"Cyfra+" is a Polish digital satellite platform. It offers 600 radio and TV channels. 40 of these are dedicated for Polish audience. The remaining ones are free-to-air from Hot Bird and Astra satellites. Due to the availability of original sound tracks, Cyfra+ is an excellent TV platform for foreigners who stay in Poland, as well as for students of languages.
English language offer includes:
- 4 major news channels (BBC World, CNN, EuroNews, CNBC)(Fox News was cancelled on Aug 1, 2003)
- 6 movie channels (two HBO channels, two Canal+ channels, Hallmark and TCM)
- 6 educational channels (4 Discovery channels, National Geographic and Animal Planet)
- BBC Prime and BBC Learning
- Bloomberg and CNBC
- Eurosport
- Cartoon Networks (and TCM)
- religious channels
- TVN24 news from Poland in English 20:30 CET (15 minutes)
Interestingly, During Gulf War 2, coverage was available from Al Jhazeera, Fox News, multiple Arabic channels as well as ... official Saddam channel: Iraqi TV that went off the air during one of the bombing raids.