[1] Due to the Hír TV coverage, the siege of the Magyar Televízió headquarters building by the anti-government protesters was seen by 1 million viewers in Hungary.

[3] The first big development came on 15 March 2007, when Hír TV and the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet (meaning "Hungarian Nation") started up a new radio station called Lánchíd Rádió.

The primetime TV schedule was also updated, with the introduction of new programmes: Rájátszás ("Play-off"); Vonalban ("By the phone"); Civil kaszinó ("Civil Casino"); Lapzárta ("Deadline"), in which the anchor and the guests talk about the articles published in the main Hungarian daily newspapers; Paletta ("Palette"), a programme about public issues; and Panaszkönyv ("Complaints book"), which focuses on consumer protection.

In addition, Hír TV broadcasts BBC programmes such as Click, Reporters and Talking Movies with Hungarian translation.

Some newspaper sources began to report in 2014 that the longterm positive relationship between the channel's owner, Lajos Simicska, and prime minister Viktor Orbán had deteriorated.

In February 2015, Simicska declared in an interview with the social-democratic newspaper Népszava (meaning "The People's Voice") that "there is a total media war" in progress.

Following this statement, he received resignations from the editors-in-chief, and their assistants, of Magyar Nemzet, Hír TV, Lánchíd Rádió and MNO; Simicska subsequently launched a verbal tirade against his former employees, as well as the prime minister.

[6] In response to this event, in September 2015, the pro-government newspaper Magyar Idők (meaning "The Hungarian Times") was established by journalists previously employed by Simicska's outlets.

After the station was sold to the KESMA holding, the channel turned back to its pro-government stance, a move which became more evident after its merger with Echo TV.