Television in Hungary was introduced in 1957. Transmission in colour was introduced to Hungarian television for the first time in 1971. Hungary had only one television channel until 1973. It was only in the mid 1990s when private and commercial broadcasting was introduced to Hungary.

Free-to-air television channels broadcasting in Hungary

Free-to-air on DVB-T

• M1 HD • M2 HD / M2 Petőfi HD • M4 Sport HD • M5 HD • TVS HD • Duna HD • Duna World HD/M4 Sport+ • RTL • TV2 • Max4 • Spektrum Home • plus Local channels

Free-to-air on analogue

Analogue broadcasting in Hungary was phased out in two phases that were completed on July 31 and October 31, 2013, respectively.

Free-to-air on satellite

Hungarian channels by groups

Duna Média (MTVA)

RTL Magyarország (RTL Group)

Channels in bold are available in HD.

TV2 Group

Channels in bold are available in HD.

National Channels

National commercial channels

National commercial premium channels

Cable channels

General and entertainment

• Viasat 3 (Also available on DVB-T2) • Cool TV (Also available on DVB-T2) • RTL Három (Also available on DVB-T2) • RTL Gold (Also available on DVB-T2) • PRIME (Also available on DVB-T2) • TV4 (Also available on DVB-T2) • AXN (Also available on DVB-T2) • Comedy Central (Also available on DVB-T2) • Comedy Central Family • TV2 Comedy (Also available on DVB-T2) • Viasat 6 • Galaxy4 (Free-to-air via THOR5 0.8W° satellite) • Story4 • Max4 • d1 TV • LifeTV (Also available on DVB-T2) • OzoneTV (Also available on DVB-T2) • Hatos csatorna • E! Entertainment

News and politics

• Hír TV (Also available on DVB-T) • ATV (Also available on DVB-T and in HD quality on cable TV / IPTV / satellite connection) • EuroNews • Pesti TV (Free-to-air on DVB-T)

Sport

• Sport 1 (HD) (Also available on DVB-T) • Sport 2 (HD) (Also available on DVB-T2) • Extreme Sports Channel • Eurosport 1 (HD) • Eurosport 2 (HD) • Match4 (HD) • Auto Motor Sport • Spiler1 TV (HD)(Also available on DVB-T2) • Spiler2 TV (HD)(Also available on DVB-T2) • Arena4 (HD)(Also available on DVB-T2)

Movies

• Film+ (Also available on DVB-T) • Mozi+ (Also available on DVB-T) • Moziklub • Moziverzum (Also available on DVB-T2) • Film Mania • Film Cafe • Filmbox (Also available on DVB-T2) • Filmbox Extra HD • Filmbox Premium (Also available on DVB-T2) • Filmbox Family • Filmbox Stars • Paramount Network (Also available on DVB-T2) • Film4

Series and telenovellas

• Sorozat+ (Also available on DVB-T2) • Sorozatklub • Izaura TV (Also available on DVB-T2) • Jocky TV (Also available on DVB-T2) • Sony Movie Channel • Sony Max

Documentary

• Discovery (Also available on DVB-T2) • Discovery Science (Also available on DVB-T2) • Discovery TurboXtra • Investigation Discovery • National Geographic (Also available on DVB-T2) • CBS Reality • BBC Earth • Viasat History (Also available on DVB-T2) • Viasat Explore • Spektrum (Also available on DVB-T2) • Fishing & Hunting • HISTORY • Da Vinci Learning (Also available on DVB-T2) • DIGI World (only on Digi TV) • FIXHD • Fit TV

Animals

• Animal Planet (Also available on DVB-T2) • Nat Geo Wild (Also available on DVB-T2) • Viasat Nature • DIGI Animal World (only on Digi TV)

Travel and lifestyle

• FEM3 • TLC (Also available on DVB-T2) • Travel Channel • HGTV • Spektrum Home (Free-to-air on DVB-T) • DIGI Life (only on Digi TV) • Fashion TV

Culinary

• TV Paprika (Also available on DVB-T2) • RTL Otthon • TV2 Séf (Also available on DVB-T2) • Food Network

Children & families

• Minimax (Also available on DVB-T2) • Jim Jam (Also available on DVB-T2) • Nickelodeon (Also available on DVB-T2) • Nick Jr. Channel (Also available on DVB-T2) • NickToons (Also available on DVB-T2) • TeenNick • Cartoon Network (Also available on DVB-T2) • Boomerang (Also available on DVB-T2) • Disney Channel (Also available on DVB-T2) • TV2 Kids (Also available on DVB-T2) • Kölyökklub

Music

• Zenebutik • Sláger TV (Also available on DVB-T2) • Dikh TV (Also available on DVB-T2) • Muzsika TV • MTV Global • Nick Music • UTV (Free-to-air on satellite, only on Digi TV) • Mezzo

Religion

• EWTN/Bonum TV (catholic - Also available on DVB-T2) • PAX TV (catholic) • Heti TV (Jewish) (Also available on DVB-T2)

Regional

Adult

• SuperOne HD (Also available on DVB-T) • Brazzers (Also available on DVB-T) • Dorcel TV • Private TV • Hustler TV • Dusk TV

HD TV-Channels

• RTL HD • TV2 HD • M1 HD • M2 HD • M4 Sport HD • M5 HD • Duna HD • Duna World HD • M4 Sport+ HD • Cool HD • Film+ HD • RTL Kettő HD • RTL Három HD • RTL Otthon HD • Super TV2 HD • Spíler 1 HD • Spíler 2 HD • Mozi+ HD • Moziverzum HD • TV4 HD • Film4 HD • Arena4 HD • Match4 HD • FIXHD • FilmNOW HD • Digi Life HD • Film Cafe HD • 1Music Channel HD • ATV HD • Animal Planet HD • TLC HD • Nat Geo HD • AXN HD • Filmbox HD • MTV Live HD • Spektrum HD • Nat Geo HD • HISTORY HD • SPORT1 HD • SPORT2 HD • HBO HD • HBO2 HD • HBO3 HD • Cinemax HD • Cinemax 2 HD • AMC HD • Comedy Central HD • TV Paprika HD • Discovery HD • Paramount Network HD • European Telelvisions HD

Defunct or renamed

Most viewed channels

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