PRO TV (, often stylized as PRO•TV as of 2017) is a

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, launched on 1 December 1995 as the fourth private TV channel in the country (after TV SOTI,

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, and the now-defunct Tele7ABC). It is owned by CME (Central European Media Enterprises), which is owned by

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. Since 3 September 1999, the company has also been broadcasting its own signal for the

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, under the PRO TV Chișinău brand. It broadcasts, in addition to PRO TV Bucharest programs (according to its own grid, different from the Romanian one), a series of local news and programs and its own advertising slots throughout the day. Targeting urban adults aged 21 to 54, PRO TV uses a programming strategy of top international series and movies, as well as a wide variety of local productions including news programming, local entertainment and local fiction. On 29 August 2014, PRO TV launched its own streaming service, called PRO TV Plus, dedicated to original series. Later, in 2021, it was replaced by VOYO^{(Romanian
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)}, which has the same series and original shows of the PRO channels, plus some other exclusives and original content. PRO TV Plus still exists, although VOYO is now promoted much more. Also, unlike PRO TV Plus, which could be used for free, VOYO has monthly or annual subscriptions. Since 2014, the

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for commercials and promos have become more different from those of other stations, focusing on the stars appearing in the station's shows. During the summer, idents are used that present activities that are practiced in the summer, while in the winter, idents are used that present things and activities related to the winter holidays, but also things related to winter.

Programs

The station's local productions include entertainment shows, news programs and TV series.

Știrile PRO TV

Știrile PRO TV ( en, PRO TV News) is one of the most popular news programs in Romania, with an average rating of 9.3 points and 25.1% market share, being watched by over a million urban viewers. According to 2022 report of

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, 76% of the interviewed persons confirmed that PRO TV news are the most trusted ones. According to different research studies, PRO TV has at this moment a reach of 63% in terms of weekly use, 51% of the people watching the programs at least three times per week. Știrile PRO TV won the International Emmy Award News of 2008 in September 2008.

Andreea Esca Andreea Esca (, born August 29, 1972) is a Romanian television journalist on the Pro TV network. She graduated from a journalism school in 1990. She studied at CNN. She has been working as a news presenter at the Romanian television channel PRO ...

is the longest-standing newscaster in Romania. She began her career over 25 years ago, and has spent 23 years with PRO TV. PRO TV news programs are broadcast daily, multiple times per day.

Newscasters and celebrities

* Andra *

* Andi Moisescu * Cătălin Măruță * Cătălin Radu Tănase * Cristian Leonte *

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* Mihai Dedu *

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Pavel Bartoș Pavel Bartoș (; born 20 January 1975 Miercurea Ciuc, Romania) is a Romanian people, Romanian actor and television presenter, known for hosting ''Românii au talent'' (Romanian's Got Talent) and ''The Voice of Romania''. Also the presenter wa ...

* Tudor Chirilă *

Marius Moga Marius Moga () is a Romanian singer, songwriter, producer and television personality. He writes and produces music in various styles and genres, especially pop, R&B and club music. In 2011, he became the judge and mentor of the reality singing sho ...

* Monica Dascălu * Cabral * Mihaela Radulescu *

Dragoș Bucur Dragoș Bucur (; born 13 June 1977) is a Romanian actor, ambassador for the program ''Youth of the Move'' involved by the European Commission, and TV presenter for the show '' Visuri la cheie'' broadcast on Pro TV '' Visuri la cheie''. Dragoș ...

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* Horia Brenciu * Daniel Pavel * Adela Popescu * Bogdan Ciudoiu * Shurubel * Chef FOA *

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Sub-channels and subsidiaries

PRO TV International Pro is an abbreviation meaning "professional". Pro, PRO or variants thereof may also refer to: People * Miguel Pro (1891–1927), Mexican priest * Pro Hart (1928–2006), Australian painter * Mlungisi Mdluli (born 1980), South African retired ...

* Acasă * PRO Cinema *

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* Acasă GOLD * PRO TV Chișinău

Awards

In September 2008, Știrile PRO TV's social campaign “Any idea what your kid is doing right now?” () won the International Emmy Awards for “News”, being the first TV station in Eastern Europe to win this award. At the beginning of 2009, PRO TV won the NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award for the social campaigns Știrile PRO TV had developed in the previous two years.

Logos

File:PRO TV Logo (2015-2016).svg, File:Logo Pro TV (2016).svg, File:Logo Pro TV (2017).svg, The bevels and glossy effects were taken away in 2015, and the PRO TV logo is now enclosed in a blue square box. On 15 January 2016, PRO TV's logo became monochrome and the well-known red-green-blue stripes were removed. On 28 August 2017, PRO TV changed its logo and graphics again including with other MediaPro neighboring channels, with the exception that Acasă TV changed its name to PRO 2, Acasă Gold to PRO GOLD and Sport.ro to PRO X. On that same day, Știrile PRO TV was rebranded with a new logo and look. In April 2022, PRO 2 and PRO GOLD reverted to Acasă and Acasă Gold.

Sports competitions

PRO TV was the main television channel to broadcast the

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in Romania between 2000 and 2009. From 2009 to 2015, it broadcast Cupa României (Romanian Cup), at football, the matches with Romanian teams from

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, and the preliminaries of the UEFA Champions League. From 2015, PRO TV took back the rights for UEFA Champions League and in 2016 it obtained the rights for

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. From 2021, PRO TV took back the rights for

, and also for

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and

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PRO TV HD

On 1 December 2006, PRO TV started to broadcast the 7:00 p.m. newscast in high-definition, thus becoming the first

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network in Romania to air in HD, starting terrestrial transmission until 2015. The station could be received via DVB-T (digital terrestrial transmission) on Channel 30 in Bucharest.

Slogans

References

External links

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