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ROMANIA - Television across Europe: Regulation, policy and independence

In spite of formally advantageous conditions, Romanian TV is in troubled waters: public service broadcasting suffers from a lack of political independence, while the ownership patterns of commercial television stations reveal an excessive concentration and insufficient transparency. In both public service and commercial stations, journalistic freedom is limited and programming is increasingly tabloid and trivialised.

These are the main findings of the Romania country report included in the monitoring series Television across Europe: regulation, policy and independence. The country report was produced by the Open Society Institute (EUMAP and Media Program) in cooperation with the Center for Independent Journalism and the Concept Foundation, and released in Bucharest on 28 November 2005. The monitoring series Television across Europe includes a total of twenty country reports. Each report makes concrete recommendations addressed at bringing the television sector into line with international standards, and with citizens’ needs.

Press Releases

28 November 2005: Romanian television in troubled waters

28 noiembrie 2005: Televiziunea din Romania in ape tulburi

Reports

Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence.
- Summary Report, including international overview
- Romania Country report

Televiziunea în Europa: Reglementări, Politici şi Independenţă. Regiune - Privire de Ansamblu + România (N.B.: 37,4 MB!)

Televiziunea în Europa: Reglementări, Politici şi Independenţă. România (Versiune provizorie) (277 k)

Launch event

Quinton Quayle, Jonathan Scheele, Marius Dragomir (EUMAP)

UK Ambassador Quinton Quayle, Jonathan Scheele, head of the European Commission Delegation in Romania, Marius Dragomir (EUMAP)

Speech by Mr. Quinton Quayle, British Ambassador to Romania, on the occasion of the launch of the report Television across Europe, 29 November 2005
- English text

Speech by Mr. Jonathan Scheele, the head of the European Commissions' Delegation to Romania, at the presentation of Television across Europe, 29 November 2005
- only Romanian version

Reporters

Manuela Preoteasa
Director, Euractiv Romania

Ralu Filip, Ioana Avadani

Ralu Filip, chairman of the Romanian regulatory body (CNA) and Ioana Avadani (Bucharest Center for Independent Journalism)

Partner NGOs

Center for Independent Journalism

Concept Foundation

A joint initiative of:

Open Society Institute - EUMAP

Open Society Institute - Media Program

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Mihai Coman

Mihai Coman, professor of journalism Bucharest University

Press and Web Coverage

BBC Romanian: "Calitatea programelor TV criticată" (11/10/05)

BBC Romanian: "Trusturile de presă şi datoriile la stat" (27/10/05)

Presedintele Traian Basescu despre Raportul privind televiziunile din Romania (.WMV)

Rompress: "Financing sources of television stations still non-transparent in Romania" (28/11/05)

Evenimentul Zilei: "Raport negativ despre televiziuni" (12/10/05)

Evenimentul Zilei: "Televiziunea privata, instrument politic si economic" (25/11/05)

Jurnalul National: "Televiziunile, la raport"

Cotidianul: "Mogulii media se ascund in casute postale straine" (12/10/05)

Mona Musca, MP

Mona Musca, MP

Cotidianul: "Televiziunile romanesti emit pretentii joase"

Averea: "Bolile televiziunii in Romania" (19/10/05)

Gandul: "Televiziunile din România, ameninţate de tabloidizare, sufocate de trivialităţi şi grevate de interese politice" (13/10/05)

Saptamana Financiara: "TVR deturneaza interesul public" (5/12/05)

Radio Mix: "Basescu vrea sa oblige trusturile de presa sa-si declare finantarea" (10/10/05)

Hot News Romania (news portal): "Televiziunile din Romania: Surse de finantare obscure, calitate scazuta a programelor, dependenta de politic" (11/10/05)

Bucharest Daily News: "Scheele: TV stations lack social responsibility" (28/11/05)

Bucharest Daily News: "Press Review: TVR1 - News coverage (Stiri)" (29/11/04)

EurActiv.ro: "Relansare a discutiei despre institutiile publice de radio si TV"

Transitions Online: "Changing Tunes" (28/11/05) (also available on HotNews.ro)

Comunic@tii Mobile - Revista industriilor Internet, New Media: "Societatea deschisa cearta televiziunile" (13/10/05)

CNA Comunicate de presa: "Consiliul National al Audiovizualului a luat act de continutul studiului privind situatia domeniului audiovizual din România..." (13/10/05)

Wikipedia Română: Televiziune

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