Realitatea TV
| Country | Romania |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3, SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cozmin Guşă Maricel Păcuraru |
| History | |
| Launched | 7 November 2001 |
| Closed | 30 October 2019 |
| Replaced by | Realitatea Plus |
| Links | |
| Website | www.realitatea.net |
Realitatea TV (Romanian pronunciation: [re.aliˈtate̯a teˈve], meaning "The Reality TV") is the former name of the Romanian news television channel Realitatea Plus. The channel began broadcasting in 2001 as a general entertainment channel and became the first Romanian news channel in 2002. Its owners are Romanian politician Cozmin Guşă and businessman Maricel Păcuraru.
After becoming insolvent in 2011 and being put into bankruptcy in 2019, the channel lost its license on 31 October 2019. The channel was replaced next day, on 1 November 2019 by Realitatea Plus, a channel that was launched in 2015 on satellite for the public outside Romania. Realitatea Plus has a slightly modified version of the previous logo of Realitatea TV.