TVR Cultural

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TVR Cultural
CountryRomania
Programming
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTeleviziunea Română
Sister channelsTVR1, TVR2, TVR3, TVR Info, TVRi, TVR HD
History
LaunchedMarch 2002
Closed15 September 2012
Former namesCultural
Links
Websitehttp://www.tvr.ro/tvr_cultural.php (defunct)
Availability
Terrestrial
Televiziunea RomânăChannel 003
Digital TelevisionChannel 11
Cable
UPC RomaniaChannel 21 (digital with DVR)
Channel 12 (digital)
Satellite
EUTELSAT W2/16° EST. Transponder D1; Reception Frequency: 11.471 MHz, polarity: verticală; SR: 29,950 Msymbol/sec; FEC: 3/4

TVR Cultural (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtevere ˌkultuˈral]) was 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.

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.

Stop broadcasting[]

Due to the financial crisis in which Romanian Television is 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]

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

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