High ratings on the public channel, due to Euro 2008

The first channel of the public television achieved high ratings and more than 50% market share due to the Romania-France broadcast on June 9th (final result: 0-0). The first half of the match had 2,664,000 viewers in average (market share: 58,9%), and the second achieved 2,971,000 viewers (share: 57,8%) - target all urban, GfK peoplemeter data. The ratings are remarkable following the continuous drop in audience of the public television during the last year. TVR 1, the first channel of the public television, fell to the 4th or 5th place in terms of monthly averages, virtually equal to the audience of the main rolling news television in Romania, Realitatea TV. The traditional position on the market of TVR1 was the 3rd place, after the leading commercial stations, Pro TV and Antena 1.

Romania-France ratings on June 9th. Source: GfK data processed by TVR

Other matches such as Holland-Italy or Sweden-Greece, broadcast by TVR 1, also acheived good ratings.

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The public television started to broadcast in HD

The Romanian public television started its HD broadcast on June 1st 2008, according to a press release. The broadcast is experimental and viewable on channel 59/DVB-t, or satellite with a Viaccess 2.6 card. TVR HD is the 2nd Romanian channel broadcasting in high definition, after Pro TV, the leading commercial station.