Until now, sports broadcasts were broadcast on TVP1 at 7:25 p.m., just before “Wiadomości”. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until 7:30 p.m., the game show “One of ten” was broadcast. This did not sit well with a viewer who posted an email sent to the public broadcaster.
– I noticed disturbing movements on the TVP1 main antenna. For the third consecutive day, the sports department is off schedule. It looks like its liquidation as part of TVP1. The most important and largest national stations, namely Polsat and TVN, have it in their offer. The sports service broadcast in previous years, after the main edition of “Wiadomości”, recorded audience records. I would opt for the return of the site after “Wiadomości”. You may have decided that since there is TVP Sport and “Sportowy Evening”, there is no need to broadcast the sports service as part of the main antenna – wrote Andrzej Zabawa in a letter to TVP.
I calm down. The sport returns tomorrow. For the past few days, due to the 1 out of 10 extended final episodes, we had to forgo the info. sport before 7:30 p.m. We keep you informed of the successes on TVP Info, TVP Sport, Wiad. Panorama and Teleexpress. We invite you to TVP1 today for the LM match.
—Krystian Kuczkowski (@qczkowski) October 12, 2022
The sports department is due to reopen on Thursday
The user shared an email to TVP on Twitter. He pointed out that TVP viewers could be deprived of news from the sports world if the situation were to reoccur. – I specify that “Soirée Sportive” is broadcast at an irregular time and not every day because of sports broadcasts. For example, today, i.e. October 12, 2022, the program “Sportowy Evening” will not be broadcast, which means that the viewer of Telewizja Polska will not know what happened in sports today. Moreover, on the same principle, one could consider that since there is TVP Info, the information services diffused on the main antennas can be liquidated. Sounds absurd? The same situation is with sports, many people less involved in sports could learn about the successes of Polish athletes – Zabawa wrote.
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– These people are unlikely to wait until 11:00 p.m. or later for service on a dedicated sports antenna. Whole generations have grown up on this site, including my humble self. I ask you to rethink your on-air activities and consider the arguments I have presented. I hope Polish television will talk about it. I am waiting for a response from you – added the TVP viewer.
Krystian Kuczkowski referenced the entry, Director of TVP programs for more than a year. – I calm down. The sport returns tomorrow. For the past few days, due to the final extended episodes of “One of Ten,” we had to forgo sports news before 7:30 p.m. We keep you informed of our successes in TVP Info, TVP Sport, “Wiadomości”, “Panorama” and “Teleexpress”. I invite you to TVP1 today for the Champions League match – wrote Kuczkowski.
According to Nielsen data, the average viewership of “Wiadomości” in September this year at Jedynka and TVP Info was 2.50 million people (1.86 million at TVP1 and 647,000 at TVP Info). In turn, the share of the website was at the level of 20.65%. (a year earlier it was 19.82%).
