Television Center Kavčí hory

Television Center Kavčí hory is the central site of Czech Television (formerly Czechoslovak Television) in Prague. It is located in the locality of Kavčí hory in Prague 4, at the junction of Podolí and Nusle.

History
At the end of 1958, the Czechoslovak Television (ČST) submitted to the Prague Planning Commission a proposal for the construction of a television complex in Kavčí hory, the investment task of building this area was approved by the Czechoslovak government in February 1960. The idea of building a new television workplace was born from need for a technological separation of television and film production from broadcasting itself and need for specifically equipped technological environment.

In March 1962, the project of the group of architect František Šmolík from the Office of the Chief Architect of Prague was chosen. The construction of the area in Kavčí Hory began on 1 July 1962. The general contractor was Konstruktiva company. However the construction work was stoppedcin January 1963 by decision of state authorities because other buildings were prioritized. During the summer of 1963, the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia decided that the construction of the area on the Kavčí Hory should continue in 1965,

In October 1970, the first part of Prague's Television Center Kavčí hory with two studios started running. In 1971, the federal government included the completion of the complex on the Kavčí hory among the mandatory investment tasks, while 2,000 m2 of studio space was to be handed over by the end of 1975. In May 1973, a color check-in complex was put into operation on Kavčí hory, and regular color broadcasts on II. program. In 1975, the construction of the Television Newspaper Building was started and during 1976 the second block with three studios and other spaces was completed. Construction of the computer center began in 1977. A separate Television Newspaper Building with three news complexes was put into operation during the first half of 1979, and in the following year a music studio, for example, was opened in the Kavčí hory. This completed the main area of the TV complex on the Kavčí Hory.