TVR
The Romanian Television Company, also known as the Romanian Television, has the status of an autonomous public service of national interest and broadcasts on seven national channels in Romania: TVR 1, TVR 2, TVR 3, TVR INFO, TVR CULTURAL, TVR FOLCLOR, TVR SPORT and two international ones: TVR International and TVR MOLDOVA.
TVR has five territorial studios in Romania in Cluj, Craiova, Iași, Timișoara and Târgu-Mureș.
TVR operates under the control of the Romanian Parliament. The President of the Board of Directors is appointed by Parliament for a period of 4 years. The Board of Directors of TVR consists of 13 people, appointed by the vote of the majority of deputies and senators. Starting with 2017, the main source of financing for the Romanian Television is the budget allocation. Another source of funding is advertising.
The Romanian Television is the first television in Romania. The first broadcast was on December 31, 1956, being transmitted in black and white format. The station operated within the Romanian Radio and Television, led by a committee appointed by the Council of Ministers. For several years, the shows were only live. The station operated on a subscription basis, which was paid for with the purchase of TV sets. The first color broadcast took place in 1983. In December 1989, television was broadcasting live the fall of the communist regime, after having functioned as its propaganda tool. The Romanian Television was the only television in the world that broadcasts live a change of political regime.
From 1990, "Free Romanian Television" - as it called itself in the midst of the events of December - enters another era. In 1993 the Romanian Television becomes a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
In 1994, the Law establishing the Romanian Television Company was adopted.
On December 1, 2013, following the conclusion of the amicable settlement agreement of the application submitted to the ECHR by the Romanian Television Company, TVR Moldova was launched in the Republic of Moldova. In 2019, TVR Moldova was included in the "must carry" list, cable distributors in Moldova being obliged to retransmit it in their packages.
Key Facts
| Business Form | State-funded |
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| Legal Form | Public institution |
Ownership
Media Outlets
Other Media Outlets
| Other TV Outlets | TVR 1 TVR 2 TVR 3 TVR INFO TVR CULTURAL TVR FOLCLOR TVR SPORT (Romania) TVR International |
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| Other Online Outlets | tvr.ro tvr1.trv.ro tvr2.trv.ro tvr3.trv.ro sport.tvr.ro tvr.ro/tvrinfo tvr.ro/tvrmoldova cultural.tvr.ro folclor.tvr.ro tvri.tvr.ro arhiva.tvr.ro tvrplus.ro film.tvr.ro edu.tvr.ro minoritati.tvr.ro teatru.tvr.ro preselectii.tvr.ro cluj.tvr.ro craiova.tvr.ro iasi.tvr.ro mureș.tvr.ro tmisoara.tvr.ro |
Facts
| Founding Year | 1956 |
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| Employees | 200 |
| Contact | Calea Dorobanților, nr. 191 București Romania |
| Tax / ID Number | RO8468440 |
| Revenue | RON 448.7 million / USD 98.5 million (2023) |
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| Operating Profit | RON – 203,000 / USD – 44,500 (2023) |
| Advertising (in % of total funding) | RON 37,7 million / USD 8,2 million (2023), 8% of total revenue |
| Executive Board | Board of Administration of the Romanian Television Society Radu Carp (proposed by PNL) is a university professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest and Director of the Department of Public Policy, International Relations and Security Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences. He holds a master's degree in European studies and international relations from Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales (1996) and a Ph.D. in law from "Babeș-Bolyai" University (2002). Elena Anca Dindirică (proposed by PSD) was the director of TVR Craiova from 2013 to 2021. She is the wife of a PSD member, councilor in Craiova. Dietlinde Dinesz (SRTv employees' representative) is the minorities programs coordinator, member of the Executive Committee at TVR Timișoara. Previously, she coordinated TVR Timișoara studio. She is the author of the "Isolated in Romania" report series and has collaborated with several SRTV channels. Valentin-Andrei Enescu (proposed by USR) owns a private radio station, Radio Clasic, dedicated to culture, symphonic and opera music. He also owns a company that distributes films and music for television, organizes events, produces advertising and audiovisual production. Until 2013, he held several management positions within SRTV (advisor to the President Director General, head of chancellery, head of legal department). Mihai Firică (proposed by PNL) is President of the Romanian Writers' Union Craiova Branch. He was state secretary and counselor in the Ministry of Culture. He has had several activities in journalism (editor at Jurnal Românesc, presenter at Digi 24 television, producer at TVR 3) and activities in communication and public relations. Lucian Ghimişi (proposed by PSD) is an actor and director, graduate of I.L. Caragiale University of Theatre Arts and Cinematography, Bucharest, Faculty of Theatre. Nagy Debreczeni Hajnalka (proposed by UDMR) has been a member of the SRTV Board of Administration twice. She was press advisor to UDMR (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) president Kelemen Hunor. Dorothea Ionescu (proposed by AUR) was coordinator of the communication department of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians party (AUR). She is a journalist and strategic communication expert. She worked for Baricada, the first post-December newspaper, then for PROTV, Mediafax and Intact Media Group. She designed branding and online communication strategies for Coca-Cola, TVR, Evenimentul Zilei, Beiersdorf Nivea, Dacia Renault, World Bank. She also created political marketing strategies for personalities both from Romania and abroad. Luminiţa Gabriela Iordănescu (SRTV employees' representative) is an artistic director at TVR. She has a degree in arts in Film and Television Artistic Direction. Georgică Severin (proposed by PSD) was President Director General of SRTV between 2017-2021. Between 2008-2016 he was a senator in the Romanian Parliament, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Parliamentary Group. Christel Ţopescu (proposed by Romanian presidency) was a member of TVR's Board of Administration between 2016-2017 and 2018-2021. She was a producer, editor-in-chief and producer at TVR. Borislav Velimirovici (representing national minorities) is an SRTV journalist, produces shows dedicated to national minorities. |
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