Warsaw, Poland [Jan Kot, tedNEWS; CD EUDNews]. The beginning of 2013 marks a breakthrough in the media ministry of the Polish Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (PUC). A dynamic growth of the Voice of Hope Adventist Media Centre (VoH AMC) resulted in launching the Hope Channel Poland, which extended the worldwide family of the Adventist television channels.
So far the programmes in Polish have been broadcast 24/7 online, but plans are being made to enter the cable and even satellite networks.
“We are grateful to our God who blessed us so much that evangelism through the professional online television in Polish became fact. Using this medium of communication we waste not a minute in continuous proclamation of the Word of God”, says Pastor Paweł Lazar, PUC president and Voice of Hope manager.
Online round-the-clock Adventist TV broadcast in Polish was started back in 2010 when during the General Conference Session in Atlanta the VoH AMC team in Warsaw decided to rebroadcast the most important parts of the session together with other previously prepared programmes.
The Hope Channel Poland is preparing for the Mission to the Cities that is going to be carried out in Warsaw in 2014. At the moment, special billboards advertising this Adventist channel are being designed and will appear in a number of Polish cities. The first one was installed in Zakopane, the winter capital of Poland visited by 3 million tourists a year.
The Hope Channel Poland can be viewed at www.hopechannel.pl.
About Hope Channel international
In 2003, Hope Channel launched a 24-hour inspirational television channel in North America. Though first seen only on free-to-air satellite systems, Hope Channel is now available on a wide variety of viewing platforms including DIRECTV channel 368 and Roku. In some locations Hope Channel can be viewed on local television stations and through cable television services. Hope Channel further expanded its services adding live internet streaming and video-on-demand libraries.
Today, Hope Channel utilizes every possible area of emerging television and internet technology. In 2012 Hope Channel introduced its own line-up of live prime-time original programs, giving viewers the opportunity to directly interact with program hosts and guests on relevant and timely topics.
Since its debut in 2003, Hope Channel has developed 13 full-time channels to form a truly international Christian television network with culturally-contextualized programs. For maximum effectiveness, channels within the Hope Channel network broadcast in the primary language of their target audience including Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Arabic, Mandarin, and several Indian languages.
With its unparalleled growth in programming and distribution, Hope Channel powerfully delivers the best in Bible study and insights for faithful, healthy living.
To learn more about Hope Channel international, visit the web site: http://www.hopetv.org
pictures: 1. Hope Channel Poland; 2. Hope Channel International;
