Romania
TVR

 

Elena Spanily

tel: +40 21 319 9190
fax: +40 21 319 9191

ROMANIA
National Co-ordinator Elena Spanily

Director of  International Relations

TVR - Romanian Television
website: www.tvr.ro 
Address:
191, Calea Dorobantilor
71281 Bucharest

TVR is Romania’s public television service. It has five channels (TVR1, TVR2, TVR International, TVR 3, TVR HD) which are served by a studio in Bucharest as well as five regional studios (TVR Cluj, TVR Iasi, TVR Timisoara, TVR Craiova, TVR Târgu-Mureş). TVR is funded from the state budget and advertising.

Romanian Television broadcasts TV programmes for Romanians living at home, for Romanians living abroad, for each region of the country.

TVR 3: A première in Romanian audiovisual – the first national channel dedicated to local communities

Romanian Television launched a new TV channel called TVR3 on  October 10th 2008.
TVR 3 is the sixth channel offered by Romanian Television to its viewers after TVR1, TVR2, TVR Cultural,  TVR International and TVR HD. In this way, TVR fulfills once more its mission of public television meant to respond to the public’s needs and expectations.
TVR 3 comes up with a dynamic and varied programme grid, which will reflect the regional events. TVR 3’s grid is made up of programmes produced by the regional studios from Iaşi, Craiova, Cluj, Timişoara, Târgu-Mureş and Bucharest. The southern part of the country will be covered by productions made by the central studios.
During the week, TVR 3 offers both informative programmes and utilitarian or entertainment programmes from Romania.
TVR 3 is a channel of public interest and a “must carry” for the cable operators. Like all the other TVR channels, TVR 3 is broadcast by Eutelsat satellite W2/16 degrees E.

• TVR IASI

33 Lascar Catargi St., 70010, IASI
tel +402 32 209 013
fax +40 232 210 720

General Manager: Vasile Arhire, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Editor-in-Chierf: Liviu Tudorache, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The station started broadcasting in 1991 by producing almost all types of programmes from news, current affairs to entertainment. The station broadcasts on the national network, channel 1, 210 minutes from Monday to Sunday and 360 minutes on the Channel 2.
The station covers 8 districts in the East and North-East of Romania. It has already co-operated with some regional stations in Europe and is participating to the integration activities of the Circom Regional.

• TVR CLUJ

60 Donat St., 3400 CLUJ
tel +402 64 420 723,
fax +402 64 420 037

General Manager: Romeo Couti, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Editor in chief: Emilia Avram; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The station started broadcasting on 3rd of January 1990. It broadcasts on the national network, Channel 1, 250 minutes/week and on Channel 2, 270 minutes/week. Among the 520 minutes of broadcasting/week 15% is a programme dedicated to the Hungarian minority to the Hungarian language and 6% to the German minority in the German language for the inhabitants living in the 10 districts covering the North-West and the Western side of Transylvania.

• TVR TIMISOARA

14A Pestalozzi str, 1900 TIMISOARA
tel +402 56 499 560,
fax +402 56 221 310

General Manager: Andrei Borosovici, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Editor in chief: Florin Mihoc, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The station started broadcasting on the 17th October 1994 on the 1st and 2nd national channels. Now it is broadcasting about 7 hours weekly on the public TV channels. It's producing news, current affairs, cultural and entertainment programs covering 4 districts situated in the South-West of Romania. Every week a one-hour program is co-produced by the Hungarian, German and Serbian communities living in this multiethnical region. TVR Timisoara has been a member of CIRCOM Regional since 1995.

• TVR CRAIOVA

Strada Calea Unirii 96, 1100 CRAIOVA
tel +402 51 424 379,
fax +402 51 424 379

General Manager: Anca Dindirica, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Editor in chief: Mirela Giodea; e-mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The station started broadcasting on 1st of December 1998. TVR Craiova is servicing the area of Southern part of the country, along the Danube river.

• TVR TARGU MURES

Aleea Parcul Sportivilor nr.2,  
TARGU MURES 
Phone : +40 265/ 211093
Fax: + 40 265/ 211092

General Manager: Cristian Radu Georgescu, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Editor in chief: Lacrima Balint, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Romanian Television got the audiovisual license via satellite for the regional studio in Targu Mureş.
On 6 of May , 2008 TVR Tg Mureş starts to broadcast . The new regional station joins the other four regional studious: TVR Cluj, TVR Craiova, TVR Iasi and TVR Timisoara.
Setting up the new regional channel is part of the TVR strategy concerning the development of the regional studious in order to reflect and broadcast the regional issues.