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TVR Cultural

TVR Cultural
CountryRomania
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed, only on terrestrial)
Ownership
OwnerTeleviziunea Română
Sister channelsTVR 1
TVR 2
TVR 3
TVR Folclor
TVR Info
TVRi
TVR Moldova
TVR Sport
History
LaunchedMarch 2002 (original)
December 1, 2022 (relaunch)
Closed15 September 2012 (original)
Former namesCultural
Links
Websitehttp://cultural.tvr.ro/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 5
Digi cable198
Orange România Communications145

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

History

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TVR Cultural began transmission in 2002. It was modelled on the Franco-German TV channel Arte and other European channels focused on cultural and artistic programming.[citation needed]

Due to a financial crisis,[1] TVR president Claudiu Săftoiu decided to end TVR Cultural broadcasts in the summer of 2012.[2][dead link‍] There was widespread criticism of this decision,[3][4][5] which came at a time when other public broadcasters in the Central and Eastern Europe, including Polish Telewizja Polska and Czech Television, were expanding their cultural output.[6]

TVR Cultural started rebroadcasting again in 2022, ten years after its closure, following an internal vote within TVR.[7] On 7 September 2022, Romania's National Audiovisual Council granted a license to restart broadcasting.[citation needed]

On 1 December 2022, to coincide with Romania's National Day, TVR Cultural relaunched its broadcasts with the stated aim of "[creating] bridges between tradition and modernity, between conservatism and progressivism, between rural and urban, between peripheral and central."[8] The first day of broadcasts included debates on cultural topics, interviews with Romanian cultural figures – including director Daniel Jiga of the Romanian National Opera – as well as rebroadcast of a 1978 staging of Victor Ion Popa's play "Take, Ianke and Cadîr".[8]

Under new TVR president Dan-Cristian Turturică, the relaunched TVR Cultural aims to bring focus to young artists from Romania and Moldova to showcase minority cultures in Romania, to document the state of culture during Romania's communist period and rebroadcast archival programming alongside new concerts, plays, as well as other cultural events. Its regular segment, "Jurnal Cultural", is hosted by Bogdan Stănescu and covers current affairs in the field of arts and culture in Romania as well as abroad.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Romanian state owned TVR to close down two channels, layoff staff in attempt to save money". Romania Insider. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Claudiu Saftoiu: huge losses of TVR require reorganization". Financial Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Romanians protest against ditched TVR channel". Advanced Television. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Decision to stop the emission of TVR Cultural illustrates the crisis of values". Nine O'Clock. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Remote control protest organized in Bucharest against closing state-owned culture TV channel". Romania Insider. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013.
  6. ^ "TVR to Close Two Channels". Broadband TV News. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ Bunea, Iulia (9 February 2022). "Ştirea Serii. TVR vrea să reînvie TVR Cultural şi TVR Info". Pagina de Media (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "TVR Cultural s-a relansat pe 1 Decembrie". TVR (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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