Z1 TV

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Z1

| logo_size =

| logo = Z1 logo.jpg

| launch_date = {{start date and age |2008|6|1|df=y}}

| closed_date = {{end date and age |2011|01|24|df=y}}

| owner = J&T Group

| country = Czech Republic

| website = [http://www.z1tv.cz/ www.z1tv.cz]

| terr_serv_1 = Terrestrial

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 7

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}}

Z1 TV was a Czech news television owned and operated by J&T Group.

Z1 was the first Czech private 24-hour news channel. Since September 2009, it focused on finance, economic and business news and provided the only continuous business news service in the Czech Republic.{{cite web | url = http://www.digizone.cz/aktuality/z1-nabiha-na-ekonomicky-model-a-usporny-rezim/ |trans-title=Z1 launches a new economic model with a lower budget | title = Z1 nabíhá na ekonomický model a úsporný režim | work = DigiZone.cz | first = Juraj | last = Koiš | date = 1 September 2009 | language = cs | access-date = 28 February 2010}}{{cite news| title=News, new approach | work=Týdeník Televize | date=29 September 2009}}

Z1 broadcast live every weekday between 7am and 11pm. Its business and finance news service was supplemented by business talk shows and a daily interview program with high-profile guests. The rest of the program consisted of acquired documentaries and other features. Over the weekend, Z1 broadcast documentaries and life style programs.

Z1 broadcast over DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C and IPTV. It could also be viewed online and on mobile phones through a streaming video application.{{cite web | url = http://www.mediawork.cz/en/z1tv-live.html | title = Z1TV live | publisher = Mediawork | access-date = 28 February 2010}}

In cooperation with T-Mobile Czech Republic, Z1 provided daily news SMS and MMS updates to subscribers.{{cite web | url = http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/02/05/4607031.htm | title = T-Mobile Czech Republic offers news over SMS with Z1 TV | date = 5 February 2010 | work = TMCnet.com | access-date = 28 February 2010}}

Z1 was operated by První zpravodajská a.s., which holds a license for digital terrestrial television broadcasting in the Czech Republic. První zpravodajská a.s. is owned by J&T Finance Group, one of the leading investment firms in the Central and Eastern Europe region and Russia with diverse portfolio of assets in finance, banking, energy, utilities, real estate and corporate services.{{cite web | url = http://www.jtfg.com/en/news-group-2980.html | title = Z1 TV starts broadcasting | date = 1 June 2008 | publisher = J&T Group | access-date = 28 February 2010}}

Some of the station's anchors were Jan Zika{{cite web | url = http://multimedia.ctk.cz/cs/foto/document/3012535/jan-zika-moderator-zpravodajska-televize-z1-tv-z1-3012535 | title = Jan Zika, moderátor, zpravodajská televize Z1, TV Z1 | work = Fotobanka ČTK | language = cs | access-date = 28 February 2010}} and Ivana Šalomonová.{{cite web | url = http://multimedia.ctk.cz/cs/foto/document/3012543/ivana-salomonova-moderatorka-zpravodajska-televize-z1-tv-z1 | title = Ivana Šalomonová, moderátorka, zpravodajská televize Z1, TV Z1 | work = Fotobanka ČTK | language = cs | access-date = 28 February 2010}}