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Kanal A

Kanal A was launched in May 1991 and was the first commercial television station in Slovenia. It entered a phase of accelerated development in October 2000, when it joined the company PRO PLUS. Ever since the merger, the channel has become increasingly successful.

The station provides nationwide coverage, it broadcasts 24 hours a day, and in December 2010 switched to digital.

The male focused channel attracts a large viewership and is the second most watched TV channel in the country with an average prime time audience share of 14.3 % in the primary target age group 18-49 (Year 2012, AGB Nielsen Media Research).

Kanal A broadcasts local news, sports and entertainment shows as well as international formats. The news show WORLD on Kanal A (SVET na Kanalu A), is broadcast on weekdays at 18:00 and is the most viewed show in its time slot as well among the most viewed daily contents in the country. In the fall of 2011 SVET launched a brand new Saturday news edition: World:Zoom (Svet:Povečava).

Kanal A also screens sports events like the Moto GP, a program for car enthusiasts called The steering Wheel (Volan), several popular international formats, top feature films and hit series.

CME’s New Media Division operates Voyo.si, a video-on-demand service that offers content from the PRO PLUS library through its catch-up TV system, access to sport events, live streaming and advanced previews of TV broadcasts. Voyo is available at any time and any place - on personal computer, as an application on mobile phones and tablet computers for most popular mobile operating systems, iOS , Android and Windows Phone. Furthermore, the application Voyo is also available for Phillips and Samsung smart TV sets.

It also supports the broadcast division though the operation of channel and news program associated websites such as 24ur.com, the most visited web page in Slovenia, and a number of specialized web portals including: zadovoljna.si, bibaleze.si, cekin.si, vizita.si, dominvrt.si, moškisvet.com, okusno.je, svetiger.com which rank among the most visited Slovenian web pages.

The General Director of PRO PLUS is Pavel Vrabec.