TVRi

TVR Internațional (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtevere ˌinternat͡si.oˈnal], TVR International, abbreviated as TVRi) is the international channel of Televiziunea Română, Romania's government-funded television network. TVR International provides free-to-air 24-hour broadcast throughout Europe, Canada and the US. In July 2005, it introduced broadcasts to Australia and New Zealand.

TVRi
Launched	December 1, 1995 (1995-12-01)
Owned by	Televiziunea Română
Picture format	4:3, 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Country	Romania
Broadcast area	International
Formerly called	TVR Internaţional România Internaţional
Sister channel(s)	TVR1, TVR2, TVR3, TVR HD
Website	tvr.ro tvri live
Availability
Satellite
Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East	Hot Bird 6 - 13° E Transponder: 156 Frequency: 11.623 MHz Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 27.500 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH). EUTELSAT W2 - 16° E Transponder: D1 Frequency: 11.471 MHz Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 29.950 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
in United States and Canada	Galaxy 19 – 97° W Transponder: K12 Frequency: 11 935 MHz Polarity: Horizontal Symbol Rate: 20 000 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
Australia and New Zealand	OPTUS D2 - 152° E Transponder: 5 Frequency: 12.608 GHz Polarity: Horizontal Symbol Rate: 22,500 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan	Channel 183
Cable
UPC Switzerland (Switzerland)	Channel 660 (SD)
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)	Channel 893 (SD)
NetCologne (Germany)	Channel 552 (SD)
Verizon Fios (United States)	Channel 1784
Streaming media
Televiziunea Română official website	tvr.ro

The channel provides content mainly in Romanian, for Romanians throughout the world, but also in Romania's minority languages, especially Hungarian, Romany and German. Some content is also provided in English. The channel is broadcast live on the internet.[1]

Its most watched programming during the year are the Eurovision Song Contest and the Callatis Festival.