Pro TV

Pro TV
Launched 1 December 1995
Network ProTV S.A
Owned by Central European Media Enterprises
Picture format 16:9 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Audience share 20.2% (January - October 2009, )
Slogan Gândește liber (Think freely)
Country

Romania

Republic of Moldova
Headquarters Bucharest -2, Bd. Pache Protopopescu nr.109
Sister channel(s) Sport.ro, PRO.TV Internaţional, Pro Cinema, Acasa TV, MTV Romania
Website www.protv.ro
www.stirileprotv.ro
Availability
Terrestrial
Satellite
Dolce Channel 102
Cable
UPC Romania Channel 03 (digital with DVR)
Channel 04 (digital)
RCS&RDS Channel 17
IPTV
Meo (Portugal)[1] Channel 234

Pro TV (Romanian pronunciation: [proteˈve]) is the third Romanian private TV Channel (after Tele7ABC and Antena 1), launched in December 1995 that reaches almost 99% of Romania’s 21.5 million people and has 48% of its broadcast schedule comprising locally produced programs. Pro TV broadcasts 24 hours a day and achieved an average all day audience of 16.5% during 2008.

Targeting urban adults 18-to-49 years old, 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.

Programmes

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

Awards

In September 2008, Pro TV News' social campaign “Any idea what your kid is doing right now?” (Romanian: Tu știi ce mai face copilul tău?) 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 Pro TV News had developed in the previous two years.

Sports competitions

Pro TV was the main television channel to broadcast the UEFA Champions League in Romania between 2000 and 2009. Now it is broadcasting "Cupa Romaniei" ("The Romania's Cup"),at football,the matches with Romanian teams from Europa League and the preliminaries of UEFA Champions League.[2]

Pro TV HD

On December 1, 2006, Pro TV started to transmit the 19:00 news in high-definition, thus becoming the first terrestrial television station in Romania to transmit HD.

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