TVR1 | |
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Launched | August 21, 1955 (test) December 31, 1956 (official) |
Owned by | Televiziunea Română |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
Audience share | 4.6% (Dec 2008, ) |
Slogan | Priveşte mai departe (Look forward) |
Country | Romania (1st national network), Moldova (terrestrial - 2nd state network; cable) |
Formerly called | TVR (1956-1972. 1985-1989) Programul 1 (1972-1985) TVRL (1989-1990) România 1 (2001-2004) |
Sister channel(s) | TVR2, TVR3, TVRi, TVR HD |
Website |
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Availability
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Terrestrial | |
Analogue | Channel 1 |
Digital | Channel 1 |
Analogue Moldova | Channel 2 (until November 2007) |
Satellite | |
Dolce | Channel 101 |
Cable | |
UPC Romania | Channel 01 (digital with DVR) Channel 02 (digital) 1 (analogue) |
RCS&RDS | Channel 1 |
SunTV | Channel 2 (defunct in nov 2007) |
TVR1 (Romanian pronunciation: [teveˈre ˈunu], spelled out as Televiziunea Românǎ 1, "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR.
The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is Jurnalul aşa cum ar trebui sǎ fie! ("The news journal as it should be"), but on 28 March 2009 was replaced by Telejurnal, which is its name till today. In 1985, Programul 1 renamed again to TVR becoming the sole television channel in Romania.
In 1989, TVR1 broadcast live the events of the revolt which triggered the fall of the Communist regime, covering almost all the main events live, starting from the last speech of Nicolae Ceauşescu (on December 21, 1989) until the new power representatives arrived. At the time, fabricated and exaggerated stories were broadcast, nevertheless TVR1 was the first television channel to cover all the events of the regime change.
TVR1 airs popular worldwide series such as:
Romanian TV airs the following channels for minority nationwide: