This is a list of notable quiz channels.
South America
Argentina Ring Caja Llamá y Ganá
Brazil Top Game Agora é Hora Hot Game Desafio Show Tela Interativa
Chile Llama y Gana
Peru Aquí se gana
Puerto Rico Ring Ring Gana
Colombia Ring Ring Gana Aquí se Gana
North America Although there are no quiz channels in North America, these are interactive programs similar to quiz channels:
Canada "Play TV"; Global, Telelatino (Telemedia InteracTV) "The Quiz Hour"; CHCH-DT (SPORT1) "Moneyquizzer"; CHCH-DT "Call TV"; V (MassResponse (subsidiary of Telekom Austria); cancelled "L'Instant gagnant"; V (Telemedia InteracTV); February 2012 – present
Mexico "Marca y Gana" "Tiempo de Ganar"
United States "My GamesFever"; MyNetworkTV; December 2006 - April 2007; cancelled "Play2Win"; Superstation WGN, WPIX-TV; August 2006 - March 2007; cancelled "PlayMania"; GSN; April 2006 - February 2007; cancelled "100 Winners"; February 2007 - June 2007; cancelled "quiznation"; February 2007 - October 2007; cancelled "Take the Cake"; BET; July 2007 - November 2007; cancelled "Midnight Money Madness"; TBS; August 2006 - October 2006; cancelled "GSN Live"; GSN; February 2008 - May 2011; cancelled "Juegos PlayTV"; Telemedia InteracTV
Europe
Belgium The games started airing as from 2004. In Flanders the main TV channels already banned the games between 2008 and 2010, except vtm and 2BE who stopped in 2011. In Wallonia the games are still broadcast.
The Belgian cabaret Neveneffecten had a TV-show Basta in January 2011 on channel Eén. In their second episode, Basta could prove these games were a fraud. Neveneffecten found a job posting as host for such games and they asked Maxime De Winne to apply for the job and to go undercover. De Winne got the job and was a host for about 4 months and used hidden cameras to record conversations with the management. Neveneffecten also hired a math expert: Gaeten de Weert. After some months, De Weert was able to solve every math puzzle, but noticed the answer of the puzzle is incorrect in 16% of the cases due to miscalculation of the producers. De Weert called the studio during a live game and was able to give the correct answer. He also said the show was a fraud and he was going to publish the solution key on the Internet, which he actually did. The episode was aired on 17 January 2011, vtm and 2BE decided to stop the games as from 20 January 2011.
The broadcast did not have effect in Wallonia although De Weert was also able to break the solution keys of the call games on these channels in August 2013. The games are no more aired since March 2014.
France "123 Quizz" (Telemedia InteracTV) No more call-tv shows are aired since 2007, these games are prohibited by the French law.
Germany ProSiebenSat.1 Media: sixx: "Night-Loft"; (9Live); 20?? - 2010; cancelled Sat.1: "QUIZ NIGHT"; (9Live); 20?? - 2011; cancelled ProSieben: "ProSieben Night-Loft"; (9Live); 20?? - 2011; cancelled kabel eins: "kabel eins Filmquiz"; (9Live); 20?? - 2011; cancelled 9Live; 2001 - 2011 Das Vierte (subsidiary of NBC Universal); 2005 - 2013: "Hollywood Quiz"; (Mass Response); 20?? - 2008; cancelled "Cash Quiz"; (Mass Response); 20?? - 2009; cancelled "Spiel mit mir"; (2am productions); 20?? - 2009; cancelled "The Hotline"; (SPORT1); 20?? - 2011; cancelled "FunDorado.com Late Night Show"; (SPORT1); 20?? - 2011; cancelled RTL Group: RTL: "Quiz-Night"; cancelled Super RTL: "Masterquiz"; (Mass Response); 20?? - 2010; cancelled n-tv: "n-tv News Quiz"; cancelled K1010 TV; 2004 - 2006; cancelled ; 2012 - 2013: "Glückspilz"; 20?? - 2012; cancelled "Goldene Zeiten"; 20?? - 2013; cancelled "Quizexpress"; (Telemedia InteracTV); 20?? - 2013; cancelled MTV Central, Nickelodeon Germany, VIVA, Comedy Central Germany: "Money Express"; (Callactive (subsidiary of Endemol), later produced by Mass Response); 20?? - September 2008; cancelled Tele 5: "Bei Anruf - Spiel!"; 20?? - 2008; cancelled Star TV: "QuizExpress"; 20?? - 2014; cancelled Hallo TV: "Call2Win"; 20?? - 2014; cancelled SPORT1: "Sportquiz"; 2003 - 2022; cancelled : "FolxQuiz"; 2013 - 2021; cancelled
Till 2011, Sat.1, ProSieben and kabeleins had quick Quiz Shows, called "Quiz Breaks" or "Quiz Time". These Shows only lasted few minutes and interrupted TV-sitcoms like "Scrubs" in the morning to get viewers to call the phone numbers.
Shortly after adoption of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (broadcast treaty) in September 2008, which allows the regulators to impose fines to the channels in case of irregularity, several channels announced the end of phone-in quizzes.
Israel "Quiz Call" (Me-tsal-tse-lim); Channel 10; June 2007 - December 2008; cancelled "צלצול הכסף" (Tsil-tsul Ha-ke-sef); Channel 22 (Reshet); March 2008 - December 2008; cancelled "לילה לבן" (Lai-la La-van); Channel 22 (Reshet); 2009 - 2010; cancelled ; Channel 10; July 2013 - February 2014; cancelled
Netherlands In the Netherlands, call-in quizzes were officially banned by law after losing all network support in November 2007. These programs were cancelled in the Flemish part of Belgium as from January 2011. De Neveneffecten revealed in their television show "Basta" fraud on large scale. The games are still aired in the Wallon part of Belgium.
Switzerland
: "Swissquiz" (PRIMAVERA TV); 20?? - 2010; cancelled "Quizexpress" (Telemedia Interac TV); 20?? - July 2014; cancelled : "Quizexpress" (Telemedia InteracTV) http://www.calltv.com/quizexpress/-; 20?? - 2014; cancelled TVM3: "Sacré jeu!" (Telemedia InteracTV) http://calltv.com/sacrejeu/; 2014 - 10 October 2021; cancelled "People Magazine" (Telemedia InteracTV); 20?? - 28 July 2014; cancelled S1 TV: "Quizexpress" (Telemedia InteracTV); July 2020 - December 2020; cancelled Swiss1: "Moviequiz" (Telemedia InteracTV); 1 April 2022 - 3 April 2022; cancelled
Czechia "Svůdná šance"; TV Prima (Telemedia InteracTV); 2003 - 2004; cancelled "Chytrý Prachy"; TV Praha, TV Hradec Králové, TV Galaxie, Galaxie Sport; 2003 - 2004; cancelled "Rychlá výhra"; TV Prima (Telemedia InteracTV); 2004 - 20??; cancelled "Nekonečná šance"; TV Prima (Telemedia InteracTV); 2005 - 2007; cancelled "Snadná výhra"; TV Nova; 2006 - 2007; cancelled "Sexy šance"; TV Prima (TV Prima); 2008; cancelled "Za kačku svlíkačku"; Prima Cool (TV Prima); 2010 - 2014; cancelled "Film kvíz"; TV Barrandov (Telemedia InteracTV); 2012 "Sexy Game"/"Music Game"; Óčko group, (Telemedia InteracTV); 2012 - 2014; cancelled "Kvíz"; TV Pětka, TV Barrandov, Active TV (Telemedia InteracTV); 2013 - 2014; cancelled "Sexy Výhra"; Public TV, Stil TV, Šlágr TV, Active TV (Telemedia InteracTV); 2010 - 2015; cancelled "Sexy Šance"; TV Pětka (Telemedia InteracTV); 2012 - 2013; cancelled "Ezo+"; TV Barrandov (Telemedia InteracTV); 2011 - 2013, 2015; cancelled "Zavolej a poslouchej"; TV Polar, V1 (Telemedia InteracTV); 2013 "Sexy Výzva"; Rebel, Relax, TIP TV, Kinosvět (Tip TV production); 2013 - 20??; cancelled "Sexy trefa"; Prima Cool (TV Prima); 2014 "Kvíz show"; Prima Love (TV Prima); 2015 "Chatlinka" http://calltv.com/chatlinka/; Active TV http://active-tv.cz/, Barrandov TV (Telemedia InteracTV); 2015 - 2016; cancelled "IQ kvíz"; Rebel, Relax, Kinosvět (TipTV production); 2015 - 2018; cancelled "Kvíz"; UP Network; 2017 "Linka lásky"; TV Barrandov, JOJ Family (Telemedia InteracTV); 2015 - 2019; cancelled "Eroskop"; (Telemedia InteracTV); 2016 - 2018, 2020; cancelled "Zavolej a vyhraj!"; (Telemedia InteracTV); 2018; cancelled ""; TV Barrandov (Telemedia InteracTV); 2015 - 2021 (with breaks); cancelled "Kupuj a vyhraj"; TV Barrandov group (Telemedia InteracTV); 10 October 2021 - 28 November 2021 (with breaks); cancelled "Next Earth - Můžete Být Vítězem"; Óčko (Telemedia InteracTV); 15 November 2023 - 12 August 2025; cancelled
Romania
"Câștigați Acum"; Taraf TV (Telemedia InteracTV); September 2021 – present "Cupoane Fantastice"; Etno TV (Telemedia InteracTV); October 2021 - November 2021; Monday - Friday 23:00 - 00:00, Saturday - Sunday 14:15 - 15:00; cancelled
Hungary "Tantusz"; Viasat 3 (Callactive); 2002 "Kapcsolódj be"; Viasat 3 (Callactive); 2002 "Sztárcsázz"; Viasat 3 (Callactive); 2002 "10 Kvíz"; Viva (Telemedia InteracTV); 2007 -2012 "Gazdagodj Okosan!"; M1 (Telemedia InteracTV); 2005 "Tiszta kvíz"; M1 (Telemedia InteracTV); 2008 "Játékhullám"; Duna; 2005 "Nyerő Bolt"; ATV (Telemedia InteracTV); 3 January 2022 - 10 January 2022; Monday - Sunday 22:45 - 23:45; cancelled "MentorCenter"; ATV (Telemedia InteracTV); 14 January 2022 - 3 February 2022; Monday - Sunday 22:45 - 23:45; cancelled
Croatia "Nova lova"; NOVA TV (Telemedia InteracTV); Monday - Saturday 09:30 - 10:30; canceled "Kunolovac"; RTL TELEVIZIJA (9Live); Sunday - Wednesday 00:00 - 02:00, Monday - Friday 09:15 - 10:15; cancelled "Uzmi sve!"; OTV (Telemedia InteracTV); Monday - Sunday 19:00 - 20:00; cancelled "Uzmi lovu!"; OTV, Z1 (Mass response); cancelled "Laka lova!"; OTV (MAG - DRIVE d.o.o.); cancelled "Trezor!"; Z1 (MAG - DRIVE d.o.o.); cancelled "Jackpot!"; OTV (Omega-produkcija d.o.o.); cancelled "Brzofon"; Z1 (Telemedia InteracTV); July 2012 - August 2012; cancelled "Zodijak+"; Z1 (Telemedia InteracTV); cancelled
Bosnia and Herzegovina "Dvostruka sansa"; BN, BN Sat (Advantec Group D.O.O); August 2008 - April 2009; Monday - Friday 16:18 - 17:15, Saturday 14:30 - 16:00; cancelled "Kešolovac"; OBN (Telemedia InteracTV); October 2008 - February 2009; Monday - Friday 00:40 - 02:40; cancelled "Najbrži igrač"; OBN (Telemedia InteracTV); July 2012 - December 2012, May 2013 - November 2013; cancelled "Pravi poziv"; Pink BH (Telemedia InteracTV); July 2013 - October 2013; cancelled "Tele kviz"; OBN (Go live produkcija); December 2013 - January 2014; Monday - Friday 12:10 - 13:00, Saturday 13:45 - 14:45, Sunday 14:45 - 15:45; cancelled "Zlatna nit"; Balkan Media; OBN (October 2015 - March 2016), Hayat TV, Hayat Plus (December 2017 - January 2018); cancelled "Ja znam"; OTV Valentino, Pink Plus, BN Music, YU Planet Bec, RTV 101 (Balkan Media); February 2017 - July 2021; Monday - Sunday 17:00 - 18:00; cancelled "Najbrzi prsti"; OBN (Old production); September 2017 - February 2018; Monday - Friday 12:05 - 13:05, Saturday - Sunday 10:20 - 11:20; cancelled "Isplati se"; Euromedia D.O.O.; OBN (April 2018 - May 2018), BN, BN Sat (December 2019 - January 2020); cancelled "Znanje je imanje"; OBN (101 Solutions D.O.O.); October 2020 - November 2020; Monday - Sunday 11:10 - 12:00; cancelled "Vasa sansa"; SMS VOICE PREMIUM SOLUTION; FACE TV (October 2020 - November 2020, Monday - Thursday 17:00 - 18:45, Friday - Sunday 14:20 - 15:50, Monday - Sunday 00:05 - 02:00), Alfa TV (January 2021, Monday - Friday 13:40 - 14:40, Saturday - Sunday 15:00 - 16:00); cancelled "Fonto"; BN Music, OTV Valentino, P-TV Vienna, RTV 101 (Balkan Media); October 2021 - April 2023; Monday - Sunday 17:30 - 18:30; cancelled
Finland "Tiedä ja voita"; Nelonen 4, JIM and the radio station Metro Helsinki (Telemedia InteracTV); 2014 - 2021; cancelled Eurojahti used Telemedia InteracTV game formats 2013 Voittosoitto used Telemedia InteracTV game formats 2012 "Voittostudio" http://voittostudio.com; MTV3, SUB TV (Telemedia InteracTV); 2014 - 2016; cancelled "Arpastudio"; Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV); 9 June 2023 - 9 September 2023; Friday - Sunday 20:00 - 22:00; cancelled "ARPA.FI"; MTV3, MTV SUB (Telemedia InteracTV); 9 October 2023 – present "Voittovisa"; Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV); 5 January 2024 - 7 January 2024; Friday - Sunday 21:00 - 23:00; cancelled "Arpastudio"; Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV); 12 January 2024 - 21 January 2024; Friday - Sunday 21:00 - 23:00; cancelled "Voittovisa"; Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV); 9 March 2024 - 23 March 2024; Saturday - Sunday 19:00 - 20:30; cancelled "TangoVisa"; Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV); 12 July 2023 - 13 July 2023; cancelled "IskelmäVisa"; Eveo (Telemedia InteracTV); 19 July 2023 - 20 July 2023; cancelled
Estonia "Mängi ja Võida"; Kanal 2, Kanal 11 (Telemedia InteracTV); June 2019 - August 2019; cancelled