What is Czechoslovak Television?
{{More sources|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Network | network_name = Czechoslovak Television | network_logo = Czechoslovak Television Logo.svg | country = [[Czechoslovakia]] | headquarters = [[Czechoslovakia]] | network_type = [[Television]] | available = | owner = The Government of Czechoslovakia | key_people = | launch_date = May 1, 1953 | closure_date = December 31, 1992 | founder = | slogan = | motto = | past_names = }} '''Czechoslovak Television (ČST)''' was a [[television network]]. It was the main [[broadcaster]] of [[Czechoslovakia]]. It closed in 1993 because Czechoslovakia became two new countries, [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]. In the [[Czech language]], it was called ''Československá televize.'' In the [[Slovak language]], it was called'' Československá televízia ''until 1990. In 1990, they changed the Slovak name to ''Česko-slovenská televízia''. == History == '''Czechoslovak Television''' started on 1st May 1953. It was just one [[television programme]], which was a few hours long. Czechoslovak Television was heavily [[censored]] by the [[communist]] government. In 1968, the government allowed Czechoslovak Television to mention the Prague Spring protests for a few days. However, in 1969, the government started to [[censor]] '''ČST''' heavily again. ===Launch of a second channel=== On May 10, 1970, Czechoslovak Television made a second [[television channel]], ''ČST TV2''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/vse-o-ct/historie/ceskoslovenska-televize/prehistorie/ |title= Czech Television: Early History |publisher= Česka Televize (Czech Television) |access-date= 21 August 2014}}</ref> ===Colour Television=== On May 9, 1973, Czechoslovak Television started to show [[television programme]]s in colour on ČST'' ''TV2. Two years later, they started colour television programmes on the first channel too. In 1979, a studio was opened in the Kavci mountains, which became the home of Czechoslovak Television's news department. ===ČST TV2 is split