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| Type | Broadcast radio and television |
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| Country |  Croatia |
| Revenue | 1.42 billion kuna (2005)1 |
| Key people | Vanja Sutlić |
| Launch date | May 15, 1926 (radio) May 15, 1956 (television) |
| Former names | Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTZ) (until 1990)2 |
| Website hrt.hr |
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Croatian Radiotelevision (Croatian: Hrvatska radiotelevizija, HRT) is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. As of 2002, ((70%)) of HRT's funding comes from ((broadcast user fees with each house in Croatia required to pay 72 HRK, kuna, per month for a single t.v.), with the remainder being made up from advertising3.
Croatian Radiotelevision has three organizational units, three sister companies - the Croatian Radio (Hrvatski radio), the Croatian Television (Hrvatska televizija) and Music Production (Glazbena proizvodnja).
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History
Croatian Radiotelevision is a direct successor of Zagreb Radiostation (Radio stanica Zagreb) that started broadcasting on May 15, 1926. During the first 14 years of its existence, Zagreb Radiostation was owned by a private corporation Radio Zagreb which was nationalized on May 1, 1940. During the Independent State of Croatia, the station was known as Hrvatski krugoval. After World War II it began to operate as a state owned Radio Station.
Zagreb Radiostation was the first public broadcasting facility in South East European area, including countries of former Yugoslavia.
At the end of the first year of operation, Radio Zagreb company had little over four thousand subscribers.
On the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Zagreb Radiostation, on May 15, 1956, the first television programme was broadcast from the transmitter built at Sljeme. For the next two years this was the only TV broadcasting service in the southeast European area. On January 1, 1993, HRT was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union.
Television
Channels
HRT1 or Prvi program is HRT's primary television channel. Its old name is "HTV1" (Hrvatska televizija, prvi program).
HRT2 or Drugi program is the secondary channel, nowadays primarily used for sports and entertainment.
Up to 2004 there also existed a HRT3 but it was denationalized and made into a commercial concession contract. The current contractor is RTL Televizija.
HRT Plus is the name of HRT's cable TV channel, which is also transmitted via satellite.
"Slika Hrvatske" is a Free-To-Air international TV channel, broadcasting an 8-hour block of programmes for the Croatian Diaspora, during the non-broadcasting hours of HRT Plus.
Two new TV channels, HRT3 (featuring sports and entertainment), and HRT4 (a news channel), are planned to launch in 2008, for digital broadcast.citation needed
Popular TV programs
- Dnevnik, the most popular evening news program in the country
- Latinica, weekly talk show hosted by Denis Latin
- Nedjeljom u dva ("Sundays at two o'clock"), weekly talk show
- Dobro jutro, Hrvatska ("Good morning, Croatia"), mosaic morning show
Former shows
- Kviskoteka (quiz show) hosted by Oliver Mlakar, aired in the 1980s and 1990s, later moved to Nova TV
- Slika na sliku (political magazine), aired in the 1990s
- Upitnik (Question mark) (quiz show) hosted by Joško Lokas, aired in the 2000s
Currently airing
Internationally created shows currently broadcast by HRT (as of October 2008)
| Original name | Croatian translation | Origin |
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| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Beverly Hills |  |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | Oprah Show | |
| Destilando Amor | Opijeni ljubavlju |  |
| Friends | Prijatelji | |
| Dear John | Dragi John | |
| Red Dwarf | Crveni patuljak |  |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Zvjezdane staze: Deep Space Nine | |
| The X-Files | Dosjei X | |
| The Unit | Specijalna postrojba | |
| Cane | Južnjačka dinastija | |
| House | Dr. House | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ekipa za očevid | |
| E-Ring | E-Ring | |
| Bottom | Šljam | |
| Eureka | Eureka | |
| Skins | Nabrijani | |
| Doctor Who | Dr. Who | |
Nationally created shows currently broadcast by HRT (as of August 2008)
| Original name | Format | Origin |
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| Luda kuća | sitcom | |
| Bitange i princeze | sitcom | |
| Odmori se, zaslužio si | sitcom | |
Coming soon on HRT
| Original name | Croatian translation | Origin |
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| Veronica Mars | Veronica Mars | |
| Californication | ? | |
| Life on Mars | Život na Marsu | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | ? | |
| Men in Trees | ? | |
| Falcon Beach | ? |  |
| Close to Home | Blizu doma | |
| Dirty Sexy Money | Prljavi sexy novac | |
| Mistresses | Ljubavnica | |
| Lewis | ? | |
| Ashes to Ashes | ? | |
Radio
The Croatian Radio (Hrvatski radio) features three channels.
- HR 1, which mostly does serious mosaic programme, with regular news every full hour.
- HR 2, which mostly airs entertainment mosaic programme, with news usually every hour at the half-hour mark.
- HR 3, which is mostly for classical music and similar programme.
- HR Sljeme, Local station for Zagreb
- HR Rijeka, Local station for Rijeka
- HR Pula, Local station for Pula
- HR Osijek, Local station for Osijek
- HR Split, Local station for Split
- Glas Hrvatske (Voice of Croatia), International station for the Croatian Diaspora
The Mediumwave transmitter at Zadar was at onetime one of the most powerful in Europe and at nighttime could be heard throughout most of the continent with JRT (Yugoslav) and later HR (Croatian) programming from Zagreb and Pula. However it was badly damaged during the fighting in the early 1990s, and has operated on somewhat reduced power since on 1134 kHz.
See also
References
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External links
- Official Site (Croatian) (English)
- Zakon o Hrvatskoj radioteleviziji (Croatian) (Croatian Radiotelevision Act)
- Statut Hrvatske radiotelevizije (Croatian) (Statute of Croatian Radiotelevision)
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