INTACT is the first
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
n media group based entirely on a private local business. A considerable number of the most important brands in the audio-visual and print industry have been launched under this umbrella since its first product, Intact Printing House, was established in 1991.
The Intact Media Center headquarters, at Gârlei Street, no. 1B, were seized by the state on Friday, 8 August 2014, as a result of the judgement sentencing
Dan Voiculescu
Dan Voiculescu (; born September 25, 1946), also known as ''"Varanul"'', lit. 'the Monitor lizard', or "Felix Voiculescu", is a Romanian politician and businessman. He is the founder and former president of the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR), la ...
, the founder of Intact Media Group, to ten years of imprisonment. The journalists of the broadcasting company Antena 3 CNN, part of the Intact Media Group, have been conducting investigations on high-profile political leaders and unveiling multiple corruption cases under the Romanian politicians. One example is the former president of Romania,
Traian Băsescu
Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, ...
, who, together with his brother, Mircea Băsescu, was accused of taking bribes in order to influence justice. Mircea Băsescu was sentenced to four years' imprisonment on 8 January 2016.
The channels that the company owns are:
Antena 1,
Antena Stars
Antena Stars is a Romanian television channel. It started broadcasting on 9 April 2007 and it is a part of the Intact group, owned by the family of the Romanian businessman and politician Dan Voiculescu.
On 16 December 2013, at 19:02 EET, the ...
,
Antena 3 CNN
Antena 3 Cable News Network, known as Antena 3 CNN, formerly Antena 3 (), is a Romanian news channel owned by Antena 3 S.A. and part of the Intact Media Group. An Exclusive News Partner of CNN International in Romania since September 27, 2022 , ...
,
Antena Internațional
Antena Internațional () is an international television station, owned by the Intact Media Group, designated for Romanians that are living outside Romania. It started broadcasting on 1 July 2006. It can be seen only in United States and Canada, w ...
,
GSP TV
GSP TV (named after the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor) was a private commercial television channel from Romania, focused on sports shows. It was launched on July 26, 2008, and owned by Antena TV Group. From September 14, 2012 GSP TV became a statio ...
,
Happy Channel, ZU TV.
Member companies
As of January 2020, the companies that are part of the group are:
Television
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Antena 1''
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Antena 3 CNN
Antena 3 Cable News Network, known as Antena 3 CNN, formerly Antena 3 (), is a Romanian news channel owned by Antena 3 S.A. and part of the Intact Media Group. An Exclusive News Partner of CNN International in Romania since September 27, 2022 , ...
(formerly Antena 3)''
* ''
Antena Internațional
Antena Internațional () is an international television station, owned by the Intact Media Group, designated for Romanians that are living outside Romania. It started broadcasting on 1 July 2006. It can be seen only in United States and Canada, w ...
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* ''
Antena Stars
Antena Stars is a Romanian television channel. It started broadcasting on 9 April 2007 and it is a part of the Intact group, owned by the family of the Romanian businessman and politician Dan Voiculescu.
On 16 December 2013, at 19:02 EET, the ...
(formerly Antena 2)''
* ''
GSP TV
GSP TV (named after the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor) was a private commercial television channel from Romania, focused on sports shows. It was launched on July 26, 2008, and owned by Antena TV Group. From September 14, 2012 GSP TV became a statio ...
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* ''
Happy Channel'' (formerly ''Euforia TV'')
* ''
ZU TV
INTACT is the first Romanian media group based entirely on a private local business. A considerable number of the most important brands in the audio-visual and print industry have been launched under this umbrella since its first product, Intact ...
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Print
* ''
Jurnalul Național
''Jurnalul Național'' is a Romanian newspaper, part of the INTACT Media Group led by Dan Voiculescu, which also includes the popular television station Antena 1. The newspaper was launched in 1993. Its headquarters is in Bucharest
Buchares ...
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Online
* spynews.ro
* a1.ro
Radio
* ''Romantic FM (formerly Antena 1 FM)''
* ''Radio ZU (formerly News FM and Metropol FM)''
B2B
* ''Intact Production''
* ''Tipografia Intact''
* ''Intact Media Academy''
* ''Seed Consultants Branding & Design''
Formerly
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Gazeta Sporturilor
Gazeta Sporturilor () is a Romanian sports website, originally founded in 1924 as a daily newspaper. It was the third-oldest daily newspaper in Europe, with 99 years of uninterrupted publication, before issuing its last edition on 31 October 2023. ...
'' (until 2018
)
* ''
GSP TV
GSP TV (named after the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor) was a private commercial television channel from Romania, focused on sports shows. It was launched on July 26, 2008, and owned by Antena TV Group. From September 14, 2012 GSP TV became a statio ...
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*''Income Magazine''
*''BBC Good Food''
*''BBC Science Focus''
*''BBC Top Gear''
*''The Industry''
References
External links
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*{{Official website, http://www.intactmediagroup.ro/
Mass media in Romania
Mass media in Bucharest
Television networks in Romania