 ", which operated TV3, was founded in 1993 by the Municipality of Budapest at the time of the "media war" in the early 1990s at the initiative of the assembly of the parties SZDSZ (Alliance of Free Democrats) and Fidesz (Hungarian Civic Alliance).The first experimental release took place in December 1993.Following the elections in 1994, the former opposition lost its interest in the channel, but the company's executives ("György Iványi" (President), "András Feuer" (Chief Communications Officer, editor of the channel and their associates, later joined "Andrew Sarlós" (Canadian businessman)) raised their capital and prepared for regular broadcasting.