TVR1

TVR1 (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtevere ˈunu], spelled out as Televiziunea Românǎ 1, "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR.

TVR1
Launched31 December 1956
Owned byTeleviziunea Română
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Audience share4.6% (Dec 2008, [1])
SloganPriveşte mai departe (Look forward)
CountryRomania (1st national network), Moldova (terrestrial - 2nd state network; cable)
Broadcast areaNational. Also distributed in Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable.
HeadquartersBucharest
Formerly calledTVR (1956-1972. 1985-1989)
Programul 1 (1972-1985)
TVRL (1989-1990)
România 1 (2001-2004)
Sister channel(s)TVR2, TVR3, TVRi
Websitetvr1.tvr.ro
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 1
Satellite
Telekom RomâniaChannel 101
Cable
UPC RomaniaChannel 1 (digital with DVR)
Channel 2 (digital)
RCS&RDSChannel 1

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. TVR 1 has launched an HD broadcast on November 3, 2019.

Serial television programs

TVR1 airs series such as:

Divertisment programs
  • Down the road-aventura
  • Vedeta Populară (talent show)

International competitions

Program for minorities

Romanian TV airs the following channels for minority nationwide:

See also

References
  1. ARMA Archive File. The Romanian Association for Audience Measurement Website, retrieved 27 September 2009 Archived June 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. News (2009-11-27). The German Broadcasting in Romanian TV celebrates 40th Anniversary Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. The Hermannstaedter Zeitung Website, retrieved 2 March 2010
  3. About the show Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. The Romanian Television Website, retrieved 2 March 2010
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