TV channels Romania

Romanian television has three strong currents: the public broadcaster with its regional studios, a competitive commercial news scene, and a layer of local stations and church channels that reaches deep into the country's regions and its diaspora.

The Public Broadcaster

TVR 1 is the main channel of Romanian Television and the country's first TV station, on air since 31 December 1956. TVR 2, launched on 2 May 1968, is its companion; TVR 3, launched in October 2008, is the network's third service; TVR Info is the public news channel; TVR i is the international service carrying the best of Romanian public TV to viewers abroad; and TVR Cultural, launched in 2002, covers culture and the arts.

TVR's Regional Studios

The public broadcaster keeps regional newsrooms on air: TVR Craiova for Oltenia, TVR Iași for the Moldavian northeast, TVR Cluj for Transylvania, TVR Târgu Mureș for central Transylvania, and TVR Timișoara for the Banat counties of Timiș, Arad, Hunedoara and Caraș-Severin.

The News Business

News is a crowded field. Realitatea TV - broadcasting as Realitatea Plus - launched in 2001 as the country's first dedicated news station. România TV has broadcast from Bucharest's House of the Free Press since 2011. Digi24 is the independent 24-hour news channel of the RCS & RDS group. Antena 3 CNN, part of Intact Media Group, has been CNN International's exclusive news partner in Romania since September 2022. B1 TV works the news-and-talk format, and ProTV News - Știrile ProTV - is the newsroom of the country's most-watched commercial broadcaster, which rewrote Romanian television in 1995. Euronews România brings the European network's output in Romanian.

Commercial Entertainment

Antena 1, part of Intact Media Group and on air since 1993, has for decades been the country's most-watched entertainment broadcaster, built on prime-time shows the whole country discusses. Kanal D, of the Turkish Doğan group, brings drama, humor and life stories to Romanian homes. InfoTV România mixes music and information in HD.

Music Television

Kiss TV is the television arm of the Kiss FM network, playing the charts from Bucharest. Magic FM Romania carries the feel-good radio brand's hits to the screen, and Atomic TV is Bucharest's party screen for dance and club music. Folk has its own tradition: Etno TV, launched on 22 December 2001, was the first channel in the country dedicated to muzică populară, and Tezaur TV keeps folk music on air for the Arad region.

Local and Regional

Romania's local layer runs deep. TeleM Iași, founded in 1991, was the first private station of Iași; Iași TV Life covers the same city's daily life. Tele Europa Nova has covered the Banat from Timișoara for three decades. TVF Oltenia is Craiova's regional voice, Muscel TV serves Câmpulung and the Argeș hills, TV Total Vaslui covers its county, Tele'M Botoșani has been the county's main screen since 2007, Telestar1 works from Cernica near Bucharest, and Feny TV - Fény TV - has served Györgyoszentmiklós and its surroundings since 2003.

Faith Channels

Alfa Omega TV, founded in Timișoara in 1994 by Tudor Petan, was among the first independent broadcasters of post-communist Romania and remains the flagship of the country's evangelical media. Credo TV is an interdenominational evangelical channel broadcasting from Suceava in Bukovina. Angelus TV is the country's principal Catholic channel, with daily Mass, the Angelus and coverage of papal events. And agriculture has its own screen in Agro Tv, Romania's agricultural channel.