the
federal district
of
Czechoslovakia
. The second channel was replaced by two new channels: ?TV, which was in the
Czech language
and S1, which was in the
Slovak language
.
They also created a new third channel in
Czech
on 14 May 1990, called
OK3
, using technology which used to broadcast
Soviet television
. Another new third channel was created in
Slovak
and called
TA 3,
on 6 June 1991.
During the Velvet Revolution, when protests occurred in Czechoslovakia, the people who worked at Czechoslovak Television helped the protesters to spread their messages.
Velvet divorce ends Czechoslovak Television
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Czechoslovakia
became two new countries, the
Czech Republic
and
Slovakia
on the 31st December 1992. This split is known as the
'Velvet Divorce'
. Because of it, Czechoslovak Television was no longer needed. In the Czech Republic, a new television
network
called
Czech television
took over, and in Slovakia
Slovenska televizia
was created.
Directors of Czechoslovak Television
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- 1953 ? 1958 Karel Kohout
- 1958 ? 1959 Milan Krej?i
- 1959 ? 1963 Adolf Hradecky
- 1963 ? 1968 Ji?i Pelikan
- 1968 Bohumil ?vec
- 1968 ? 1969 Josef ?midmajer
- 1969 ? 1989 Jan Zelenka
- 1989 Libor Batrla
- 1989 ? 1990 Miroslav Pavel
- 1990 Jind?ich Fairaizl
- 1990 ? 1992 Ji?i Kant?rek