ČT Déčko

ČT Déčko (shown on-air as ČT :D) is a Czech free-to-air television channel operated by Czech Television, specialising in children's content designed for young viewers 2 to 12 years of age. The channel began broadcasting on 31 August 2013, with Petr Koliha as its first executive director.^[1]

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ČT Déčko
Programming

Country	Czech Republic
Broadcast area	Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Germany Austria USA
Headquarters	Déčkosvět, Kavčí hory, Prague, Czech Republic
Language(s)	Czech
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Czech Television
Sister channels	ČT1 ČT2 ČT24 ČT Sport ČT art
History
Launched	31 August 2013; 11 years ago (2013-08-31)
Links
Website	Official website
Availability

Terrestrial
DVB-T/T2	MUX 21 (FTA) (HD)
Streaming media
iVysílání	Watch live (Czech only)
ČT Déčko Online	Watch live (Czech & Slovak only)

ČT Déčko broadcasts from 6 am to 8 pm, and shares its frequency with cultural channel ČT art which uses the remaining hours.^[1]

History

The channel dedicated to young audience was a part of Petr Dvořák's candidate project for the position of CEO of Česká televise. In September 2012, executive director Petr Koliha, former artistic director of the Zlín Film Festival for Children and Youth, was appointed three months later as creative producer for children's work Barbara Johnson. Thanks to the transfer of children's and cultural programs to ČT: D and ČT art, the ČT2 program should focus more on educational and cognitive programs and strengthen Czech documentaries.^[2]

Česká televise gradually registered possible names and graphic design of the logo at the Industrial Property Office. Possible suggestions included ČT Juni, ČT D, ČT children, ČT Hi, ČT mini, mini ČT, ČT hele and selected ČT :D, which is to symbolize a smile.^[3]

Programming

The station is open daily from 6:00 to 20:00, with the TV channel ČT art being broadcast on the same frequency between 8 pm and the second morning.^[4] ČT :D is intended for two audience groups, namely for children aged 4–8 (57% of broadcasts) and for children aged 8–15 (43% of broadcasts).

Future

Czech Television stated in 2015 that if ČT Déčko and ČT art proved to be successful, the two channels would broadcast from separate frequencies allowing them to broadcast one day.^[1]

Availability

Television broadcasts its program in multiplex 1a (which was created by extending the originally planned regional networks 7, 10, 20). From 9 October 2013 to 31 March 2018 it also spread its signal in the nationwide Multiplex 3, with the newly established Prima Krimi channel taking over. From 24 April 2018, ČT :D / art is available in Multiplex 1.^[5] On 29 March 2018 it broadcasts in high definition in the transition network 11. ČT :D/ČT art HD is also available via satellite, cable TV and IPTV.

Criticism

After launching the broadcast, the program ČT :D and, consequently, the sister program ČT art, which are broadcast on multiplex 1a, became a target of criticism due to the inability to tune this program.^[6]^[7] The most frequent reasons are insufficient signal coverage or the necessary change in the antenna system.^[8] Critics claim that the announced coverage of 80% of the territory of the Czech Republic by the multiplex 1a signal is unrealistic, and that even in areas where such coverage is already required, either a new antenna must be purchased, or the existing antenna must be redirected to a signal source, that again loses the signal from other Multiplexes.^[9] The Chair of the Association of Directors and Screenwriters Ljuba Wenceslas wrote a complaint to the chairman of the Czech Television Council, Milan Uhda, to explain the situation.^[10]^[11]

History

Programming

Future

Availability

Criticism

Broadcasting

HD

References

External links

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