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TVR, the Romanian public television, announced in a statement that its participation in Eurovision 2016, from May 10th to 14th in Stockholm, may be rejected. It might also be denied the broadcast rights to the contest. TVR owes the European Broadcasting Union, Eurovision’s organizer, €10 million, primarily incurred between 2011 and 2012. If the debt …
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On March 28th Greek and Romanian cinema professionals honoured their colleagues by giving awards respectively to “Wednesday 04:45” and “Aferim!”. In Athens, the Hellenic Film Academy voted overwhelmingly for Alexis Alexiou’s thriller “Wednesday 04:45”. This co-production, made with German and Israeli finance, won no fewer than 9 Iris Awards (13 nominations), including Best Film, Best …
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In early March Ingrid Deltenre, Director General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), sent a letter to the Romanian Prime Minister, Dacian Cioloş, asking for a “rapid response” from his government to save the country’s public broadcaster, TVR. She highlights the “significant debt” faced by the organisation, which she believes is threatened by “financial collapse”, …
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Appointed last November, the new Romanian Minister of Culture, Vlad Alexandrescu, announced a series of measures for his country’s film industry in January.
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Several Romanian cinemas are threatened with closure after a new earthquake construction law was passed by Klaus Iohannis’ government on November 17th. Under this law, public meetings are forbidden in buildings which were not built to withstand earthquakes. Several cultural establishments are concerned, including cinemas in the heart of Bucharest – for example Cinema Pro, …
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As part of Romania’s National Day, December 1st, the radio station RFI România was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit. It was presented to the station’s Director, Cornel Ion, by the Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis. In his speech the president emphasized “the professionalism, objectivity and dedication of the journalists working for this radio station which …
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On November 18th the French-language channel TV5MONDE and the satellite/broadband operator Orange Romania announced they had signed a distribution agreement. TV5MONDE will now be available in the World HD package, which has 250,000 subscribers. According to a statement released by the channel, Romania is TV5MONDE‘s “leading audience base in Europe”, after France, Belgium and Switzerland. …
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