Česká televize headquarters

The direct predecessor of Česká televize was (since 1 May 1953) Czechoslovak Television (Československá televize, ČST).

Česká televize was founded on 1 January 1992 under the Czech Television Act as a public service broadcaster. It broadcast on the former ČTV channel and produced content for channel F1 (federal) of the joint Czechoslovak television service until the end of 1992, when Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia and ČST was abolished.