Prima TV (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌprimateˈve]) is a Romanian commercial TV channel, famous mainly for the Cronica Cârcotaşilor show and various reality shows aired on this channel.
Country | Romania |
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Broadcast area | Romania Moldova |
Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Clever Group |
Sister channels | Prima Sport Prima News Prima Comedy Prima History Prima Food & Travel Prima 4K Profit News Agro TV Cinemaraton Medika TV |
History | |
Launched | 17 December 1997 |
Links | |
Website | www.primatv.ro |
Prima TV was launched as one of the first commercial television stations in Romania in December 1997 at 19:00. Until then, on its frequency was known AMEROM CANAL 38 or TeleAmerica. Prima TV was owned and operated by Prima Broadcasting Group, from 2013 to 2020. In 2020, Clever Group acquired Prima TV.
Prima TV reaches 87% of urban population and it is one of the four most successful TV stations in the country. Prima TV is available both on cable and satellite platforms. It was available in analogue terrestrial on channel 38 until June 2015, when it ceased terrestrial transmission in analogue. It was available in DVB-T from 2011, on channel 54, but shifted later to 59. In early 2015, it discontinued its existence on Digital Terrestrial platform.
"Focus" is the television main news bulletin, broadcast daily at 18:00 EET.
Satellite broadcasting via Intelsat 12 (45°E) stopped in June 2017 and was switched together with Kiss TV to Intelsat 33e (60°E).