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.
Analogue broadcasting in Hungary was phased out in two phases that were completed on July 31 and October 31, 2013, respectively.[1] However, analogue broadcasting is still active as of August 2021 in the Balaton area, at least.
Channels in bold are available in HD.
Channels in bold are available in HD.
Most viewed channels for 2022 are:[2]
| Rank | Channel | Group | Share of total viewing (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TV2 | TV2 Group | 11.5 |
| 2 | RTL | RTL Group | 7.5 |
| 3 | ATV | ATV Group | 3.2 |
| 4 | Duna | MTVA | 3.0 |
| 5 | M1 | ||
| 6 | Mozi+ | TV2 Group | 2.7 |
| 7 | M4 Sport | MTVA | |
| 8 | Izaura TV | TV2 Group | 2.4 |
| 9 | Prime TV | 2.3 | |
| 10 | Film+ | RTL Group | |
| 11 | Hir TV | Hir TV | 2.1 |
| 12 | Super TV2 | TV2 Group | |
| 13 | Cool | RTL Group | |
| 14 | RTL Kettő | 1.8 | |
| 15 | Comedy Central | Paramount Networks | 1.3 |
| 16 | Sorozat+ | RTL Group | 1.2 |
| 17 | Viasat 3 | Antenna Group | 1.1 |
| 18 | TV4 | Central | |
| 19 | Story4 | ||
| 20 | Galaxy4 |
| Channel | Launched | 2022[2] | 2021[3] | 2020[4] | 2019[4] | 2018[5] |
2017[6] |
2016 |
2015[7] |
2014[8] |
2013[9] |
2012[10] |
2011[11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV2 | 10/1997 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 10.22 | 10.72 | 10.77 | 12.50 | 14.05 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 18.6 |
| RTL | 10/1997 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.03 | 11.03 | 12.18 | 13.42 | 13.90 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 20.3 |
| Duna | 12/1992 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.98 | 5.48 | 6.13 | 5.54 | 3.23 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| M1 | 5/1957 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.93 | 3.39 | 3.32 | 4.04 | 7.65 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 7.9 |
| Cool | 9/2004 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.98 | 3.33 | 3.84 | 4.43 | 4.10 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Film+ | 9/2003 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.18 | 3.31 | 3.08 | 4.12 | 3.85 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Viasat 3 | 10/2000 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.82 | 1.87 | 2.53 | 2.96 | 2.65 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
