television

The Romanian reality TV format "Miss Country Girl," produced by Media Factory and broadcast in Romania by Prima TV, has been acquired by Viasat Broadcasting and will air in 11 countries, including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

Romanian TV and radio stations breaching legislation on "personality rights," "protection of dignity" or "presumption of innocence" may get fined between 60,000 and 200,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2490), according to a bill amending the Law on audiovisual broadcasting.

Romanian cable TV providers will no longer be obliged to carry private TV stations, according to a bill amending the Law on audiovisual broadcasting, put forward by a number of democrat liberal MPs.

Discovery's TLC will be launched in Romania on January 20, 2011, and the channel will be initially distributed both in analog and digital formats by telecom operator UPC Romania, Discovery Networks representatives told a news conference Tuesday.

The Romanian minority in Bulgaria will benefit from airtime on the Bulgarian public radio and television and will be granted all rights as minority, especially the right of using and learning Romanian in schools.

The management board of the Romanian Television Company (SRTv) approved the continuation of legal actions to regain the right to broadcast the TVR1 channel in the Republic of Moldova. The company formulated a request in this respect at the European Court for Human Rights, said a press release.

The press department of the Moldovan Presidency announced Tuesday that Romania’s Embassy to Chisinau should hold accurate information on the country where it unfolds its activity, following a press statement released by the embassy and published in Moldovan daily "Timpul."