CT4 Sport program broadcasts for five years!

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CT4 Sport program broadcasts for five years!
10th February 2006 at 9:00 pm just started broadcasting digital sports station dedicated public service television "CT4 Sport. New Czech TV program area saw its mission in providing a wide range of area sports, and should have a dominant role in major events taking place at home and also the most important international events related to the participation of Czech representatives.

Enter the arena Quartet Czech digital TV has been impressive. The first 16 days of its program filled jubilee XX. Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. For the first time viewers could watch the competition under the five Olympic rings on the two programs, because sports have their space is still well on the Twin Towers. Substantially expanded range of sports has become a reality, and from this point on, cover other major events of 2006. One of them was the world's mass-watch World Cup football in Germany, which has historically participated for the first time the independent Czech national team. The greater part of the program sports stations were live broadcasts and recordings, along with the current affairs and documentaries - some original and others adopted from abroad. Start a sports program in 2006 was also associated with the Golden Jubilee of sports news and his cult show goals, points, second. Beginning Quartet meant sixteen daily broadcasts and substantially expanded range of programming, where in addition to the established and successful programs like Champions League football, ice-hockey league and the other was given space to other sports industry. Attention was also paid to sports half-forgotten, and so the screen reappeared chess, hockey and netball.

In 2007-2008, there followed a period of stabilization and at the end of this stage, the penetration (coverage) began near 50%. From 1 January 2008 was extended even to broadcast 24 hours a day. At the same time improved the quality of the picture and began to prepare for the transition to broadcast in high definition (HDTV). The year 2008 marked another great event - the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. These days, broadcast not 24, but 48 hours a day. Non-stop broadcasting is again divided CT2, and CT4. Four And there was a further diversification of sports offerings. He was born the famous seven-part series of portraits of the Olympic eights and long-term cycle of Fame winners have come up to number sixty. Pity it could not acquire the broadcasting rights for the European Championship in football. On the other hand, CT4 offer what commercial stations do not broadcast. In her posting appeared regional sports events and athletes with disabilities there was not a to honor sports and ethics in relation to the issue of Fair Play Awards.

The year 2009 saw the continuation of the movement of sporting events from CT2 to CT4. From September to December, for example, have all matches Bully - hockey live broadcast of Four. The biggest event of World Cup Nordic skiing but still dominated by the pair. On the other hand, Sparta and Slavia matches in the newly formed Football League League has belonged exclusively to CT4. In this program area has naturalized such as World and European Championships in figure skating (with the exception of the final exhibition).

CT4 began to promote the sport and documentaries and programs Thank God for football and the finishing straight Catherine Neumann won in 2010 two awards at the world of documentary film festival in Milan. This year, the Quartet has successfully dealt with other major events, when programs and CT2 CT4 ensure broadcasts of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. For the first time in history, even in HD! On this grand event followed the World Cup in South Africa, which has a perfect service for viewers of all 64 games. Can not be overlooked or World Cup of Hockey finals in Germany or the Davis Cup or Fed Cup. Big Four gained a reputation as a comprehensive coverage of the Basketball World Championships in Ostrava, where, thanks to television fans can rejoice at the Czech national team silver medals.

In the fifth year was needed to complete the transfer of sporting events from CT2 to CT4, that since 2011 has virtually all of sports broadcasting moved to fourth. It happened when the penetration of sports circuit already exceeded 90%. The entire process is directed to 3 quarter to have the last quarter of 2010 ushered in 2011. Name CT4 because since January this year, fully complies with the new reality of sports broadcasting in the overall functioning of public service television.

Ladislav Sticha
Spokesman CT
September 2, 2011