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TVR Cultural
CountryRomania
Programming
Picture format4:3/16:9 (576i, SDTV) (2002-2012) (2022-)
16:9 (1080i, HDTV) (2022-)
Ownership
OwnerTeleviziunea Română
Sister channelsTVR1, TVR2, TVR3, TVR Info, TVRi, TVR Moldova
History
LaunchedMarch 2002 (original)
December 1, 2022 (relaunch)
Closed15 September 2012 (original)
Former namesCultural
Links
Websitehttp://www.tvr.ro/tvr_cultural.php (defunct)
Availability
Terrestrial
Televiziunea RomânăChannel 003
Digital TelevisionChannel 11

TVR Cultural (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtevere ˌkultuˈral]) is the cultural channel of Romania's government-funded television network Televiziunea Română. It provided cultural news, documentaries about the arts, as well as various shows, musicals and theatrical pieces. It was closed in September 2012 and reopened in December 2022.

History

TVR Cultural began transmission in 2002. It was built after the model of the Franco-German TV channel Arte, and other European channels, that promote programming in the areas of culture and the arts.

Closure in 2012

Due to the financial crisis in which Romanian Television was immersed,[1] Claudiu Saftoiu, president of TVR,[2] decided to stop broadcasting in the summer of 2012. There is growing criticism[3][4][5] of this decision, which comes at a time when other public broadcasters in the Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland's Telewizja Polska and the Czech Republic's Česká televize, "are planning to add to their channel portfolios".[6]

Reopening in 2022

TVR Cultural started rebroadcasting again in 2022, ten years after its closure, following an internal vote within Romanian Television.[7] On September 7, 2022, CNA granted a license to start its broadcasting again and the broadcast started on December 1, 2022, on Romania's national Holiday. Unlike its broadcasted feed until 2012 (which was available only in SD), the relaunched channel is now available in both SD and HD feeds.

See also

References

  1. ^ state owned TVR to close down two channels, layoff staff in attempt to save money Romania-Insider
  2. ^ Claudiu Saftoiu: huge losses of TVR require reorganization Financial Magazine
  3. ^ Romanians protest against ditched TVR channel Advanced Television
  4. ^ Decision to stop the emission of TVR Cultural illustrates the crisis of values Nine O’Clock
  5. ^ Remote control protest organized in Bucharest against closing state-owned culture TV channelRomania Insider
  6. ^ TVR to close two channels Broadband TV News
  7. ^ ŞTIREA SERII. TVR vrea să reînvie TVR Cultural şi TVR Info

External links

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