Realitatea TV (, meaning "The Reality TV") is the former name of the

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television channel Realitatea Plus. The channel began broadcasting in 2001 as a general-profile television and became the first Romanian news television in 2002. Its owners are Romanian politician Cozmin Guşă and businessman Maricel Păcuraru. After becoming

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in 2011 and

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in 2019, the channel lost its license on 31 October 2019. The channel began broadcasting on 1 November 2019, including advertising, on Realitatea Plus, a channel that was launched in 2015 on satellite for the public outside Romania. Realitatea Plus has a slightly modified version of the previous logo of Realitatea TV.

History

Realitatea TV started broadcasting in 2001, as a general-profile TV station. However, it began broadcasting hourly newscasts and soon changed its format, becoming the first news television in

. Prigoană brought

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to supervise the channel and rise its audience. In 2004,

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sold the network to an Italian company that later sold it to

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, which subsequently lost it to

Sorin Ovidiu Vântu Sorin Ovidiu Vântu (; 23 November 1955, Bucharest) is a Romanian businessman and owner of the Realitatea-Cațavencu media company. In 2007, he was considered the 4th richest man in Romania, with an estimated net worth between 2.1 and 2.3 billio ...

, sometime in 2006. Vântu was occasionally accused of using his television to manipulate public opinion against President Băsescu and his party. After the channel went into insolvency in 2011, Vântu sold it to businessman

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, while the management of the media group was under the control of

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. In 2013, the channel was bought by Cozmin Guşă and Maricel Păcuraru.

References

External links

Official Site
{{Television in Romania Defunct television channels in Romania Television channels and stations established in 2001 24-hour television news channels in Romania Romanian news websites Television channels and stations disestablished in 2019