Television in Moldova was introduced in 1958.
From 2022 it became illegal to retransmit television and radio programmes with informative, analytical, military, or political content, produced in states that have not ratified the European Convention regulation on cross-border television.[1]
The following is a list of television channels broadcast in Moldova.
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National
- Moldova 1 (state owned) – 1st national network
- Moldova 2 (state owned) – 2nd national network
- Gagauz Radyo Televiziyonu retransmits programmes of TRT Avaz (Turkey).
Only available in Transnistria:
- Transnistria 1 is the only channel in Transnistria transmitting programmes in Russian, Ukrainian and Romanian (using Cyrillic script).
Suspended stations:
- Canal 2 † retransmits programmes of, formerly: Antena Internațional and Antena 1 (Romania), now: TVR 1 (Romania) (managed by Telestar media SRL - controlled by Vladimir Plahotniuc¹)[2]
- Prime † retransmits programmes of Channel One (ORT) (Russia) (owned by Vladimir Plahotniuc¹) (managed by General Media Group SRL - controlled by Vladimir Plahotniuc¹)[2]
† licence suspended October 2023 [3] for broadcasting propaganda from Russian stations subject to sanctions
¹ Vladimir Plahotniuc is under sanctions from the US and the EU and fled from Moldova in 2019.
Regional
- Naţional 4 (semi-national)
- ProTV Chișinău (national), retransmits programmes of Pro TV (Romania)
- STS Mega (semi-national), retransmits programmes of STS (Russia)
- Super TV (semi-national), retransmits programmes of SET (Russia)
- TV Gagauzia (Gagauzia), retransmits programmes of TRT Avaz (Turkey)
- TV Pink (Moldova) (semi-national) (coming soon)
- TVR Moldova (national), retransmits programmes of the Romanian Television channels
- TV8 (Moldova) (Chișinău and Bălți)
- Realitatea TV (semi-national)
Only available in Transnistria:
- Pervyi Pridnestrovsky (Transnistria)
- TSV (TV channel) (Transnistria)
Suspended stations:
- Canal 3 † (semi-national) (managed by Telestar media SRL - controlled by Vladimir Plahotniuc¹)[2]
- Publika TV † (semi-national) (managed by General Media Group SRL - controlled by Vladimir Plahotniuc¹)[2]
† licence suspended October 2023 [3] for broadcasting propaganda from Russian stations subject to sanctions
¹ Vladimir Plahotniuc is under sanctions from the US and the EU and fled from Moldova in 2019.
Local
- Albasat TV (Nisporeni), retransmits programmes of Jurnal TV
- Art TV (Zubresti), retransmits programmes of 1 Music Channel (Romania)
- ATV (Comrat), retransmits programmes of TVC21
- Bas TV (Basarabeasca), retransmits programmes of Mir[clarification needed] (Russia)
- BTV (Bendery TV) (Tighina)
- Canal X (Briceni), retransmits programmes of TV Moldova International
- Drochia TV (Drochia), retransmits programmes of Jurnal TV
- Elita TV (Rezina, Orhei and Dubasari), retransmits programmes of Jurnal TV
- Eni Ay (Comrat), retransmits programmes of Mir (Russia)
- Euronova TV (Ungheni), retransmits programmes of Jurnal TV
- Impuls TV (Şoldăneşti), retransmits programmes of TV Moldova International
- Media TV (Cimişlia), retransmits programmes of Jurnal TV
- NTS (Taraclia), retransmits programmes of Mir (Russia)
- RTR Planeta (Slobozia), retransmits programmes of Rossiya 1 (Russia)
- Sor TV (Soroca)
- Studio L (Căuşeni), retransmits programmes of Jurnal TV
- TV Balti (Bălți)
- TV Prim (Glodeni)
- TV5 France (Chișinău), relay of television channel from France
- TV6 Balti (Bălți), retransmits programmes of STS Mega
Cable and digital terrestrial channels
Only available in Transnistria:
- Perviy Kanal (Transnistria), retransmits programmes of Channel One (Russia)
Suspended stations:
- Accent TV ¶
- ITV Moldova †
- Orhei TV ¶
- Orizont TV †
- First in Moldova ¶
- RTR Moldova ¶ , used to retransmit programmes of Russia-1 (Russia) (part owned by Sberbank)
- NTV Moldova ¶ , used to retransmit programmes of NTV (Russia) (managed by Exclusiv Media Company, owned by Corneliu Furculiță)
- RU TV Moldova ¶ , used to retransmit programmes of RU.TV (Russia)
- TV6 ¶
¶ licence revoked December 2022 [4]
† licence suspended October 2023 [3] for broadcasting propaganda from Russian stations subject to sanctions
Defunct
- Muz-TV Moldova (semi-national), retransmitted programmes of Muz-TV (Russia)
- TV Moldova Internațional (state owned)
See also
- Media of Moldova
- TeleRadio-Moldova
- List of Romanian-language television channels
- Television in Transnistria
- Euronova Media Group
References
- ^ "Local elections in Moldova: new votes, old disinformation narratives". 17 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Republica Moldova suspendă posturi TV și site-uri proruse, inclusiv stațiile lui Șor și Plahotniuc, pe perioada stării de urgență". 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Moldova blocks more Russian media outlets". 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Moldova suspends six TV channels over Russia-Ukraine war coverage". 17 December 2022.
This page was last edited on 25 March 2024, at 03:09