Religia.tv started broadcasting on 15th October 2007 as one of the channels of the new-generation 'n' television service (ITI Neovision Sp. z o.o.). Since December 2009 it has been functioning independently within the ITI Group as Telewizja Religia Sp. z o. o.
Since the beginning of January 2010 we have been broadcasting 18 hours a day.
The station was created for viewers who want permanent access to television presenting broadly understood faith and religious issues.
Religia.tv is the key to a broad offer of top-quality religious programes prepared in a modern format.
The director of the channel - Father Kazimierz Sowa - is a journalist working with leading journals and opinion-forming weeklies, and the creator and host of such programes as Bez kadzidła, Słownik języka boskiego, and Własność to wartość. In 2009 he received the Bishop Jan Chrapek Ślad award for “creating a modern medium dedicated to religions, culture and spiritual values.”
The channel’s Programe Director was (2007 - 2012) Szymon Hołownia, a journalist known for his unconventional approach to religion and faith-related issues. He has received the Grand Press award twice and the Ślad award once for “an innovative way of presenting and commenting on religious issues; attractive and at the same time open to new ideas and the sensibilities of the new generation.” He was the creator and host of the first religious talk-show in Poland - Między sklepami. At present he hosts his own programes; Ludzie na walizkach and Bóg w wielkim mieście on religia.tv.
The incredibly varied schedule of religia.tv shows not only the influence of Christianity upon culture and social life in Poland and around the world, but also plays an educational role providing information about other religions.
The religia.tv channel is addressed to everybody looking for important content. We broadcast programes in different formats starting from documentaries made in-house, through guide programes and talk-shows, and finishing with films about religious and ethical issues. The channel is also addressed to those who would like to broaden their horizons regarding different world religions.
Our schedule features high-quality foreign productions but we put particular emphasis on our own productions realised by the team at religia.tv. We touch upon socio-religious issues, both from the historical perspective as well as from the perspective of contemporary science: we discuss different phenomena in the area of religion and culture, and we deal with topics connected with everyday human problems.
We present saints and ordinary people following the paths of faith. There is also a special place for popularising knowledge about the heritage of John Paul II.
The Sunday liturgy constitutes an important point in our programe line-up. The channel transmits Mass from a different city every week so that our viewers can experience beautiful Polish churches and pray together with many Polish worshippers.
In religia.tv viewers will also find something for their bodies – the very much-awaited and appreciated cooking programes.
Our activities have been noticed on the international forum. In 2008 religia.tv competed against 130 thematic channels from all over Europe in the Hot Bird TV Award competition and was honoured with a nomination for a Hot Bird TV Award in the category of Culture and Education.
