Profile Romanian Television (TVR) is the country’s public service television broadcaster. It runs three nationwide channels, an international channel (TVR International) and a channel that caters to the public in the neighboring Republic of Moldova (TVR Moldova) where most of the people speak Romanian. According to the law 41 of 1994, the main governing structure […]
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Profile Geopol International is the operator of the all-news channel Realitatea Plus. Its main shareholders are Newsin Agency Press with a 99% stake and Alexandra-Beatrice Pacuraru Bertalan with 1% of the shares. Newsin Agency Press is 90% owned by another company, PHG International Security whose sole shareholder is Catalin-Paul Pacuraru Ionescu. The key actor behind
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Profile Campus Media is the company that holds the broadcast licenses for the television station Digi 24 and the radio channels Digi FM, Pro FM, Dance FM and DIGI 24 FM. The company is majority owned by the telecom giant RCS & RDS (90%), which is also a full owner in the other shareholder, Integrasoft
Profile The newspaper Adevarul began its life in 1989 as a successor to Scinteia, a propaganda paper of the former Romanian Communist Party. Adevarul in its early days adopted a controversial editorial position, being criticized for its populist and nationalist content. After being fully privatized, Adevarul became one of the most popular newspapers in Romania.
Profile For over 30 years, Ringier, a Swiss-owned publisher, has been active in Central and Eastern Europe in the areas of media, digital marketplaces and sports media. Its business activities in the region were launched in 1990 in the former Czechoslovakia. In 1992, it expanded to Romania, with Bulgaria, Poland, and Hungary following in 1993.
Profile Gandul Media Network is a publisher of several websites including the tabloid news portal Cancan, sports website Prosport and the news server Gandul. The company is fully owned by Cristina Budeanu, a fashion maker known in Romania for her relationships with renowned Romanian footballers and her numerous esthetic surgeries. She is married to Radu
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Profile Editura Evenimentul si Capital is majority owned by Dan Andronic (90%) with the minority stake in the hands of George Paunescu (known as Bobby Paunescu) and Claudiu Serbian. The company entered insolvency in 2014. The company runs Evenimentul zilei, a former popular daily newspaper that is currently published only online. Its printed edition was
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Profile Clever Business Transilvania acquired the generalist nationwide television station Prima TV in September 2020 for €5m. The station’s previous owner, Prima Broadcasting, had declared insolvency in 2015. Hence, it used half of the sum received for its assets to settle the outstanding debts to the state. Clever Business Transilvania and Clever Media Network are
Profile The Romanian Orthodox Church or Patriarchate of Romania (Patriarhia Romana-Administratia Patriarhala), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It operates several media in Romania such as: the newspaper Lumina, radio Trinitas, TV channel Trinitas TV, Basilica.ro website.
Profile Asociatia Centrul Media Adventist is an NGO that has been set up by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Romania, which officially has over 62,000 members in the country. It operates the radio channel Vocea Sperantei and the television broadcaster Speranta TV. Ownership Finances
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