Romania

[RO] Licence for Transmission of Channel D Television by Satellite

IRIS 2006-7:1/33

Mariana Stoican

Journalist, Bucharest

At the end of May the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (Romanian National Audiovisual Council - CNA) granted Dogan Media International an audiovisual licence to transmit Channel D television by satellite. According to a CNA press release of 30 May 2006, Dogan Media International GmbH is a television company operating under German law. It owns the TV Euro T channel which is aimed at members of the Turkish community in Germany.

In Romania the trading company Dogan Media International, which has limited company status, intends in its first year to offer its audience entertainment programmes, including those produced not only in Europe (mainly Italy and Spain) but also in Japan and China. “According to company spokespersons, Channel D’s own output will be supplied by independent production houses”. Channel D will come into operation in September 2006 and will be available via the cable-TV network. The company’s initial investment will total EUR 35 million and it aims to capture 2% of the market.