Television in Romania

Television in Romania started in August 1955. State television started to broadcast on 31 December 1956. The second television channel followed in 1968, but between 1985 and 1990, there was only one Romanian channel before the return of the second channel. The first experimental color broadcast was made in 1972, from the SECAM format. Official color television tests was introduced in 1981 to 1983 in PAL Regular color broadcast testing began in 1985, but full-color broadcasting didn't arrive until 1986-1990. Private broadcasters arrived in December 1991, with SOTI which was the first private nationwide television station in Central and Eastern Europe. Romania has the highest penetration rates for pay television in the world, with over 98% of all households watching television through cable or satellite.

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