DDTV

DDTV
Type	entertainment channel
Country	Romania
Broadcast area	Romania
Headquarters	Bucharest
Programming
Language(s)	Romanian
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Dan Diaconescu
Key people	Dan Diaconescu
Sister channels	OTV
History
Launched	1 April 2005 (as a talk show channel); 23 August 2009(relaunched as a entertainment channel)
Founder	Dan Diaconescu
Closed	24 February 2014
Links
Website	www.ddtv.home.ro (closed)

DDTV (Direct Digital TV, frequently mistaken for Dan Diaconescu TV) was a Romanian entertainment television channel, founded and owned by Dan Diaconescu. Unlike OTV, DDTV was mostly targeted at children, broadcasting animated series and non-violent programs. Although it had different programming, it has been severely criticized and fined for broadcasting pirated content and by trying to rebroadcast OTV, on DDTV's frequency, despite being closed. The channel was also known for broadcasting Nu, pogodi!, a Soviet animated series which was lastly broadcast by TVR1, during the RSR, in the 80's. All movies, documentaries and animated series were subbed, not dubbed.

History[]

The channel was first launched in 2005. Until August 2009, the channel did broadcast talk shows, such as "Deșteptarea României" and "Dan Diaconescu Direct", which also aired on OTV. In the summer of 2009, it was announced that DDTV will be rebranded with a completely new programming schedule, getting rid of the talk shows it did broadcast. The rebrand took place on 23 August 2009. In mornings and afternoons, the channel did broadcast animated shorts from Fleischer Studios, NTA, Hanna-Barbera, and some from Soyuzmultfilm (such as Nu, pogodi!) and mostly public domain cartoons. In the evenings and nights, it did broadcast movies and documentaries targeted at teens and adults.

The channel was closed on 24 February 2014, because its audiovisual license wasn't extended.^[1]

Criticism[]

In September 2009, DDTV was fined by CNA with 50,000 RON for broadcasting content (from Warner Bros.) without having the necessary rights to broadcast them, after Warner Bros. notified CNA about this problem.^[1]

After OTV was closed by the CNA, Diaconescu used DDTV to broadcast the programs usually shown on OTV and CNA fined DDTV 100,000 lei (25,000 euros) in October 2013.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "DDTV, postul lansat de DAN DIACONESCU, a ramas fara licenta". livero.ro (in romanian). 10 March 2015.
^ "CNA sesizeaza Parchetul in legatura cu retransmisia OTV de catre DDTV. Postul de desene animate si muzica populara - suspendat temporar". Hotnews. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

External links[]

https://web.archive.org/web/20180426135705/http://www.ddtv.home.ro/
mms://82.76.12.224:8081^{[permanent dead link]} Live feed (Windows Media)

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "DDTV, postul lansat de DAN DIACONESCU, a ramas fara licenta". livero.ro (in romanian). 10 March 2015.

[2] "CNA sesizeaza Parchetul in legatura cu retransmisia OTV de catre DDTV. Postul de desene animate si muzica populara - suspendat temporar". Hotnews. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

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